Comments on: PodCastle 57: In Ashes https://podcastle.org/2009/06/15/podcastle-57-in-ashes/ The Fantasy Fiction Podcast Mon, 09 Apr 2018 04:49:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: A Short Story Omnibus Edition | James Reads Books https://podcastle.org/2009/06/15/podcastle-57-in-ashes/#comment-16530 Sun, 01 Feb 2015 01:05:58 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=110#comment-16530 […] of my favorite stories from Podcastle is Helen Keeble’s “In Ashes” first published at Strange […]

]]> By: Super_B https://podcastle.org/2009/06/15/podcastle-57-in-ashes/#comment-2862 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:32:03 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=110#comment-2862 WOW! What a haunting story.

Sometimes authors surprise you. This time I found myself listening with my mouth open, awestruck.

Narrator was perfectly matched, too. Very well done.

]]> By: Gwen https://podcastle.org/2009/06/15/podcastle-57-in-ashes/#comment-2816 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:01:38 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=110#comment-2816 I took a long time to warm up to this story, but it stayed with me for days afterward. Very deeply effecting.

]]> By: devora https://podcastle.org/2009/06/15/podcastle-57-in-ashes/#comment-2755 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:52:42 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=110#comment-2755 Fabulous story, well read. I enjoyed being confused throughout much of it b/c the final explanation is so terrific. The removal of the usually simplistic “this is the good guy/this is the bad guy” was exciting. Certainly a twisted world, but an intriguing one!

]]> By: Elizabeth GM https://podcastle.org/2009/06/15/podcastle-57-in-ashes/#comment-2719 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:22:46 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=110#comment-2719 Wow: both Podcastle and Escape Pod had amazing stories this week. This one felt like it came out of the same twisted, unsentimental world that the original fairy tales emerged from. Kids: life is pain and never, never go into the woods!

]]> By: Dave (aka Nev the Deranged) https://podcastle.org/2009/06/15/podcastle-57-in-ashes/#comment-2714 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:51:26 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=110#comment-2714 Nice twist ending. I liked the definite perspective of the narrator- not unreliable, but definitely having her own interpretation of events.

Well done!

]]> By: Natasha https://podcastle.org/2009/06/15/podcastle-57-in-ashes/#comment-2711 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:26:05 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=110#comment-2711 Great story, well told and well read. What a great introduction for me to this podcast!

]]> By: Reed https://podcastle.org/2009/06/15/podcastle-57-in-ashes/#comment-2708 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:02:49 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=110#comment-2708 A very dark, very impressive story. I think presenting it from the perspective of the young sister gave it a very intense twist, especially in regard to the character of the mother. It was quite heart-wrenching how being an elementalist sealed the fate of the boy – and his sister, his mother and the rest of the family.

]]> By: Asio https://podcastle.org/2009/06/15/podcastle-57-in-ashes/#comment-2705 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:38:34 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=110#comment-2705 I really enjoyed this one. I liked the fact that everything wasn’t spelled out, and felt this was a refreshingly “new” concept. It gave me plenty of food for thought, and I was left thinking about the whole elementalist idea deep into the night…..

]]> By: scatterbrain https://podcastle.org/2009/06/15/podcastle-57-in-ashes/#comment-2701 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:09:31 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=110#comment-2701 A good story, but a bit more explanation about some events would have been nice.

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