Comments on: Pseudopod 109: In the Coils of the Serpent http://pseudopod.org/2008/09/26/pseudopod-109-in-the-coils-of-the-serpent/ 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 07:56:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: scatterbrain http://pseudopod.org/2008/09/26/pseudopod-109-in-the-coils-of-the-serpent/#comment-125163 scatterbrain Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:07:03 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=168#comment-125163 <p>I've just finished reading the Sherlock Holmes-Cthullhu Mythos crossover anthology Shadows over Baker Street! and I must say this was a huge breath of fresh air after all those monotone plots; if you see it, only buy it if you want to say you have the original publication of Neil Gaiman's A Study in Emerald(though Nightmare in Wax wasn't bad; the rest was almost filler for these two).</p> I’ve just finished reading the Sherlock Holmes-Cthullhu Mythos crossover anthology Shadows over Baker Street! and I must say this was a huge breath of fresh air after all those monotone plots; if you see it, only buy it if you want to say you have the original publication of Neil Gaiman’s A Study in Emerald(though Nightmare in Wax wasn’t bad; the rest was almost filler for these two).

]]> By: Sgarre1 http://pseudopod.org/2008/09/26/pseudopod-109-in-the-coils-of-the-serpent/#comment-121360 Sgarre1 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:48:22 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=168#comment-121360 <p>Didn't like it. Hard boiled pulp-isms (yawn) may sound better coming from an American but no American says things like "use my guts for garters" (and I have trouble seriously believing any Brit born later than 1890 does either), but there you go.</p> <p>Cliched. Sorry, not a winner for me.</p> Didn’t like it. Hard boiled pulp-isms (yawn) may sound better coming from an American but no American says things like “use my guts for garters” (and I have trouble seriously believing any Brit born later than 1890 does either), but there you go.

Cliched. Sorry, not a winner for me.

]]> By: Quentin http://pseudopod.org/2008/09/26/pseudopod-109-in-the-coils-of-the-serpent/#comment-121095 Quentin Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:32:33 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=168#comment-121095 <p>I thought this one was very good.</p> I thought this one was very good.

]]> By: The Fix | From the Podosphere: September 2008 http://pseudopod.org/2008/09/26/pseudopod-109-in-the-coils-of-the-serpent/#comment-120555 The Fix | From the Podosphere: September 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:51:04 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=168#comment-120555 <p>[...] contrast, “In the Coils of the Serpent” by William Meikle is a horrific police procedural, with plenty of gore and supernatural [...]</p> [...] contrast, “In the Coils of the Serpent” by William Meikle is a horrific police procedural, with plenty of gore and supernatural [...]

]]> By: Willie Meikle http://pseudopod.org/2008/09/26/pseudopod-109-in-the-coils-of-the-serpent/#comment-120025 Willie Meikle Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:19:08 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=168#comment-120025 <p>I loved it... but then again, I wrote it :)</p> <p>I like the American accent... the story was an attempt at a hard-boiled style, and that always sounds better in American. Granted, the setting was British (not English) :), but if I'd done it myself, you would have had trouble understanding it, as my accent is a bit like Billy Connelly chewing a pillow.</p> I loved it… but then again, I wrote it :)

I like the American accent… the story was an attempt at a hard-boiled style, and that always sounds better in American. Granted, the setting was British (not English) :), but if I’d done it myself, you would have had trouble understanding it, as my accent is a bit like Billy Connelly chewing a pillow.

]]> By: Spork http://pseudopod.org/2008/09/26/pseudopod-109-in-the-coils-of-the-serpent/#comment-120021 Spork Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:07:28 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=168#comment-120021 <p>Once again, the fine pseudopod tradition of having Americans read stories set in places where a non-American accent would be useful is maintained...</p> <p>Great story. I really liked it, but I didn't get into the "place" of it until part way through due to the reader's American accent.</p> Once again, the fine pseudopod tradition of having Americans read stories set in places where a non-American accent would be useful is maintained…

Great story. I really liked it, but I didn’t get into the “place” of it until part way through due to the reader’s American accent.

]]> By: Patrick McEvoy http://pseudopod.org/2008/09/26/pseudopod-109-in-the-coils-of-the-serpent/#comment-118830 Patrick McEvoy Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:37:50 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=168#comment-118830 <p>This was a nicely entertaining story, short on creepy but long on good characters and dialog. The opening lines were enough to pull me in for the duration, though I thought the end was a bit rushed for my taste - almost as if the author needed to wrap things up quickly for some reason.</p> <p>I agree with a previous comment that this would have been much better if read by someone with a British accent. When a story has this much English flavor, it sounds funny when read in flat American. (Though no real complaints about the reading in general, just the accent).</p> This was a nicely entertaining story, short on creepy but long on good characters and dialog. The opening lines were enough to pull me in for the duration, though I thought the end was a bit rushed for my taste - almost as if the author needed to wrap things up quickly for some reason.

