Comments on: Pseudopod 134: Bait

By: Ogion The Silent

Ogion The Silent — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:17:08 +0000

I’m with Katy here. I really didn’t mind that the ending was so obviously signalled, because I don’t particularly value surprise-endings in general. But I was slightly irritated at the way the ending was build up as if it were a surprise. Otoh, this was the only false note in an otherwise excellent story.

By: The Fix | From the Podosphere: March 2009

The Fix | From the Podosphere: March 2009 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:23:55 +0000

[...] Arnold’s “Bait” is a gruesome story of a man fishing through the ice of a frozen lake—a lake that has [...]

By: katy

katy — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:42:59 +0000

I liked this but thought the author dropped so many enormous hints about what was in the bait, that you could hardly call the ending a “twist”. I was kind of tapping my fingers a bit and muttering “Yeah, yeah, WE KNOW!” waiting for the grand reveal… I was hoping the twist was going to be that the twist wasn’t what you were thinking it was… but it wasn’t.

By: Speck

Speck — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:11:23 +0000

Not to take away the author’s thunder, but I think we can all agree that Cheyenne Wright is the man. He makes a great story even better.

Really liked this one. “What’s the bait gonna be?”

By: Seraph

Seraph — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:45:21 +0000

Freaking creepy. The end hit me like a sledgehammer nailed to a freight-train. Outstanding story !

By: Slurrrrpee

Slurrrrpee — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:41:04 +0000

The sense of dark tragedy that hung over the story was perfect. I was so wrapped up in that atmosphere that I did not get the impression that a big twist was coming. This is probably why it had such an impact on me when it happened. It freaked me out.

By: R. J.

R. J. — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:16:43 +0000

This is a splendid, chilling story. The voice is great, too. Thanks!

By: KatC

KatC — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:23:17 +0000

As a child sitting in the floor of my room in the middle of a summer day, bathed in the sunlight, the song "Synchronicity II" by The Police held me in that strange second just before the shiver, in which it feels as though the dread will wash over and suffocate. This story brough me back to that feeling again, decades later.

Eek!

It was excellent!

By: Bingorage

Bingorage — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:47:25 +0000

Excellent. I thought this piece kept its suspense quite well. or, perhaps I was just hoping that the chum was some sort of pie filling and there was nothing under the hole, because I have spent so much time ice-fishing this winter.

By: phignewton

phignewton — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:54:24 +0000

aiiiii! yes, good story though one kind of saw that one coming.

By: scatterbrain

scatterbrain — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:59:46 +0000

Pseudopod has gotten FAR better recently; I’m now upset with myself I stopped listening a while back.

By: devora

devora — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:17:07 +0000

Man, Wright’s voice is amazing!

By: Maintoc

Maintoc — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:26:45 +0000

The player keeps shutting down after getting to 2m:24s into the story of “The Bait”.