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Zombie Podcast

Sunday, 9 September 2012

My short story Bones are Rising to the Surface has just been reproduced as a Podcast over at Dark Fiction magazine.


The story is read beautifully by Marty Perrett. It's a weird and wonderful thing to hear someone else dramatizing your own words. Strange how the story sounds as though it's no longer completely mine; as though it has acquired this whole new life. I like it a lot.

Meanwhile, you may be thinking this is the artwork accompanying the story. Actually, I'm just emerging from a migraine and this is a self-portrait. It's true, I tell you...

Posted by Simon Kewin at 11:15

13 comments:

  1. Anonymous9 September 2012 at 14:58

    Wow, Simon -- very cool! And a spot-on description of hearing your own work read by someone else.

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  2. Simon Kewin9 September 2012 at 16:34

    Thanks, Milo. Yep, I'm delighted with it for sure.

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  3. Elise Fallson9 September 2012 at 17:16

    Wow! Congrats! That has to be the strangest but at the same time the coolest feeling hearing your words read by someone else. I'm going to have to check it out. (:

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  4. Simon Kewin9 September 2012 at 17:30

    Thanks, Elise! Hope you like the story.

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  5. Deborah Walker9 September 2012 at 17:31

    Very nice. Congratulations, Simon.

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  6. Madeline Mora-Summonte9 September 2012 at 18:44

    Excellent, Simon! And I agree re the description of hearing someone read your words. It feels so "other." But in a good way. :)

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  7. Simon Kewin9 September 2012 at 19:39

    Thanks, Deborah!

    Madeline, you put it very well. Definitely something I could get used to.

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  8. Golden Eagle10 September 2012 at 01:52

    Congratulations!

    I'm off to check out the podcast now.

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  9. Simon Kewin10 September 2012 at 07:25

    Thanks, Golden Eagle - hope you enjoy it!

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  10. Ellie Garratt10 September 2012 at 15:48

    That was brilliant, Simon. Congratulations.

    I know what you mean about having your work read aloud. I had a short piece from my horror-novel-in-progress, The Devil's Song, made into video. It was inspiring to hear and see. The only problem I had was that the name of the MC is pronounced differently in the US to the UK. I didn't know that until I heard it!

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  11. Simon Kewin10 September 2012 at 16:09

    Thanks, Ellie. I guess that's what I mean about a story acquiring a life of its own. People pronounce things differently, understand things differently etc. It's no longer entirely what you had in mind. As I say, I rather like that.

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  12. Jeff Chapman18 September 2012 at 19:20

    Congrats, Simon. I never considered how zombies might feel or not feel. Is there a sequel coming when the protag reunites with his significant other?

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  13. Simon Kewin18 September 2012 at 19:49

    Jeff,

    Hmm, I hadn't considered a aequel but now you've got me thinking. Thanks for reading and commenting.

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