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Catherine McCarthy

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Catherine McCarthy weaves dark tales on an ancient loom from her farmhouse in West Wales.
Her published novellas and novels include Immortelle, Mosaic, A Moonlit Path of Madness, The Wolf and the Favour and her most recent, The House at the End of Lacelean Street. Her short fiction has been published in various anthologies and magazines, including those by Black Spot Books, Nosetouch Press, and Dark Matter Ink.
In 2020 she won the Aberystwyth University Prize for her short fiction.
Time away from the loom is spent hiking the Welsh coast path or huddled in an ancient graveyard reading Dylan Thomas or Poe.
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Mosaic

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Immortelle

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The House at the End of Lac...

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Mists and Megaliths

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A Moonlit Path of Madness

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Door and Other Twisted Tales

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The Wolf and the Favour

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Death of a Clown

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Immortelle by Catherine  McCarthy
"A sad and gothic period piece set in a seaside village of Wales with touches of the supernatural, Immortelle is well-written and doesn’t overstay its welcome in its 120 pages. Its mystery crossed with the historical curiosity of immortelles make it a" Read more of this review »
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“suppose my mother taught me a lesson that day; be grateful for what comes your way and don’t expect too much from life. A cynical viewpoint, some might think, especially in one so young.”
Catherine McCarthy, Immortelle

“Contentment in life is far more sustainable than happiness!”
Catherine McCarthy

“During the nineteenth century, graveside memorials, known as immortelles, became popular throughout Western Europe. Arrangements of ceramic or beaded flowers, as well as other motifs and trinkets, were displayed beneath glass domes on the graves of those interred as symbols of resurrection and, of course, immortality. As a rule they were not personalised, though the following story imagines them to be...”
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“Contentment in life is far more sustainable than happiness!”
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“Most people will tell you growing up means you stop believing in Halloween things - I’m telling you the reverse. You start to grow up when you understand that the stuff that scares you is part of the air you breathe.”
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“suppose my mother taught me a lesson that day; be grateful for what comes your way and don’t expect too much from life. A cynical viewpoint, some might think, especially in one so young.”
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“Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.”
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