Icy's Blunt Pencil: Friday Flash

Friday, 24 December 2010

Friday Flash - Winter's Bride

This story has been taken down as it is now out for submission!

27 comments:

Anonymous said...: Lovely! You can send Jack my way anytime you like! :); 24 December 2010 at 15:24
Anonymous said...: Icy, this is a delight. It's a beautiful, frosty, heart-warming tale. Perfect for Christmas Eve. Thank you!; 24 December 2010 at 15:28
Laurita said...: Beautiful story, and warm despite the frost. I love the last little detail about the window paintings.; 24 December 2010 at 15:41
Sam said...: A beautiful story, Icy. There's the real feel of an old fairytale about this piece. Perfect seasonal fare. :); 24 December 2010 at 16:04
John Wiswell said...: I never tried magically restoring youth to woo a lady. I've been going about it all wrong!

Merry Christmas, Icy!; 24 December 2010 at 16:13
Icy Sedgwick said...: Demonesprit - I always envisioned Jack Frost as being a fairly dapper gent!

Flyingscribbler - Thank you!

Laurita - I've always thought the patterns in frost are pretty. Small compensation for the misery the snow brings!

Sam - Apparently "fairytale" is my default genre!

John - He's a forerunner to L'Oreal!! Merry Christmas ^_^; 24 December 2010 at 16:22
Joz Varlo said...: Icy, this is charming and so well told. I love a good Christmas fable! Merry Christmas to you, dear!; 24 December 2010 at 16:38
Anonymous said...: Eee, how delightful! Best snow tale ever. I love everything about it.

Merry Christmas, Icy!; 24 December 2010 at 17:08
Larry Kollar said...: Beautiful. And how appropriate that someone named "Icy" is the author!; 24 December 2010 at 17:22
KjM said...: Delightful. Warmth in the heart of frost.

Excellently done.; 24 December 2010 at 18:15
Steve Green said...: Lovely piece of writing Icy, although I don't like the cold, I do appreciate the beauty of snow, frost, and ice, on various surfaces, and your story brings these images to my mind.

Happy Christmas Icy. :D; 24 December 2010 at 18:27
Anonymous said...: Jack Frost has always been a facinating character. You've brought him to life and given him a warm and kind heart.; 24 December 2010 at 18:49
Cat Russell said...: What a beautiful fairytale!; 24 December 2010 at 19:40
Dat Basstard said...: Wonderful twist on an old character!; 24 December 2010 at 23:05
said...: Terrific! Just terrific!; 24 December 2010 at 23:51
Raven Corinn Carluk said...: Very nice.; 25 December 2010 at 00:56
Eric J. Krause said...: Excellent story! Looks like this works out for both of them.; 25 December 2010 at 18:32
Anonymous said...: Icy, (and how ironic that sounds), I love, love, love this story. So full of hope and love, so beautifully written.

I can't help but think of my son, who was born during a blizzard - it was about 70F and felt so nice outside when I went to the hospital, but the next morning, after he was born, there was three feet of snow outside. I nicknamed him Frosty.

Thank you for a lovely story!; 26 December 2010 at 14:07
Okami said...: What a lovely story!! Thanks.; 26 December 2010 at 14:33
AidanF said...: I love the way you portrayed her converting into the winter bride. Beautiful language and way of describing it. I can't help but suspect that while Jack Frost lives through every year, she fades away as winter turns to spring.; 26 December 2010 at 17:40
Jason Coggins said...: Perhaps I'm wired differently to the rest of your readership but this tale felt to me like an Origin issue of a new comic book series. Thus, I'll be hanging out for the Special Collector's Edition of "Lady Frost" issue 1 with the 3D hologram Icy cover ... with optional frost bite.; 26 December 2010 at 21:48
julito77 said...: Love the fairy tale aspect of it. As always, you have a great talent to invite your readers into your world, the beginning hooked me yet again. And a nice use of Jack Frost.

Intrigued by the line "They spend the rest of the evening turning the cruelty of winter into a paradise of art." I can see that.; 27 December 2010 at 04:10
Icy Sedgwick said...: Thank you to everyone for your lovely comments. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!; 27 December 2010 at 14:52
Anonymous said...: A great fairy tale, Icy. Simply delightful.
Adam B @revhappiness; 27 December 2010 at 22:15
Tony Noland said...: What a great wintry tale!; 28 December 2010 at 15:03
Cathy Olliffe-Webster said...: How romantic! (sigh!) And how beautiful to read. A fairytale told in shades of white. Lovely!; 29 December 2010 at 21:14
Flashes in the Dark Radio said...: So well done! A beautiful winter fable.; 2 January 2011 at 21:24