Comments on: Pseudopod 96: The Cutting Room http://pseudopod.org/2008/06/27/pseudopod-96-the-cutting-room/ 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. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:28:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Brian http://pseudopod.org/2008/06/27/pseudopod-96-the-cutting-room/#comment-102303 Brian Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:44:33 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=147#comment-102303 <p>I could feel the stainless steel, smell the disin- fectant, and squint under the flourscent lights. I was there. Great story. Loved the reading. The first time i've listened to a Pseudopod story more than once.</p> I could feel the stainless steel, smell the disin- fectant, and squint under the flourscent lights. I was there. Great story. Loved the reading. The first time i’ve listened to a Pseudopod story more than once.

]]> By: David http://pseudopod.org/2008/06/27/pseudopod-96-the-cutting-room/#comment-99090 David Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:31:53 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=147#comment-99090 <p>Great story, very unusual.</p> Great story, very unusual.

]]> By: Ogion The Silent http://pseudopod.org/2008/06/27/pseudopod-96-the-cutting-room/#comment-37959 Ogion The Silent Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:50:40 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=147#comment-37959 <p>Is there an award for the most fucked-up pseudopod story ever? If so, this gets my vote. I mean that in a good way.</p> Is there an award for the most fucked-up pseudopod story ever? If so, this gets my vote. I mean that in a good way.

]]> By: Cartmancakes http://pseudopod.org/2008/06/27/pseudopod-96-the-cutting-room/#comment-29580 Cartmancakes Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:48:10 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=147#comment-29580 <p>I really enjoyed this story. The sexual part was a bit much, and I'm not sure I understand why it was necessary, other than to pull in male audience. However, I enjoyed the detail in this piece. For instance, it had never occured to me that there was a "first incision". The new guy was kinda stupid, though. He wanted to cut before looking over the chart??? Is that what we pass in medical school these days? Next time I need surgery, I'll choose death, thank you very much!</p> <p>On a side note, the audio quality was very bad in the beginning, and I almostturned it off. It was hurting my ears. I don't know if it improved, or if I just got into it. But I didn't notice about 5 minutes into it. I'm glad I endured...</p> <p>Guys, can we get some more audio checking before we publish these?</p> I really enjoyed this story. The sexual part was a bit much, and I’m not sure I understand why it was necessary, other than to pull in male audience. However, I enjoyed the detail in this piece. For instance, it had never occured to me that there was a “first incision”. The new guy was kinda stupid, though. He wanted to cut before looking over the chart??? Is that what we pass in medical school these days? Next time I need surgery, I’ll choose death, thank you very much!

On a side note, the audio quality was very bad in the beginning, and I almostturned it off. It was hurting my ears. I don’t know if it improved, or if I just got into it. But I didn’t notice about 5 minutes into it. I’m glad I endured…

Guys, can we get some more audio checking before we publish these?

]]> By: The Fix | From the Podosphere: June 2008 http://pseudopod.org/2008/06/27/pseudopod-96-the-cutting-room/#comment-29129 The Fix | From the Podosphere: June 2008 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:40:07 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=147#comment-29129 <p>[...] in a morgue, “The Cutting Room” by Shane Jiraiya Cummings, read by Damaris Mannering, is a graphic description of the [...]</p> [...] in a morgue, “The Cutting Room” by Shane Jiraiya Cummings, read by Damaris Mannering, is a graphic description of the [...]

