EP 205: Requiem in D-minor (for prions, whale and burning bush)
Published by JeremyT on 25 Jun 2009 at 3:40 pm.
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By Ian McHugh Read by Frank Key of Hooting Yard
First appeared in Hub #24. Kevin switched the audio over to the projector. The lecture hall was filled with outdoor noises. Wind hummed softly over the microphone, cattle lowed nearby, a truck accelerated in the distance.
A roan steer staggered around a concreted yard, its mute distress accompanied by clattering hooves and the fleshy slap of its thigh striking the ground when it fell. A new sound was introduced - incongruous, but familiar to Kevin’s audience.
Whale song.
Gradually, the cow’s shaking stilled, until it could stand securely. Its muscles continued to tremble, but not enough to upset its equilibrium while it listened.
Rated PG-13 for violence and mad cow disease.
6 Comments to ‘EP 205: Requiem in D-minor (for prions, whale and burning bush)’:
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Ken_K on 26 Jun 2009 at 11:42 pm: 1
I liked the way this story drew me in.
phignewton on 28 Jun 2009 at 5:22 pm: 2
sooooooooo.. we should eat the whales? or not? i am confused on the message here.
scatterbrain on 28 Jun 2009 at 7:01 pm: 3
This story seemed incomplete, unfinished; it left me quite unfufilled really.
Bruce Nielson on 29 Jun 2009 at 11:03 am: 4
I enjoyed the story. Spooky and atmospheric to say nothing of imaginitive. The story lost me on the ending and this reduced the enjoyment somewhat as I think highly of clarity of thought. Too vague.
MasterThief on 7 Jul 2009 at 10:43 am: 5
Well… that was a downer ending.
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