Cate Gardner lives in Liverpool where tiny pirate ships ferry rats to a surreal otherworld via the brook that runs beneath her street. Her stories have appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Fantasy Magazine, and Shock Totem. Her novellas, “Theatre of Curious Acts” (Hadley Rille Books) and “Barbed Wire Hearts” (Delirium Books) were published in late 2011, and her story collection, “Strange Men in Pinstripe Suits” (Strange Publications) in 2010. You can find her on the web at categardner.net.

Cate’s Shimmer stories:

• The Binding of Memories, Issue #16