Gray Lady, Lady Gray: (a short story)
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It lives in the attics of a remote Scottish Castle. It needs the blood of a bride. And there's a wedding scheduled today.
"Gray Lady, Lady Gray" is a short story by New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison. It first appeared in SURREAL SOUTH '11, edited by Laura Benedict and Pinckney Benedict (Press 53, 2011).
J. T. Ellison
J.T. Ellison is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 25 novels, and the EMMY(R) award winning co-host of the literary show A WORD ON WORDS. With millions of books in print, her work has won critical acclaim, prestigious awards, and has been published in 28 countries. She lives in Nashville with her husband and twin kittens.
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Gray Lady, Lady Gray - J. T. Ellison
© Copyright 2011 JT Ellison
Gray Lady, Lady Gray
appeared in Surreal South ‘11, edited by Laura Benedict and Pinckney Benedict
Author’s Note:
I’ve always looked at short stories as a way to have a bit of fun with my writing. In my day job, I write psychological thrillers. I’d written three novels before I ever tried my hand at short fiction. But when I did, I discovered an entirely new world.
I spent a great deal of time telling my peers I couldn’t write short stories. They kept pushing me, and pushing me, until I finally gave it a shot. That story was PRODIGAL ME. I submitted it to Writer’s Digest, and promptly forgot about it. You can imagine my surprise when I received an email from Chuck Sambuchino saying I’d won an honorable mention in their annual short fiction contest.
Perhaps I could write shorts after all.
Soon after, I attended my first writer’s conference, where I met a fabulous writer named Duane Swierczynski. I asked Duane about some short fiction markets, and he suggested I send a story to his friend Bryon Quertermous, who ran an ezine called Demolition. I quickly wrote another story and submitted it. Bryon loved everything but the title, which we agreed to change to X. It was my first published piece.
My love of the short form grew from there. I began placing stories, writing for anthologies, the works. I grew to love the freedom and limitations of the form, and I still use it as a playground of sorts, a way to stretch my wings and explore genres I wouldn’t normally write in. My stories are little slices, vignettes. Crimes of the heart, the mind and the soul. The bits and pieces that fell from my