The sickly sweet colors of the snakes I'm seeing
30 Oct
Oh my, two days in a row! See what happens when I’m net deprived? And yes, I just quoted The Cure in that subject line. I’ve confessed, now stop laughing.
A short one this time though, I promise, just to let people know that Candlelight, Vol.1 is out as of this week, and if you’re interested, this is what it looks like:
My story, as previously mentioned, is called Lime Green Closet. And by lime green I do mean that crazy old school lime green that ends up coating the walls of dodgy old houses and various clinical institutions. I was really happy to find this call for submissions– one of those rare and cool moments when you have a story that just belongs somewhere in particular, in your head. I want to say it’s a weird story for me, as in not what I’d normally write, but considering the few stories I’ve placed so far have all been as far ranging on the horror/dark fantasy spectrum as is possible, that seems a bit silly. But it has a creepy closet.
(Although all closets could be called creepy, I guess. The one on which this story is based, however, was really, really damn creepy. Anyone who remembers that beautiful old house in Cleveland will back me up on that. Come to think of it, that house could be a whole book’s worth of stories…)
Props to Jen, Meghan, and John for their indispensable help making this thing readable, as always. I love you guys. No, really.
Lots of fun-sounding stories lined up in this one, so my fingers are twitching for my copy. (I’m looking at you, Aaron.)
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Neat cover!
Looking forward to reading about the closet. Our basement used to be that particular shade of green…yech.
Ooh, sounds nice and creepy.
Congratulations.
You’re getting your name in some cool looking books, Katey. Makes me think I should write and send out some more short stories. I miss the buzz.
Natalie and Cate, thanks so much! Should be entertaining. Or am I judging a book by its cover? Oh no.
Aaron, yes. It is a scary color. Then again, many things strike me as scary, apparently. Can’t wait to see the latest incarnation of one of your old stories!
Mike, thanks, man! Yeah it’s been a cool couple of month for me as a shiny new short story writer, but I’ll be missing the buzz soon myself. I’d better get some shorts sent out before Nano starts…
Yay!
And I think the covers are inspired to be pretty because your story is in the middle.
Haha you are too adorable. I somehow doubt it, but I’ll take it! Hee!