Podcastle, the fantasy department of Steve Eley’s Escape-Artists podcasting collective has just entered the dangerous realm of slash-fiction with it’s latest production: “Red Riding Hood’s Child“. It’s not just regualr slash… you now the kind where Batman get it on with Catwoman. It’s furry-slash. If your idea of fun is being raped by anthropomorphic man-wolves then this story is definitely for you!
In case you are unaware of them, Escape Artists are currently world’s biggest genre-fiction Zine. Their subscription is probably as big as all of the print SF magazines put together. They’ve been going for about three years and currently have three channels. The original one was “Escape Pod” wich favours science-fiction, then came Pseudopod which caters for lovers of horror. Finally came Podcastle - for people who like their swords mixed with sorcery.
I’m not sure that I cared for the tale all that much, but it do think that Steve & friends ought to exploit this - perhaps it’s time for them to open up a fourth Escape Artists channel which features ONLY slash-fiction? I’d probably subscribe to that (I just wouldn’t tell anybody).
Just think how many slash writers would love to have their story read to the size of audience that Escape Artists can deliver. I’m convinced that Escape Artists could be the driving force behind a slash-fiction revival.