I agree with a previous comment that this would have been much better if read by someone with a British accent. When a story has this much English flavor, it sounds funny when read in flat American. (Though no real complaints about the reading in general, just the accent).

]]> By: George http://pseudopod.org/2008/09/26/pseudopod-109-in-the-coils-of-the-serpent/#comment-118644 George Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:40:31 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=168#comment-118644 <p>Deliciously Ghastly! By coincidence, I'd been listening to a lot of the classic (i.e. late 1800s to early 1900s) horror stories recently, and this one ranks right in among them.</p> <p>Well Done Mr Meikle!</p> <p>And a great refreshment after "The Teacher" (which just didn't get me on any level).</p> Deliciously Ghastly! By coincidence, I’d been listening to a lot of the classic (i.e. late 1800s to early 1900s) horror stories recently, and this one ranks right in among them.

Well Done Mr Meikle!

And a great refreshment after “The Teacher” (which just didn’t get me on any level).

]]> By: Thorulfr http://pseudopod.org/2008/09/26/pseudopod-109-in-the-coils-of-the-serpent/#comment-118245 Thorulfr Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:18:45 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=168#comment-118245 <p>Interesting story, though I think the reading would have been improved a great deal if the reader had been British - I was listening in the car on the way to work and must have missed the cues about where the story took place, and the generic American accent lulled me into a false sense of familiarity. At the first mention of 'deep-sea lochs', my brain did a complete double-take until I finally figured out where this was supposed to be set. That's what happens when I try to listed to Pseudopod before I get my morning dose of caffeine.</p> Interesting story, though I think the reading would have been improved a great deal if the reader had been British - I was listening in the car on the way to work and must have missed the cues about where the story took place, and the generic American accent lulled me into a false sense of familiarity. At the first mention of ‘deep-sea lochs’, my brain did a complete double-take until I finally figured out where this was supposed to be set. That’s what happens when I try to listed to Pseudopod before I get my morning dose of caffeine.

]]> By: Kenneth http://pseudopod.org/2008/09/26/pseudopod-109-in-the-coils-of-the-serpent/#comment-118120 Kenneth Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:01:19 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=168#comment-118120 <p>Anyone can say what they want about this story. All I know is, as the coroner's report was being read, I was using my iPod screen's light to search the dark corners of my dorm room. Something sounded like it was dripping, and I literally felt some sort of relief that it only appeared to go after women.</p> Anyone can say what they want about this story. All I know is, as the coroner’s report was being read, I was using my iPod screen’s light to search the dark corners of my dorm room. Something sounded like it was dripping, and I literally felt some sort of relief that it only appeared to go after women.

]]> By: David http://pseudopod.org/2008/09/26/pseudopod-109-in-the-coils-of-the-serpent/#comment-118115 David Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:28:49 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=168#comment-118115 <p>Interesting detective story, I enjoyed the ending. I like scary fantasy, but its been a while since you did any scifi, any chance of some more in that area soon?</p> Interesting detective story, I enjoyed the ending. I like scary fantasy, but its been a while since you did any scifi, any chance of some more in that area soon?

]]> By: Old Man Parker http://pseudopod.org/2008/09/26/pseudopod-109-in-the-coils-of-the-serpent/#comment-118062 Old Man Parker Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:21:11 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=168#comment-118062 <p>Good! Creepy tale with a supernatural monster. Always a plus. Had a nice "Night Stalker" feel to it.</p> Good! Creepy tale with a supernatural monster. Always a plus. Had a nice “Night Stalker” feel to it.

]]> By: KJToo » Pseudopod 109: In the Coils of the Serpent http://pseudopod.org/2008/09/26/pseudopod-109-in-the-coils-of-the-serpent/#comment-118011 KJToo » Pseudopod 109: In the Coils of the Serpent Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:24:31 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=168#comment-118011 <p>[...] 109 of Pseudopod features the story “In the Coils of the Serpent” by Scottish author William Miekle. I make a point of noting the author’s country of [...]</p> [...] 109 of Pseudopod features the story “In the Coils of the Serpent” by Scottish author William Miekle. I make a point of noting the author’s country of [...]

]]> By: b_e http://pseudopod.org/2008/09/26/pseudopod-109-in-the-coils-of-the-serpent/#comment-118009 b_e Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:20:38 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=168#comment-118009 <p>I don't know what you guys did different, but in the itunes "information" window that shows a snippet of the story, all apostrophes are converted to gibberish. This is not the case in the previous story "The Teacher"</p> I don’t know what you guys did different, but in the itunes “information” window that shows a snippet of the story, all apostrophes are converted to gibberish. This is not the case in the previous story “The Teacher”

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