All Systems Snow: 8 Tales of Christmas Times (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781915221162)

Snuggle in for eight moving Christmas literary experiences!

Take a trickle of fun, add drops of delight, and mix in a dash of bittersweet, sprinkled liberally with hope, and enjoy this collection of enchanting stories of Christmas times spent in the most unexpected of ways.

Stories of love, loss, and of the ways we find-and cling tightly to-connections with family, whether that family is found, fractured, or forever. These emotionally engaging stories tell of authentic Christmases and holiday experiences through characters as warm and alive as the Christmas season can be chilly with cold.

No holiday collection is complete without a ghostly tale... We journey with Travis on his boat ride as he crosses the hours of his saddest Christmas Eve yet. Will his recently departed Pop find a way, from beyond this world, to reignite in his grandson the faith he's lost, perhaps provide The Last Christmas Gift?

And what of Carrie Clark and her Christmas wish? Can Christmas and its togetherness salvage the relationship between her parents? Or is young Carrie already planning for her future, a plan that might include the most fantastic idea articulated as Carrie Clark's Christmas Wish?

Join The Bell-Ringer on his rounds. He cheers at snow, at Christmas lights aglow. At family hunkering down, at a lost love found. In this Christmas season, when His will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven, the bell-ringer walks the streets-gold or not-and, with his bell and in his chosen spot, broken spirits he might leaven.

Which might help one Tim Harper, who wonders what the future holds as he struggles to recover from the loss of his wife and who anxiously sits by the bedside of his comatose daughter, Melissa. In The Fairness of Life, can Tim open his heart and find Christmas hope? A special nurse, whose love and care make her seem like an angel, might have a gift that changes everything.

The collection's sole vignette encompasses a tearful Christmas goodbye, where the author must learn how truth is often a matter of perspective, how history is Written by the Victors. Look out for the link to the audio version of the story, read by the award-winning narrator BJ Harrison. It's free to enjoy (but please consider a donation to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital).

For one fragmented family, split across different cities and even different nations, there awaits a special moment none of them expected as they sit down at their computer screens and attempt to salvage their holiday. Who We'll Be finds that one of them has had an intriguing idea... one the family may come to truly treasure.

As for bestselling author Jack Townsend, it's his book sales that dominate his thoughts. Can Jack repeat the glorious, but precarious, debut success of A Window Into The Future, turn this unexpected hit into a career? Or will he lose his life in pursuit of literary lust? While on his book tour in a small bookstore in a lonely Midwest town, a strange, ragged visitor might have something to say about that...

Meanwhile, it's mission set, cloudbank wet on The Uncertain New Day of Harold the Raindrop. On his very first day dropping from his very first cloud, will Harold receive a frosty reception when he lands next to a bunch of elves and a rather jolly guy in a red suit? Even Harold can't imagine what's in store for him in his new, snowy life.

Derek McFadden's All Systems Snow gifts us eight telling tales of love, loss, and unexpected joy and reminds us what matters most at this special time of year.

Also included is the bonus short story What Eternity Taught Eve, a heart-rending, heartwarming tale with a bittersweet, poignant tingle. (Previously published in the anthology 13 by 11.)

Author: Jay Allchin,Derek McFadden
ISBN-10: 1915221161
ISBN-13: 9781915221162
Publisher: Papillon Du Pere Publishing
Language: English
Published: 11/03/2023
Pages: 188
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.40d