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What a festive bunch! I hope Mr Barkley will cheer up. He really has a group of glittering girls. With lots of power and energy! I allmost hear the music.

Oh my, what an awesome batch of strange and cool dancing girls! Love the striped stockings. And I’m glad you included at least one of your great birds! Really great set, love your stuff!

Wonderful characters! Love it!!

This is wonderful! I love your illustrations! Wishing you a wonderful week..

GOSH, this is wonderful work..I love how full of life your characters are. The sparkles/glitter on the dresses is perfect and OH, he is truly superbe! : ) Well done!

Oh, they are in the full swing of the dance! And so am I!:0) Mr Barkley knows how to make a show. Maybe the secret is in his suitcase?
Wonderful characters, so much life in them! I like the glitter, the shoes, the hair-dos, but the girl with the donkey’s ears made me laugh!
Have a LOVEly Valentine’s Day, Linda! And thank you for the pleasure!:)

Oh, such wanton frivolity! And those donkey ears– pure decadence! I’m sure I don’t know what Val Doonican would say… : )

Lovely, joyful work. Here, here, Mr. Barkley!!

Absolutely amazing! You put so much thought and work into it AND it really paid off – love it!

Congratulations!

Sorry for my recent absence, btw. I've been using Jill's laptop more than my desktop and it's too much hassle to sign out of her Google account, sign in to mine and then back into hers. No, really, it is. Yes, I am that lazy. :)

Congrats! Very cool news!

Oh well done. I tried for this one, too. Failed badly.

Congrats, Cate!

Thank's guys.

Mike, I suspected you were ;)

I'm sure you didn't 'fail badly', Deborah

Brilliant, good for you!

Sweet! You're awesome, Cate!

Thanks, Mark & Lee

Congratulations!

I am so not surprised that you're in this one -- it seems tailor made for your brand of beautiful creepy. I'll be a buyer for sure. Awesome!

Congratulations! Sounds like a great story.

It seems like everyone is receiving good news today. Congratulations!

Thanks, guys :D

Cate Gardner + scary toys = awesome combination.

Congrats, that's great news (for you, sure, but for readers especially!)

Congratulations! I am looking forward to it, especially now when I can't get enough of your fiction :)

Thanks, Ray

Thanks, Mihai

Good news. Ought to be a really fun anthology.

I read this a while back and agree with what you say. I found it rather unsettling and you have pinpointed what the problem is.

Those ads in the backs of some of the books are great. I always look for the books on Project Gutenberg and Google Books because they sound so intriguing.

I’m fascinated by this review because as you outlined the plot, my main problem with it was the mother finding and adopting her sixteen year old child after giving her away. Was Sally not upset? One would think she would have abandonment issues and resentment as an orphan, especially if the mother is from wealth because then it’s not a “I gave you up for a better life arguement.” Pile that on top of the mother taking Sally away from the boy she thinks she loves and you have a very volitile situation. Sally seems way to demure for the portrayed upbringing. If she were such a fawn lost int he woods, willing to follow her mother’s beck and call, she wouldn’t feel the stubborn need to be honest about the circumstances of her birth. The story was unbeleivable even before you gave your reasoning, which I have to agree with as well.

This is not a book I’ll be reading. Thank you for your review,
Eliabeth

Why was David and Sally’s relationship inappropriate? She’s an orphan, he’s a farm boy… or did it only become inappropriate after her mum and step-father turned her into a debutant?

I love ads in the back of books. I use them to find new things, bu they’re also just fun to read.

I sort of remembered that you had commented about reading this. It’s a shame it’s so weird, because it could have been so much fun.

Well, the mother didn’t know Sally was still around — she’d been told her baby died, and only found out that she hadn’t after all trace of Sally had been lost. I agree that it still would have been natural for Sally to feel resentment, but instead she’s happy to have a mother simply because she’s been longing for the mother all her life. And then Enid makes a deal with her that if Sally goes along with the schooling/summer camp/debutante stuff she can invite David to her coming out party — a promise she has no intention of. So, yeah, Sally has no excuse for being so trusting, but Sally’s never been more than a missmatched set of personality traits, so that particular bit of nonsense didn’t bother me. Thanks for pointing out the additional ridiculousness :)

Her mother thinks it’s inappropriate because she wants to make Sally a debutante. The law thinks it’s inappropriate because Sally is sixteen and not legally allowed to get married without parental consent (she lies about her age). I think it’s inappropriate because mentally Sally seems to be a lot younger than sixteen and David is twenty and clearly really looking forward to sleeping with her and I find the situation squicky.

Love this! How fun! I just did a circus type of theme poster. Circus stuff is fun to illustrate. :) Thanks for sharing with us. :)