The last short story podcast that I found to listen to while trekking into the office was PodCastle, the fantasy podcast magazine. I’m getting to it kind of late. I listened to the story a few days ago, but I had to let it mull around in my head a little.The Voices of Snakes is an odd story told from the perspective of, yeah, you guessed it, snakes. I did not really shine to the story. I did enjoy listening to the reader read it; it did keep me company while I walked. Still, the language devolved into a commercial for Hello Kitty, Hello Sunshine…and a list that went on way too long. The hello-structure was picked up again at a second point in the story. Now, I can believe that snakes might talk or think in this way, but it was very distracting.
As for the rest of the story, I like it okay. It felt like mythology of goddess and god’s abusive relationship unfolding into my ears. They seemed not so much snakes, but dragons, long lived, angry.
At the end, there is a touching moment that feels like an apology from the writer rather than an ending appropriate for the story; or perhaps that is just my cynical side.
Anyway, the story is short and well read. It is worth a listen.
Sumner-Smith, Karina. The Voices of Snakes. PodCastle. Miniature 015, October 13, 2008
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