Perfect Circles

Simon Kewin Other

Perfect Circles – Collected Short Stories



The fantasy short stories from
Spell Circles
, the science fiction short stories from
Eccentric Orbits
and the literary stories from
Life Cycles
, collected together into one box set.


Desperate magic worked in the face of terrible danger. An old house with a hidden secret. An interview with a zombie. A woman allergic to the twenty-first century. A necromancer with evil written all over his face. 
Literally
.


An astronaut alone in the void of deep space. An alien starship capable of destroying all creation. A DNA Detective in search of the genetic code of The Beatles. A terrorist explosion trapped inside a bubble of space/time. A new life-form found in the quantum echoes of the void.


Tilting at windmills in the twenty-first century. A dying woman’s surprising final wish. The unlikely connections between a Manchester woman and a 17th century Renaissance man. A chance encounter on a motorway. A woman allergic to the modern world.


Perfect Circles contains seventy-three stories originally published between 1999 and 2011. Stories range from the very short up to novella length.



Full Contents

The Standing Stones of Erelong * Straight to Hull * Museum Beetles * Trompe-l’oeil * Midnight in the Room of Clocks * The Ghost Train * A Sorcerous Mist * Birth Mother * The Magister’s Clock * A Zombie Walked Into A Bar * Meteorolgy for Beginners * Just Desserts * Guitar Heroes * Angels * Earthworks * Cernunnos * Bones are Rising to the Surface * Scarecrows * KeyQuest * Trick or Treat * The One Thousand One Hundred and Eleven Gates to Faerie * The Summoning * Lucky Numbers * Saved! * The Great Forbidding * Vampyre Slayer * Lost in a Good Book


Terahertz * wolF emiT * The Armageddon Machine * rho-m10 * 22nd Century Genie * A Loop * Good Vibrations * Ten Million Years * Holy Mountains * Not Better Than One * Remembrance Day * Second War of the Worlds * The Thirteenth Labour * An Explosive Relationship * The Long Walk * Time Dilation * Live From The Continuing Explosion


Seek Alternative Route * The Lost Art of Conversation * She’d Always Loved to Travel * Bees * Dan Quixote * Known to the Defendant * Titania * GSOH * The Flying Incredulo * The Square on the Hypotenuse * Sunken Bells * Introductions * The Question * Warning * Body of Work * The Heart of a Much Younger Man * A Good Drying Day * Black Beetles * Flotsam * Last Words * Metal Recycling Here * Human Statue * The Wind Singing in the Wires * Pieces of her Mind * The Great Melody * Skydiving * Ultima Thule * The Flamingo Dancer * The Gatekeeper * Life Cycles * Perfect Circles


 



The Standing Stones of Erelong

“I am going to be blunt with my assessment. This tale was excellent … Recommended.” – Diabolical Plots



Museum Beetles

“a lesson in brilliant storytelling. The world building is phenomenal. This story deserves an award.” – LitHaven



Guitar Heroes

“I loved it.” – Whispers of Wickedness



The Armageddon Machine

“a beautiful story of trust and hope in dark times.” – Tangent



Live From The Continuing Explosion

“Simon Kewin’s affecting, chilling post-9/11 science fiction Live From The Continuing Explosion offers depth enough for drowning.” – TRS2



Good Vibrations

“a wonderfully, almost surreal choice nibble which explores the pursuit of music through the universe and takes the music hunter to realms not thought possible … very cool.” – Prism



Perfect Circles

“Time, obsession and loneliness … the conclusion grabbed me and has stayed with me.” – Last Short Story

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