Yay! Rejoice!
So, wonder of wonders, Sex and the Single Hive Mind, my black comedy from the Mind Seed anthology, is featured as the podcast over at Crime City Central! (NSFW, I’m afraid, due to strong horror, exceptionally rude language, and adult themes. Like you couldn’t guess that from the title).
Josie Babin read the story. She is a biologist by day, which is just so super-apropos I may die of satisfaction. Jack Calverley’s introduction book-ended the reading, which I also loved. Very strange to hear my bio read out – like listening to the description of a different person.
There is something deeply peculiar about hearing another voice reading your own work. My initial feeling was that it sounded slow, and then I realised, no, it’s not slow. It’s just that you know these words by heart, and in your head, they race by. Kind of like Inception in reverse. Or maybe not in reverse, because if dream time runs faster and seems longer, and a story being read it in may… ooh, ow, brain is sprained. Need to lie down.
Very strange to hear someone else add their interpretation to your work, and kind of awe-inspiring. It had not occurred to me that Mark would be the most fast-talking, upbeat character as read, but then, of course he would. And I am just loving those little pauses and inflections where Susannah’s bitterness is made manifest. It was just great. I couldn’t be happier. So glad Susannah is getting her day out finally!
P.S. If you’re interested in the unfortunate Susannah and how I came to write the story, I wrote a guest blog feature over at my writing buddy KD Grace’s website (KD writes erotic romance and blogs about erotica, so again be warned if you are visiting from work!)
