Holiday Short Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781976277245)

Holidays are always hectic with little time left for personal moments. The stories in this volume were designed for those rare quiet moments during the busy holidays. The lead story, A Flying Carpet Named Jack, is a flight of fancy we would all enjoy experiencing if for no other reason than to avoid automobile traffic. This story leads into The Christmas Miracle and the introduction of Father Frederick Monahan who died on the Titanic and chose to stay on this plane, helping those in need. Next is The Christmas Card which got lost in the mail and arrived forty-six years late, but the intended results of the enclosed message reaped the reward hoped for, so many years earlier. The Twelve Days of Christmas is spread over twenty-five days. The end has a twist but definitely a happy and unexpected ending. No collection of Christmas stories would be complete without an old-fashioned ghost story. This one, A Christmas Ghost Story, is set in South Central Kentucky in an old renovated Victorian home. If you don't believe in ghosts, you might change your mind after reading this short story. The last of the Christmas stories revolves around a large family who are confronted with their own shortcomings when one member comes out of the closet during their Christmas Dinner 1973. The weather gods decide to give them an opportunity to come to grips with their failings by providing two days of heavy snow, forcing them to live together - like it or not. To round out this collection of short stories, three little gems have been included. The Valentine finds its way to the addressee twenty years after it was sent but not in the usual manner via the United States Postal System. In this instance, it appears through a magical ancient fairy tale book located in The Olde Book Shoppe. Then there is The Tooth Fairy which is as far off the rails as you can get with this character. And finally, Angel in the Shadow is offered to everyone who may have lost hope in the goodness of the Universe we live in - where all things are possible.

Author: J. T. Evergreen
ISBN-10: 1976277248
ISBN-13: 9781976277245
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 09/11/2017
Pages: 188
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.40d