A Rainbow of Reviews

Kylie Bullivant sent me the following link on January 1st of all days. Talk about making someone's new year. Thanks, Kylie. Patrick Rutigliano has reviewed Triangulation: End of the Rainbow over at Shroud Magazine. This is what he has to say about my story:

Cate Gardner’s trademark whimsy lightens the mood in the first pages of “The Meaning of Yellow” before exploring far deeper themes in a world robbed of color.

...and you can read the rest of the review here. Thanks, Patrick.


And talking of reviews. I've posted two new ones over at Skull Salad. Tying Knots by Ken Liu (Clarkesworld) and What They Hear in the Dark by Gary McMahon (Spectral Press).

Rainbow's End

So excited about this one...

Triangulation: End of the Rainbow is now available for purchase over at Amazon. It contains my story, The Meaning of Yellow, along with stories from Aaron Polson, Marshall Payne, Cat Rambo, Amanda C Davis, Peter S Beagle, Brenta Blevins, Eugie Foster and others.

Here's the beginning of The Meaning of Yellow:

Sound rushed from the cinema, dragging with it several dwarves and a basketful of poisoned apples. Crouched behind the seats in row F, Maxine pressed her grey hand to her lips and hoped her breath didn't steam. Someone had left the emergency exit door propped open and frame by frame, the colours were being sucked from the move and disappearing into the night. When the screen faded to its usual black, she stood and watched the final trail of colour weave its way along the alley. The Ministry for the Abolition of Bright Things would have her head.

Story inspiration: A rather long day with my then four-year-old niece watching Disney's Snow White over and over and over and... You get the picture.

Triangulation: End of the Rainbow

Jamie Lackey has announced the TOC for the forthcoming anthology, Triangulation: End of the Rainbow. (Thanks to Marshall Payne for the info). I'm super excited about this one, not least because Aaron Polson's previously published, The World in Rubber, Soft and Malleable, is in it. One of my favourite stories of 2009.

The Rainbow Vendor by David Sklar
Tourist Trap by Mark Onspaugh
Making Friends by Kylie Bullivant
A Test of Spirit by Brenta Blevins
David is Six by Amanda C. Davis
The Stickball Witch by Peter S. Beagle
Messiah by M. Z. Hoosen
The House at the End of the Rainbow by Amy Treadwell
A Womb of my Own by Tinatsu Wallace
The Meaning of Yellow by Cate Gardner
Talking Blues by Matthew Johnson
Spirit House by Ron Sering
A Patch of Jewels in the Sky by Eugie Foster
Haole by D.K. Thompson
The World in Rubber, Soft and Malleable by Aaron Polson
Commander Perry's Mystic Wonders Show by Jaime Lee Moyer
The New Elementals by Marshall Payne
In Lixus, Close to Waking by Erin Hoffman
In Order to Conserve by Cat Rambo