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Yikes. Good luck this after, Cate. A small consolation is that you can channel it into one of your stories.

Ouch. Teeth pulling is true horror. I had poor enamel on my "baby" teeth, and had most of them yanked by a dentist who didn't believe in painkillers.

(Lovely story, by the way. You know how I feel about extra doors.)

Thanks, Deborah. Luckily it was a different dentist this time and she was lovely.

That's sadistic, Aaron.

I hope you're home and mellowed out on chocolate-flavored painkillers by now. I've had two teeth pulled in the past and it's always horrible. Speedy recovery to you!

Sadistic, but it explains my pension for horrible things...

Hope you're okay today. I've never had a tooth out but I imagine it's not a pleasant experience (some good ol' British understatement for ya there).

Cate,

Hope it went well. And yeah, loved that snow globe story. Oh, and my copy of Full Fathom Forty came today! Looking forward to House of Snowflakes ...

I'm cringing at the thought of the pulled tooth...perhaps it's best consicered as research for a scene in a horror story you're working on (though it would be hard to beat that scene in that Dustin Hoffman movie...)

I may never eat chocolate again, Kate

It's bloody awful, Mike. And, I know have a hit list full of people who said it was easy, you won't even notice it etc etc... Man are they in for a heap of woe.

Thanks, Simon

Me too, Alan

Sorry about the doc -- dentists are the devil, clearly.

But I did love the story. Both as a metaphor and as, well, what it is. Gave me that jolt in my middle.

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

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

Thanks for reading, Mike.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The moths must tickle!

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

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.

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

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

Thanks, Danielle.

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

Thanks, Simon

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

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

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

Awesome, awesome. Do you always come up with the title first?

I'm about 6,500 words into my new novel and have yet to give it a title. :-(

I always have a working title even if it's something naff. This one is of course brilliant (until I get fed up with it).

Congrats on the finalization of the draft!

My new WIP also has what I think is a great tile but I am not going to start talking about it just yet, lest I jinx it.

Thanks, Barry. Wouldn't it be odd if we had the same title? Bagsy it.

No copyright on titles...

Anyway, I read about your plan with this fantastical fifty and I've been trying to come up with first lines here and there.

I have four...

Coming up with a great title is always special : ) My favorite is still "RELENTLESS SODOMY: The Musical." Hurray for buns!

I love hearing about the process of a story. And I love the title.

Gold stars for you! I try to come up with a working title first but sometimes fall short of that.

Anything with Buster Keaton in it has got to be special.

Rich, just don't use 'Wuthering Heights', I hear Miss Bronte rises from her grave if you do. Actually...on second thoughts.

Natalie, that is an inspired title.

Thanks, Danielle.

Thanks, Andrea.

I agree, Jamie.

Oooh now I adore the "things found here" objects. Sounds delectable-- and just because it's what I've come to expect from you doesn't mean I'll take it for granted.

Thanks, Katey

That sounds so cool! And I like your comment on the percentages. :)

"Things Found Here" is actually a pretty good title on its own, I think. (Says the person who comes up with the world's worst titles half the time. I mean, I wrote a story once titled "Bird." It did not have a bird in it.)

Great lines Cate!! Thanks for sharing! Storms are always wicked, did this one inspire or just give you some time to write?

Sorry I haven't been here for a squinch. I'm trying to catch up!!

Happy writing
Hinny

Kate, that last comment made me snort. :D

Thanks, Kara.