Saturday 12 March 2011

Ashes




My story 'And, the Bride Wore Ashes' is now available to read at Phantasmacore.

It's a tale of a jilted Buster Keatonesque groom, a wedding dress made of moths and a snow globe.

I hope you like it and I also hope you'll comment over at the site if you do (or don't). It's my first story available to read online since last September. I need to pull my socks up.

19 comments:

Michael Stone said...

I commented over there, but it's awaiting moderation. Great story Cate. Distinctive and surreal as ever.

Tony said...

I seem to remember you tweeting about a wedding dress made of moths while you were writing this one.

I'm heading over now. :-D

Cate Gardner said...

Thanks for reading, Mike.

I guess I need to start calling you Tony now, Anthony. Or maybe not ;)

Richard said...

Great story Cate. You have a real talent for creating dream-like imagery. Very much enjoyed it.

Lee Thompson/Thomas Morgan/James Logan/Julian Vaughn said...

Loved it, Cate! Will share a link on my next blog post!

Josh Reynolds said...

That was great! I left a comment there as well. Quite creepy in a fun sort of way, Cate.

Cate Gardner said...

Thank you so much for reading, Richard, Lee and Joshua.

Tuonela said...

Loved it, Cate. I broke my only snow-globe recently. It had little black bats flying around in an underground cave.

Fox Lee said...

The moths must tickle!

Aaron Polson said...

Wonderful, Cate (I commented at Phantasmacore). Poor Max broke a snow globe this Christmas; I'm glad wedding dresses didn't come fluttering out. ;)

Cate Gardner said...

Thanks for reading :D

You know how things come in threes? I'm now worried I'll break my Nightmare Before Christmas snow globe. Oh no--but at least Jack would be free.

Tony said...

Ha, yeah well...

I go by "Tony" in the real world. I like to use my full name for my pen name, I don't know why. Or maybe I do and I'm just not tellin'. :-p

Danielle Birch said...

Have been over and read and commented. Congrats on a great story.

Cate Gardner said...

Thanks, Danielle.

Simon Kewin said...

Many congrats Cate! I'll mosey on over and have a read.

Cate Gardner said...

Thanks, Simon

Katey said...

I commented there, but I thought it was magnificent, Cate.

Barry Napier said...

Oooh, that was some fantastic lunch time reading! Well done (as usual)!

Cate Gardner said...

Barry & Katey, thanks so much for reading it. Much appreciated.