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A Second Zeke Choy Story

November 13th, 2012
Nahiku West by Linda Nagata “Nahiku West” — a 9,000 word novelette, originally published in Analog and now available as an ebook at Book View Cafe.

Long ago — actually last spring — I wrote a companion story to last summer’s novelette “Nahiku West.” It’s called “Out In The Dark” and it’s the second story featuring the reluctant Commonwealth police officer, Zeke Choy**.

Since “Nahiku West” was published in Analog, I sent the second story there as well and waited the summer to hear back on it. Three months passed, and I was just about to inquire on its status when Stan Schmidt, long-time Analog editor, announced his immediate retirement — and I knew the waiting wasn’t over yet.

I did eventually receive good news. Analog’s new editor, Trevor Quachri, will be publishing “Out In The Dark” in a future edition, date to be determined.

And now, I must get busy writing more short stories! I want to do at least one or two more featuring Zeke Choy, as well as striking out in some new directions.

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**Zeke was a minor character in my novel The Bohr Maker, and his stories take place in The Nanotech Succession story world.

Posted on: Tuesday, November 13th, 2012 at 7:13 pm
Categories: Short Stories.
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2 Responses to “A Second Zeke Choy Story”

  1. Paul (@princejvstin) Says:

    Congratulations on the story sale, Linda!

  2. Linda Says:

    Thank you much! That was a long wait… 🙂