EP006: Jenny Nettles
Published by SFEley on 16 Jun 2005 at 1:09 am.
7 Comments.
Filed under Podcasts, Rated PG.
By Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald.
Read by Stephen Eley.
On the morning after his death, a clear fluid began to leak from the Jenny’s mainmast: slow, glistening droplets that curled out and ran downward from where the knives were stuck in the wood. “It’s water,” said the ship’s cook. “But not fresh. Salt. Like blood.”
“Not like blood,” said Big Tom, who had also tasted it. His cheeks were sunken, and his eyes were hollow and dark. “Not like blood — like tears.”
Rated PG. Contains violence, supernatural themes, and sailors who do not swear.
Chris on 16 Jun 2005 at 8:31 am: 1
Not bad. Not bad at all. Nice way to start the day, a classic ghost story. What made it all the better was the weather here in Cleveland this morning…cool, humid, and foggy.
Thomas on 19 Jun 2005 at 12:16 am: 2
First off, the level of detail with regards to the boat is really well done. I also thought that the historical detail and the technical knowledge of that era was rather impressive (and helped to draw me into some of the story)
I was fading in and out towards the end of the story, simply because its hard to sustain momentum when people are dying from dehyrdation.
2 cents worth
T.J. on 19 Jun 2005 at 10:06 am: 3
Wonderful, atmospheric ghost story.
David Brake on 10 Aug 2005 at 9:08 am: 4
Thanks for the podcast but please… don’t try any more accents!
SFEley on 10 Aug 2005 at 9:34 am: 5
Ha. Too late!
I am sorry for the pain, however. For what it’s worth, I do try to find narrators who can handle the accents better when they’re thick throughout the story.
Escape Pod Classic » EPC03: Jenny Nettles on 24 May 2006 at 12:39 pm: 6
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scatterbrain on 31 Mar 2008 at 10:56 am: 7
It dosen’t seem “brutal” enough for it’s subject.