Comments on: PC066: One Paper Airplane Graffito Love Note

By: the best podcasted short fiction of this year - nora at inkstain

the best podcasted short fiction of this year - nora at inkstain — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:42:04 +0000

[...] One Paper Airplane Graffito Love Note by Will McIntosh. A strange romance story set in a world very like our own about a woman whose life becomes a part of movies. It’s beautifully written. [...]

By: Frozen Truth » Podcast Selections: It’s Story Time

Frozen Truth » Podcast Selections: It’s Story Time — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:44:21 +0000

[...] great quality month after month. One of my favourite episodes is Will McIntosh’s “One Paper Airplane Graffito Love Note“, a story that is reminiscent of Haruki Murakami’s [...]

By: Natasha

Natasha — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:50:39 +0000

Agreed with D.J. - boring mess indeed! Film critic Nathan Rabin came up with the phrase “manic pixie dream girl” to describe “that bubbly, shallow cinematic creature that exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its infinite mysteries and adventures” so popular these days, and I think that description perfectly applies to Anna. Just another stock character from Central Casting, boring and predictable. Yawn.

By: BrainWyrms » Blog Archive » Several days of Podsuming

BrainWyrms » Blog Archive » Several days of Podsuming — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:46:10 +0000

[...] PC066: One Paper Airplane Graffito Love Note [...]

By: scatterbrain

scatterbrain — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:01:41 +0000

“Oh dear me, what a boring mess.”

Couldn’t agree more D.J.; I’ve loved everything by McIntosh but this this was so…boring. How can a Will McIntosh story be boring? It’s impossible!

Also, why does every story that Pod Castle presents from Strange Horizons always about dull and slow-witted semi-professionals who have trouble getting laid?

By: Apollo

Apollo — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:40:29 +0000

I this episode was delightful. It was full of all the heartache and strangeness of a Haruki Murakami story. It’s the highlight of Podcastle this year for me.

By: phignewton

phignewton — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:13:50 +0000

ahem… i thought it worked.

By: Gia

Gia — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:32:16 +0000

It dragged a lot in the beginning, but finding bits of your life everywhere you turn is an interesting concept. I think I might have liked the story a lot more if it focused on that instead of using is as an excuse for the guy to get cryptic love letters.

By: Mari Mitchell

Mari Mitchell — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:21:25 +0000

Rachel, you are nothing more than a mist from which a voice comes from. You are that feeling that someone is watching over my shoulder when I read. Stop it. It is not polite.

Alasdair Stuart on the other hand… He has tussled, thick hair, pale skin, and wears and open poet shirt. We won’t go into his other attributes for fear it would slip into more than a PG rating.

And until I met either of you in the flesh… that is all you are and all that you will ever be.

I thought this was very well read.

I felt this had touching imagery. What an unusual love story. It is both easy and hard to love a muse.

I loved so much of this story. It proves that somewhere my stories are real. I always thought so. Reality colliding with someone else’s dreams, become one.

The ending is perfect. I know you hear how hear how an opening to a story is so important? However a good ending lingers in the air and coats your soul like a rare perfume.

By: D.J.

D.J. — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:36:01 +0000

Oh dear me, what a boring mess.