Comments on: Pseudopod 78: In a Right and Proper Place http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/ The Sound of Horror. Pseudopod is the world\'s first audio horror magazine. We deliver bone-chilling stories from today\'s most talented authors straight to your computer or MP3 player. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:35:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: The Fix | From the Podosphere: Escape Artists 2008 First Quarter Round-up http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-120622 The Fix | From the Podosphere: Escape Artists 2008 First Quarter Round-up Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:43:14 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-120622 <p>[...] “In a Right and Proper Place” by Holly Day (read by Christiana Ellis) is a sad evocation of Alzheimer’s disease, as an old woman who shouldn’t be living alone invents new realities to take the place of the reality she can no longer grasp. Not the usual horror fare. [...]</p> [...] “In a Right and Proper Place” by Holly Day (read by Christiana Ellis) is a sad evocation of Alzheimer’s disease, as an old woman who shouldn’t be living alone invents new realities to take the place of the reality she can no longer grasp. Not the usual horror fare. [...]

]]> By: JenX http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-18552 JenX Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:39:58 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-18552 <p>As someone with a family history of mental illness and a degree in psychology/psychopathology, I found this story chilling. It's difficult to get inside someone else's head - but this felt like I'd woken up inside her tilted mind. Ellis' voice suited the story perfectly.</p> As someone with a family history of mental illness and a degree in psychology/psychopathology, I found this story chilling. It’s difficult to get inside someone else’s head - but this felt like I’d woken up inside her tilted mind. Ellis’ voice suited the story perfectly.

]]> By: Tim Kane http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-18422 Tim Kane Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:49:56 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-18422 <p>I was transfixed by this story from the start. I too had to stop everything and just listen. Though I typically prefer the true supernatural, I loved the attention to detail for the protagonist's mental disorder. The bit about how to feed a Medusa and the faces on the milk cartons was brilliant.</p> I was transfixed by this story from the start. I too had to stop everything and just listen. Though I typically prefer the true supernatural, I loved the attention to detail for the protagonist’s mental disorder. The bit about how to feed a Medusa and the faces on the milk cartons was brilliant.

]]> By: scatterbrain http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-17893 scatterbrain Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:31:15 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-17893 <p>Boring!</p> <p>Like an over-extended pastiche and fixup of not particulary interesting prose in the first place.</p> <p>Could not get to the end of it.</p> Boring!

Like an over-extended pastiche and fixup of not particulary interesting prose in the first place.

Could not get to the end of it.

]]> By: Spork http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-17852 Spork Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:09:10 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-17852 <p>While I get it, I really do, it just didn't work for me. I have no idea why people dig listening to Christiana Ellis. When I hear her read, all I hear is a monotone head cold at work and nothing more. It's far too irritating and distracting for me to keep my mind in the story.</p> While I get it, I really do, it just didn’t work for me. I have no idea why people dig listening to Christiana Ellis. When I hear her read, all I hear is a monotone head cold at work and nothing more. It’s far too irritating and distracting for me to keep my mind in the story.

]]> By: Dom http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-17212 Dom Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:07:13 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-17212 <p>I like this a lot. I agree with the last dude. This one gets a 7 from me.</p> I like this a lot. I agree with the last dude. This one gets a 7 from me.

]]> By: GrimGnome http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-17117 GrimGnome Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:17:32 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-17117 <p>I'm with Eric that this story was chilling in a very realistic and poignant way, but it also has some nice touches of supernatural-esque horror too, like the description of feeding the hair-snakes, the tasks of the troll-brides, etc.</p> <p>The voice was well suited to the story too, dead-pan, almost frail.</p> I’m with Eric that this story was chilling in a very realistic and poignant way, but it also has some nice touches of supernatural-esque horror too, like the description of feeding the hair-snakes, the tasks of the troll-brides, etc.

The voice was well suited to the story too, dead-pan, almost frail.

]]> By: Eric http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-16843 Eric Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:21:05 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-16843 <p>A slow starter; but this story got more and more chilling as I thought about it.</p> <p>I'm not likely to ever fend off werewolves, trolls or a zombie horde, but the disintegration of the mind is far too common to dismiss.</p> <p>:Eric</p> A slow starter; but this story got more and more chilling as I thought about it.

I’m not likely to ever fend off werewolves, trolls or a zombie horde, but the disintegration of the mind is far too common to dismiss.

:Eric

]]> By: David http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-16782 David Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:07:14 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-16782 <p>Definitely one of the wierder pseudopods. She was a lot more sympathetic than most protagonists; though she seemed more sorry for herslef than the children who supposedly died.</p> Definitely one of the wierder pseudopods. She was a lot more sympathetic than most protagonists; though she seemed more sorry for herslef than the children who supposedly died.

]]> By: Leontseva http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-16734 Leontseva Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:19:32 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-16734 <p>This was a fabulous story - truly scary, but also quite sad, at the end. I had to stop everything just to sit and listen until it was finished.</p> This was a fabulous story - truly scary, but also quite sad, at the end. I had to stop everything just to sit and listen until it was finished.

]]> By: Void Munashii http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-16597 Void Munashii Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:51:16 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/22/pseudopod-78-in-a-right-and-proper-place/#comment-16597 <p>What an odd story. I kept waiting for the author to tip their hand, but that never really happened. I can only assume that this is one of the most terrifying types of horror, the type that exists in your own head, the inescapable horror of madness</p> What an odd story. I kept waiting for the author to tip their hand, but that never really happened. I can only assume that this is one of the most terrifying types of horror, the type that exists in your own head, the inescapable horror of madness

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