Comments on: Pseudopod 80: Votary http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/ 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. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:29:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Podcast Round Up 7/6 « Strange Latitudes http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-28382 Podcast Round Up 7/6 « Strange Latitudes Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:45:09 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-28382 <p>[...] Pseudopod  80: Votary by MK Hobson [...]</p> [...] Pseudopod  80: Votary by MK Hobson [...]

]]> By: scatterbrain http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-19038 scatterbrain Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:24:29 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-19038 <p>Not guite horror in my view, but still funny, surreal and disturbing.</p> <p>Reminds me of my grandad, he just sits there, the TV loud, very loud, and mumbles obscenities to what's happing on the screen.</p> Not guite horror in my view, but still funny, surreal and disturbing.

Reminds me of my grandad, he just sits there, the TV loud, very loud, and mumbles obscenities to what’s happing on the screen.

]]> By: paranoidman http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-18239 paranoidman Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:06:55 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-18239 <p>sure, the plot was predictable but I think the story really keyed into the real life horror of those tied to duty by family bonds.</p> <p>as much as a carer may dearly love those they care for, the duty of feeding and caring for a dependant can really abrade the soul</p> sure, the plot was predictable but I think the story really keyed into the real life horror of those tied to duty by family bonds.

as much as a carer may dearly love those they care for, the duty of feeding and caring for a dependant can really abrade the soul

]]> By: JC http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-18149 JC Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:55:52 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-18149 <p>R2k, I think the story you're talking about is "Gray Matter" by Stephen King. It's from his Night Shift collection.</p> R2k, I think the story you’re talking about is “Gray Matter” by Stephen King. It’s from his Night Shift collection.

]]> By: R2k http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-18127 R2k Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:27:16 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-18127 <p>I'm reminded of an old horror story I read about a boy who's father stayed indoors all the time. Later, he had the boy board up all the windows to prevent light from entering the house. The boy's father made him bring him cases of beer a few times a day. Pets in town started dissappearing, and a couple children too. When the menfolk eventually snuck into the house to see what was going on, the boys father had become a fungoid mass that attacked them. They escaped burned the house down and later remarked how it seemed the thing that attacked them...had been about to divide in 2. Anybody got the title of this one? I've been looking for it for years.</p> I’m reminded of an old horror story I read about a boy who’s father stayed indoors all the time. Later, he had the boy board up all the windows to prevent light from entering the house. The boy’s father made him bring him cases of beer a few times a day. Pets in town started dissappearing, and a couple children too. When the menfolk eventually snuck into the house to see what was going on, the boys father had become a fungoid mass that attacked them. They escaped burned the house down and later remarked how it seemed the thing that attacked them…had been about to divide in 2. Anybody got the title of this one? I’ve been looking for it for years.

]]> By: Ruby http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-18124 Ruby Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:00:44 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-18124 <p>I'm new to pseudopod, and I'm having fun getting caught up. I really enjoyed "Votary." It reminded me just a little of "Grandma" by Stephen King, but was different enough that it didn't seem at all like a re-telling.</p> <p>I also liked how it touched on themes of feeling trapped in a relationship (from Anna's perspective) and a child's unquestioning devotion to a parent (from Katie's) but in such a way that made me feel a little queasy.</p> I’m new to pseudopod, and I’m having fun getting caught up. I really enjoyed “Votary.” It reminded me just a little of “Grandma” by Stephen King, but was different enough that it didn’t seem at all like a re-telling.

I also liked how it touched on themes of feeling trapped in a relationship (from Anna’s perspective) and a child’s unquestioning devotion to a parent (from Katie’s) but in such a way that made me feel a little queasy.

]]> By: Eric http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-18083 Eric Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:08:10 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-18083 <p>Saw it coming, way off. I think it could have worked better.</p> Saw it coming, way off. I think it could have worked better.

]]> By: Ian McDonnell http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-18081 Ian McDonnell Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:55:23 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-18081 <p>ok good story, but i literally did have to stop and retch twice during my run.. nasty milkshake. bleah.</p> ok good story, but i literally did have to stop and retch twice during my run.. nasty milkshake. bleah.

]]> By: Dom http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-18078 Dom Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:12:41 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-18078 <p>...Wow. I really liked this one. It was disgusting and the description was incredible. I can still smell that sour, fat flesh. Disgusting!</p> …Wow. I really liked this one. It was disgusting and the description was incredible. I can still smell that sour, fat flesh. Disgusting!

]]> By: Mari Mitchell http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-18011 Mari Mitchell Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:24:04 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-18011 <p>LOVED IT! ABSOLUTELY PERFECT!</p> LOVED IT! ABSOLUTELY PERFECT!

]]> By: David http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-17958 David Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:48:40 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-17958 <p>Not a fan of this one.</p> <p>Love the flash fics though, keep 'em coming!</p> Not a fan of this one.

Love the flash fics though, keep ‘em coming!

]]> By: Zippy http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-17954 Zippy Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:19:57 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-17954 <p>I was listening to this story walking home from night shift, I didn't need to hear that last bit 0.0</p> I was listening to this story walking home from night shift, I didn’t need to hear that last bit 0.0

]]> By: Scott Sigler http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-17948 Scott Sigler Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:17:17 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/07/pseudopod-80-votary/#comment-17948 <p>Didn't know what to make of this one. The Dani Cutler choice of speaking voice was perfect, though.</p> Didn’t know what to make of this one. The Dani Cutler choice of speaking voice was perfect, though.

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