Ulla

[prog]

This week's episode of Escape Pod features the short "Ulla" by Daniel Schwabauer, and it's totally awesome. It uses the trope of retelling a classic story from the villain's point of view to stunning effect, in part because it also employs a separate and quite unexpected narrative convention that I won't spoil for you. The reading is very well done, too (though I dunno about all the reverb).

Link to Escape Pod page on the story | Direct link to MP3

Steve's been doing the pre-show WARNINGs less often, too, which I think is an excellent trend. I seriously yank the buds right out of my ears and do a fifteen-count when he starts into one, so deep is my aversion to spoilers. (Though if he now only does them for stories with sex /cussing/bloodnguts in them, the very presence of a warning becomes a spoiler. Pfui.)

Comments

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

Eh, it didn't do it for me (I finally listened today). And he spoiled the story right at the beginning for me. Also, reverb. What was the "Seperate but unexpected narrative convention" you liked?

[prog.livejournal.com]

I liked how it was an epistolary story. I thought it worked as such.