Horror podcast for Memorial Day: Pseudopod's "The Western Front"
This week's short story on the horror podcast Pseudopod is The Western Front, by Patrick Samphire, and it's something you should really download and give a listen to. This is Pseudopod's Memorial Day story, and, accordingly, it's set in the muddy, bleak, hopeless trenches of WWI, told in a series of letters and diary entries by a fresh, idealistic British lieutenant. The lieutenant's journey from idealism to disillusionment is standard enough, but I did not expect the redemption he finds in the story's brilliant conclusion. Samphire has written a genuinely fresh and moving account of war, and it's haunting without descending into the merely graphic or grotesque. Link, Link to podcast feedShare this post
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Upcoming appearances
* Feb 9, 2012, DeKalb, IL: Day of Doctorow, NIU
* Feb 10-12, 2012, Chicago, IL: Capricon 32
* Feb 13, 2012, Arlington, TX: UT Arlington College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series
* Feb 16, 2012, Victoria, BC: 13th Annual Privacy and Security Conference
Recent books:
* Context (essays)
* With a Little Help (short stories)
* For the Win (YA novel)
* Makers (adult novel)
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