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Her Long Hair Shining Published by Abyss & Apex

Tuesday, 3 January 2012



Fantasy short Her Long Hair Shining sees the light of day over at Abyss and Apex today. This is my second story to appear in the magazine, following on from Museum Beetles a few years back.

It's also my short story publication No. 42, which must mean something ...



Water ran down the walls, staining the stonework in triangles of green like a child’s drawing of a Christmas tree. Smith had to step around pools of water on the floor. The place hadn’t been used for years. Decades. Smashed windows let the wind and rain inside. It was colder inside, somehow, than it was out on the streets. The air tasted damp.

It was, he thought, a lonely place for a ghost to live.

And in other news, The Zahir Anthology for 2011 has been published on Amazon, containing a reprint of my flash story Meteorology for Beginners. Good news tempered by the announcement that Zahir is to cease publication. It will be sorely missed.

Also some micro-story successes to report: Black Beetles and The Heart of a Much Younger Man in Nanoism and A Loop as their first story in Trapeze for 2012.

Good start to the year, hopefully to continue ...

Posted by Simon Kewin at 14:44

16 comments:

  1. Karen Jones Gowen3 January 2012 at 15:16

    Ah this is a lovely piece Simon! I am so looking forward to when you write a novel.

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  2. Simon Kewin3 January 2012 at 15:24

    Thanks, Karen. Hopefully one will be available soon.

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  3. Cate Gardner3 January 2012 at 16:41

    Some beautiful imagery in that tale, Simon. Congrats.

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  4. Simon Kewin3 January 2012 at 16:47

    Thanks, Cate. Glad you liked it.

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  5. Michael Offutt, Phantom Reader3 January 2012 at 17:31

    Wow...fantastic prose.

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  6. Stephanie Lorée3 January 2012 at 18:10

    Simon, that piece is golden (see what I did there?). The title and end line are perfect, really struck home with me. I had a tear in my eye by the end.

    Such a lovely, brilliant, sad ghost story.

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  7. Simon Kewin3 January 2012 at 20:10

    Thanks, Michael and Stephanie - high praise indeed.

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  8. Jeff Chapman3 January 2012 at 22:15

    Congrats on the Abyss and Apex publication. That story has some deliciously creepy imagery.

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  9. Lydia Gray3 January 2012 at 23:27

    That's a sad and beautiful story, Simon.

    Congratulations :)

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  10. Anonymous4 January 2012 at 03:02

    Wonderful story, Simon, and well-told.

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  11. Simon Kewin4 January 2012 at 09:04

    Jeff, Lydia and Milo - many thanks. Much appreciated.

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  12. Precy Larkins4 January 2012 at 20:14

    I love the little excerpt! Great atmosphere and full of intrigue. ;) I love your writing style.

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  13. Golden Eagle4 January 2012 at 23:57

    Congratulations!

    42? Good number as any to start out the year with. :)

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  14. Simon Kewin5 January 2012 at 07:48

    Thanks Cherie and Golden Eagle. Agree about 42!

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  15. Sam Mae5 January 2012 at 10:37

    Good stuff, Simon!

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  16. Deborah Walker5 January 2012 at 22:44

    Ah, classy. Well done, Simon.

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