EP008: Lachrymose and the Golden Egg
Published by SFEley on 30 Jun 2005 at 2:12 am.
6 Comments.
Filed under Podcasts, Rated PG.
By Tim Pratt.
Read by Stephen Eley.
“Foul temptress?” I said, stepping back, clanking in my armor. A suit of plate mail often appears when I’m startled. I wished the armor away and replaced it with soft green leggings and a deerskin shirt. “Wily seductress?”
“Damsel in distress.” She leaned against a tree, hands clasped before her.
I clutched my stick and looked around. “Immediate distress, or general distress?” I worried about ogres, or killbots. They often menace damsels, and when the wind’s wrong, you can’t smell them coming, neither rotten meat nor engine oil. It’s hard to hurt an ogre or a killbot with a staff, but I’m useless with a sword. I used a blade on my first few outings, but after chopping off my feet six times, I switched to a stick.
Rated PG. Contains slight profanity, drug use, and violence against were-ape ninjas.
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JesseWillis on 30 Jun 2005 at 7:10 pm: 1
They should have poached the egg. Poached golden eggs taste better and are less fattening.
Nate Friedman on 11 Jul 2005 at 2:31 pm: 2
He never woke up from his the vision. His last hit was a bad batch and a lot of real world bled in.
senorrojo caliente! on 22 Sep 2005 at 5:44 pm: 3
this is one great story
Tiffany Hine Melbourne Australia on 10 Jul 2006 at 3:51 am: 4
Wow! what a great story. I reckon it was a potato and they both moved into the black castle that popped up down the street. Really enjoying the stories, I only just started listening coz Scott Sigler recommended Escape Pod
scatterbrain on 9 Apr 2008 at 3:41 pm: 5
A great multi-layered reality story.
Curtis Morrow on 12 Nov 2008 at 9:00 pm: 6
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