]]> By: Sgarre1 http://pseudopod.org/2008/06/27/pseudopod-96-the-cutting-room/#comment-29106 Sgarre1 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:19:50 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=147#comment-29106 <p>Actually, I'm kinda on the fence but leaning towards liking this. The reading was superb. I liked the compactness of the concept and the lack of a full explanation. I'm surprised that some feel that you could see a "twist" coming, because I thought this did a nice job of not at all falling into the "twist" trap some writers can't shake.</p> <p>Generally, sexual material is a tough sell as it's so particularized, not to mention the combination with graphic autopsy imagery in this case. This struck a pretty good tone between disgust and luridness. It leaves you feeling dirty.</p> <p>Quote from: Cerebrilith on July 02, 2008, 09:50:51 AM "If there's more then one of these people why don't they just stay at home and cut each other up if that's their thing? The girl got up off the table and met her friends out in the hall after all."</p> <p>Quote from: deflective on July 02, 2008, 02:04:13 PM "i didn't see the point of her friends either. fetish voyeurs? we already get that she's not human (at least not wholly), the faces at the window really didn't seem to add anything.</p> <p>the rest of the story was quite strong tho. i like the direction that pseudopod has been taking over the last month."</p> <p>I assumed they were the lustful, wanton dead not lucky enough to be getting autopsied, so they at least showed up for the show. I didn't assume they were anything human. I thought it had a nice touch of Ramsey Campbell.</p> <p>Interesting to compare this to Georg Heym's "The Dissection".</p> <p>Thanks For Listening “Because no one has more thirst for earth, for blood, and for ferocious sexuality than the creatures who inhabit cold mirrors.” Alejandra Pizarnik, “The Bloody Countess” (1968)</p> Actually, I’m kinda on the fence but leaning towards liking this. The reading was superb. I liked the compactness of the concept and the lack of a full explanation. I’m surprised that some feel that you could see a “twist” coming, because I thought this did a nice job of not at all falling into the “twist” trap some writers can’t shake.

Generally, sexual material is a tough sell as it’s so particularized, not to mention the combination with graphic autopsy imagery in this case. This struck a pretty good tone between disgust and luridness. It leaves you feeling dirty.

Quote from: Cerebrilith on July 02, 2008, 09:50:51 AM “If there’s more then one of these people why don’t they just stay at home and cut each other up if that’s their thing? The girl got up off the table and met her friends out in the hall after all.”

Quote from: deflective on July 02, 2008, 02:04:13 PM “i didn’t see the point of her friends either. fetish voyeurs? we already get that she’s not human (at least not wholly), the faces at the window really didn’t seem to add anything.

the rest of the story was quite strong tho. i like the direction that pseudopod has been taking over the last month.”

I assumed they were the lustful, wanton dead not lucky enough to be getting autopsied, so they at least showed up for the show. I didn’t assume they were anything human. I thought it had a nice touch of Ramsey Campbell.

Interesting to compare this to Georg Heym’s “The Dissection”.

Thanks For Listening “Because no one has more thirst for earth, for blood, and for ferocious sexuality than the creatures who inhabit cold mirrors.” Alejandra Pizarnik, “The Bloody Countess” (1968)

]]> By: Dave (aka Nev the Deranged) http://pseudopod.org/2008/06/27/pseudopod-96-the-cutting-room/#comment-28671 Dave (aka Nev the Deranged) Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:06:41 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=147#comment-28671 <p>Wow, that was worthwhile. Not only was the audio quality terrible, but the "story" was puerile and pointless; like two kids trying to out-gross each other on the playground and throwing in sexual references to try and prove something.</p> <p>I forgive you, Psuedopod, the nature of the genre being what it is; but please, let's try not to waste each other's time like this again, ok?</p> Wow, that was worthwhile. Not only was the audio quality terrible, but the “story” was puerile and pointless; like two kids trying to out-gross each other on the playground and throwing in sexual references to try and prove something.

I forgive you, Psuedopod, the nature of the genre being what it is; but please, let’s try not to waste each other’s time like this again, ok?

]]> By: Spork http://pseudopod.org/2008/06/27/pseudopod-96-the-cutting-room/#comment-28644 Spork Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:00:00 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=147#comment-28644 <p>Do you even have any audio standards? At all?</p> <p>The sound could only have been improved by being recorded in an actively used public toilet. I don't even know what the story was about, because I can get better audio quality by calling people from a pay phone than I got from this file. It wasn't worth enduring.</p> Do you even have any audio standards? At all?

The sound could only have been improved by being recorded in an actively used public toilet. I don’t even know what the story was about, because I can get better audio quality by calling people from a pay phone than I got from this file. It wasn’t worth enduring.

]]> By: Chuck LeDuc Díaz http://pseudopod.org/2008/06/27/pseudopod-96-the-cutting-room/#comment-27980 Chuck LeDuc Díaz Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:13:59 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=147#comment-27980 <p>At first it was hard to track. Was the diener's name Gary? or Greg? I thought at first he was messing with his boss by correcting him, no matter what he said. Anyhow, it had lots of character, and was admirably creepy.</p> At first it was hard to track. Was the diener’s name Gary? or Greg? I thought at first he was messing with his boss by correcting him, no matter what he said. Anyhow, it had lots of character, and was admirably creepy.

