Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“Sometimes all you need is a second chance because time wasn’t ready for the first one.” – Author Unknown Are you looking for a feel-good holiday story? If so, look no further than Jay Northcote’s free Christmas short, Coming Home. It’s a story that begins when a summer love affair ends, at a time when... Continue Reading →
“Of course, that’s how life is. A turn of events may seem very small at the time it’s happening, but you never really know, do you? How can you?” ― Tom Xavier Blurb: In a snowy small town in England just before Christmas, handyman Christian thinks the world has ended -- his parents are still... Continue Reading →
“Of course, that’s how life is. A turn of events may seem very small at the time it’s happening, but you never really know, do you? How can you?” ― Tom Xavier Blurb: In a snowy small town in England just before Christmas, handyman Christian thinks the world has ended -- his parents are still... Continue Reading →
“Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” ― Carl Bard Brandon Jacobs has just about had it with the holiday season. Added to all the regular stresses, his mother has been pushing for him to reach out to AJ,... Continue Reading →
“Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” ― Carl Bard Brandon Jacobs has just about had it with the holiday season. Added to all the regular stresses, his mother has been pushing for him to reach out to AJ,... Continue Reading →
“There's one good thing about a mistake. As long as you're alive, you still have time to fix it.” ― Benjamin Bayani Norris Mason and Danny Falk have themselves what you might call a fixer-upper relationship, meaning that a one-man verbal demolition crew said a few things in the heat of hurt and anger, things... Continue Reading →
“There's one good thing about a mistake. As long as you're alive, you still have time to fix it.” ― Benjamin Bayani Norris Mason and Danny Falk have themselves what you might call a fixer-upper relationship, meaning that a one-man verbal demolition crew said a few things in the heat of hurt and anger, things... Continue Reading →
“Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.” ― T.S. Eliot BLURB: When Mark Wright is pressed into being a mall Santa on Christmas Eve, his life is changed forever. Six-year-old Trevor Robinson has his Uncle Jack in tow—the same man Mark had a crush on at Asheville High School fifteen years earlier.... Continue Reading →
“Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.” ― T.S. Eliot BLURB: When Mark Wright is pressed into being a mall Santa on Christmas Eve, his life is changed forever. Six-year-old Trevor Robinson has his Uncle Jack in tow—the same man Mark had a crush on at Asheville High School fifteen years earlier.... Continue Reading →
Christmas is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas. --- Dale Evans BLURB: When Rob’s dad was injured by an uninsured driver, it spelled the end of Rob’s carefree childhood and, more important to Rob, the idyllic Christmases they used to have. Hard work and sacrifice nets him a... Continue Reading →
Christmas is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas. --- Dale Evans BLURB: When Rob’s dad was injured by an uninsured driver, it spelled the end of Rob’s carefree childhood and, more important to Rob, the idyllic Christmases they used to have. Hard work and sacrifice nets him a... Continue Reading →
“He hadn't stopped Christmas from coming, it came! Somehow or other... it came just the same.” – The Grinch Who Stole Christmas If you read the blurb for Rebound you’ll pretty much know what the story is all about: Christmas is a time for peace, love, and goodwill toward mankind. Not! More like cheating exes... Continue Reading →
“He hadn't stopped Christmas from coming, it came! Somehow or other... it came just the same.” – The Grinch Who Stole Christmas If you read the blurb for Rebound you’ll pretty much know what the story is all about: Christmas is a time for peace, love, and goodwill toward mankind. Not! More like cheating exes... Continue Reading →
“Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.” ― Mary Ellen Chase Spending his holidays working at the mall popcorn stand was not what Noah had planned for, but this was his reality. Being a scholarship student didn't leave a lot of money to travel from New York to LA at... Continue Reading →
“Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.” ― Mary Ellen Chase Spending his holidays working at the mall popcorn stand was not what Noah had planned for, but this was his reality. Being a scholarship student didn't leave a lot of money to travel from New York to LA at... Continue Reading →
“…The Laird o’ Phelps spent Hogmany declaring he was sober. Counted his feet to prove the fact and found he had one foot over.”-- Louis MacNeice Last Leap of the First-Foot is another short story included in Dreamspinner Press’s Advent anthology. I have to admit that I had no clue what the title meant when... Continue Reading →
“…The Laird o’ Phelps spent Hogmany declaring he was sober. Counted his feet to prove the fact and found he had one foot over.”-- Louis MacNeice Last Leap of the First-Foot is another short story included in Dreamspinner Press’s Advent anthology. I have to admit that I had no clue what the title meant when... Continue Reading →
"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!" – Ebenezer Scrooge Haven Marley has to be one of... Continue Reading →
"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!" – Ebenezer Scrooge Haven Marley has to be one of... Continue Reading →
“There were moments, he’d always believed, when you could feel your life changing around you. He could feel that weight in the air now, every crisp detail of the medieval walls around him heavy with significance.” – Amy Rae Durreson Amy Rae Durreson is prepared to take you on a journey with the ghost of... Continue Reading →
“There were moments, he’d always believed, when you could feel your life changing around you. He could feel that weight in the air now, every crisp detail of the medieval walls around him heavy with significance.” – Amy Rae Durreson Amy Rae Durreson is prepared to take you on a journey with the ghost of... Continue Reading →
“Then came the healing time, hearts started to shine, soul felt so fine, oh what a freeing time it was.”-- Aberjhani The Healing Power of Eggnog is part of Dreamspinner Press’s Advent Anthology. It was a quick read at only 68 pages. The title refers to the eggnog concocted every Christmas by the mother of... Continue Reading →
“Then came the healing time, hearts started to shine, soul felt so fine, oh what a freeing time it was.”-- Aberjhani The Healing Power of Eggnog is part of Dreamspinner Press’s Advent Anthology. It was a quick read at only 68 pages. The title refers to the eggnog concocted every Christmas by the mother of... Continue Reading →
“Fate has a way of putting in front of us that which we most try to leave behind.” ― Theodore “Mozzie” Winters In the midst of all the commercialism of the Christmas season, Gale Stanley has offered, in Bashert, a lovely story of what it means for two young men to be gay and to... Continue Reading →
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