]]> By: Kate G http://pseudopod.org/2008/06/27/pseudopod-96-the-cutting-room/#comment-27903 Kate G Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:11:29 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=147#comment-27903 <p>Oh, this is 'scene' material. Knife play? Check. Medical play (in an extreme form)? Check. Nice build-up, too. Gross but good.</p> <p>While I liked the reader's style, the sound quality was poor. I had to re-wind to figure some of it out.</p> Oh, this is ’scene’ material. Knife play? Check. Medical play (in an extreme form)? Check. Nice build-up, too. Gross but good.

While I liked the reader’s style, the sound quality was poor. I had to re-wind to figure some of it out.

]]> By: Eric http://pseudopod.org/2008/06/27/pseudopod-96-the-cutting-room/#comment-27756 Eric Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:35:22 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=147#comment-27756 <p>Although I liked the story; I think that it could have been more delicious with some more "reveling" and ecstatic indulgence in the gore, pain and mess... ala Hellraiser.</p> <p>:Eric</p> Although I liked the story; I think that it could have been more delicious with some more “reveling” and ecstatic indulgence in the gore, pain and mess… ala Hellraiser.

:Eric

]]> By: AmazingSteve http://pseudopod.org/2008/06/27/pseudopod-96-the-cutting-room/#comment-27753 AmazingSteve Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:18:48 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=147#comment-27753 <p>Absolutely, the reading was excellent. Mannering's voice fits the atmosphere of the piece very well, but I do have one little quibble about her pronunciation.</p> <p>Diener does indeed mean servant, but the stress lies on the first syllable and it more or less rhymes with "cleaner." For the first half of the story I thought Mannering was saying "daenir."</p> <p>Yeah yeah I know, a wizard did it : )</p> Absolutely, the reading was excellent. Mannering’s voice fits the atmosphere of the piece very well, but I do have one little quibble about her pronunciation.

Diener does indeed mean servant, but the stress lies on the first syllable and it more or less rhymes with “cleaner.” For the first half of the story I thought Mannering was saying “daenir.”

Yeah yeah I know, a wizard did it : )

]]> By: Bruce http://pseudopod.org/2008/06/27/pseudopod-96-the-cutting-room/#comment-27736 Bruce Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:29:47 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=147#comment-27736 <p>While I was not too thrilled with the story, I loved the reading. Ms. Mannering's voice and tone reminded me of old time radio dramas like "Suspense."</p> While I was not too thrilled with the story, I loved the reading. Ms. Mannering’s voice and tone reminded me of old time radio dramas like “Suspense.”

]]> By: Fluffy Bunny http://pseudopod.org/2008/06/27/pseudopod-96-the-cutting-room/#comment-27726 Fluffy Bunny Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:08:53 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=147#comment-27726 <p>Disclaimer: Horror isn't really my favorite genre, and I've been thinking of dropping Pseudopod from my feeds.</p> <p>That being said, this was the worst piece of dreck ever pulled from the bowels of any Escape Artists slush pile.</p> <p>Unsympathetic characters? Check! B-Movie dialog? Check! Sexy, yet utterly unattainable (and therefore safe) woman? Check!</p> <p>Amateurish fodder for otaku fantasies.</p> Disclaimer: Horror isn’t really my favorite genre, and I’ve been thinking of dropping Pseudopod from my feeds.

That being said, this was the worst piece of dreck ever pulled from the bowels of any Escape Artists slush pile.

Unsympathetic characters? Check! B-Movie dialog? Check! Sexy, yet utterly unattainable (and therefore safe) woman? Check!

Amateurish fodder for otaku fantasies.

]]> By: Dom http://pseudopod.org/2008/06/27/pseudopod-96-the-cutting-room/#comment-27627 Dom Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:25:56 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=147#comment-27627 <p>I LOVED this one, Pseudopod. It took me a few moments to get into it (I actually had to listen to the first five minutes twice to get the gist of what was going on). Once I was into it, however, I thought it was very creepy and on point.</p> <p>Keep it up, Pseudopod. 8/10</p> I LOVED this one, Pseudopod. It took me a few moments to get into it (I actually had to listen to the first five minutes twice to get the gist of what was going on). Once I was into it, however, I thought it was very creepy and on point.

Keep it up, Pseudopod. 8/10

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