A Weird Holiday Season

Title: A Weird Holiday Season
Series: Holiday Spectacular #7
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Pages: 266
Publication Date: 04/11/2022

Forget run-of-the-mill holiday stories. In this cleverly creative WMG Holiday Spectacular anthology, award-winning editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch offers a carefully curated collection of unexpected holiday stories to add a delightful twist to the season.

From completely fictional holidays to holidays celebrated in the strangest of places to off-the-wall twists on familiar traditions (pooping Nativity figures, anyone?), this volume will put a smile on your face as it transports you in the weirdest and most delightful ways.

Join eleven of the best writers in the business as they present their take on A Weird Holiday Season.

Includes:
The Case of The Disappearing Gingerbread City” by R.W. Wallace
“Project Management Miracle” by Johanna Rothman
“The Light Man” by Ron Collins
“The Pooping Knight’s Playbook” by Robert Jeschonek
“Thunder Angel” by Kate Pavelle
“Dong Zhi and the Last Huli Jing” by Julia Vee
“A Hollow Earth Thanksgiving” by Robert J. McCarter
“Sometimes Strange Magic Casts the Best Spell” by Kari Kilgore
“Beast Feast” by Meyari McFarland
“Five Days of Chickenmas” by Brenda Carre
“Gone Gnomin’” by Jessi Hammond



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The Holiday Spectacular #3

Title: The Holiday Spectacular #3
Series: Holiday Spectacular #3
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Publication Date: 11/07/2022

An Annual Holiday Celebration!

Read a holiday story per day from the American Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day…or binge the entire collection.

This volume contains 38 stories—ranging in genre from mystery to romance and in tone from dark to joyful—that center around traditional holidays such as Christmas and New Year’s but also explore some weird holiday traditions. Featuring works from award-winning and bestselling authors Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith, Anthea Lawson, David H. Hendrickson and many more, each story comes presented as it first appeared in a newsletter that went to subscribers every single day for 38 days.

The third volume in an annual series, The Holiday Spectacular #3 will add a fun twist to your holiday season—or any other time of the year!

 

(This anthology contains the story The Case of the Disappearing Gingerbread City.)

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Fantastic Christmas

Title: Fantastic Christmas
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Pages: 200
Publication Date: 21/10/2021

Venture forth into the delightful adventures of ghosts and elves and imps and more found in the magical worlds of Fantastic Christmas.

Enjoy sweets for the sweet romantics, charming ghosts and imps to capture the imagination, and stories both heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time.

From Nordic sprites who long for the porridge and butter and sugar from the hands of their human neighbors to a man desperate to be with his dying wife on their own special holiday, the stories in this volume add a bit of warmth to your holiday season.

Includes:
“The Last Hour of Hogswatch” by Michael Warren Lucas
“The Best Christmas” by Dory Crowe
“Spirit of the Season” by Anthea Lawson
“The Magic of Sharing” by R.W. Wallace
“The Way the Cookie Crumbles” by Angela Penrose
“An Embarrassment of Id’imps” by Ezekiel James Boston
“The Case of the Disappearing Decorations” by Annie Reed
“The Inn, the Black Cat, and Two Halves of the Same Heart” by Kari Kilgore
“Motorcoach Miracles” by Juliet Nordeen
“Magic For a New Year” by Lisa Silverthorne



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This anthology is one of three anthologies part of the 2020 Holiday Spectacular.

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The Holiday Spectacular #2

Title: The Holiday Spectacular #2
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Pages: 300
Publication Date: 14/07/2021

An Annual Holiday Celebration!

Read a holiday story per day from the end of November to January first…or binge the entire collection.

This volume contains 37 stories—ranging in genre from mystery to fantasy to romance—that center around traditional holidays such as Christmas and New Year’s but also fictional holidays like Hogswatch. Featuring works from award-winning and bestselling authors Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith, Anthea Lawson and many more, each story comes presented as it first appeared in a newsletter that went to subscribers every single day for 37 days.

The second volume in an annual series, The Holiday Spectacular #2 will bring joy and so much more any time of year!



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Contains my story, The Magic of Sharing.

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Crazy Christmas Capers

Title: Crazy Christmas Capers
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Pages: 200
Publication Date: 13/12/2021

Laugh at holiday escapades that go from bad to worse and shenanigans that just might land these characters on Santa's "naughty" list!

From foiled heists to not-so-carefully executed plans, they'll stumble and bumble their way through the holidays, and into your heart.

Contains stories by Annie Reed, Rebecca M. Senese, L.D.B. Taylor, Lauryn Christopher, C.J. Mattison, Katharina Gerlach, Kelly Zimmer, Michele Bazan Reed, R.W. Wallace, and Sarah Czarnecki. Edited by Lyn Worthen.

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The inspiration for Crooks and Nannies:

Sometimes, I get words or expressions mixed up in my head. I blame the French. While it often makes me laugh when I realize my mistake, this time it also turned into an inspiration for a story.

I was writing, and the words "crooks and nannies" appeared on the page.

I stopped. Squinted at the text.

Something’s wrong.

Wait, nannies doesn’t make sense, it’s crannies!

But crooks and crannies isn’t right either…

Oh! Nooks and crannies!

And instead of going on my merry way in the current story, a different one started taking off in an entirely different direction...

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Jingle My Bells

Title: Jingle My Bells
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Pages: 120
Publication Date: 19/07/2022

Love the holiday seasons?

Of course you do. Full bellies and the joyful promise of a new year make for good stories and fun reading.

Add some twists and weirdness, Pulphouse-style, from some of the greatest fiction writers working today, and you have Jingle My Bells, the best weird holiday stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine.

Enjoy reading this collection any time of the year, but especially during the holidays!

Includes:

“Dreaming of a Carboniferous Christmas” by Robert Jeschonek

“Spells for the Holidays” by Ray Vukcevich

“A Menagerie of Messed Up Shorts” by Mark Leslie

“An Ideal Husband” by Jerry and Kathy Oltion

“Fatal Plot Device” by Kelly Washington

Severed Ties” by R. W. Wallace

“A Blood-Soaked Christmas Wish” by David Stier

“Virtching Merry” by Kent Patterson

“Naughty Children” by Mary McKenna

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Heritage: A Ghost Detective Short Story

Title: Heritage
Series: Ghost Detective Short Stories #7
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Pages: 28
Publication Date: 31/10/2021

On the Day of the Dead, families decorate the cemetery's tombstones with chrysanthemums of all colors according to French tradition.

Even amid the rainbow of petals, one grave stands out. The last resting place of the young man who died six months ago. His mother brings him roses, while lamenting that her son's "not there."

As the resident ghosts, Robert and Clothilde can indeed confirm his absence in the afterlife — but it may not be for the usual reasons.

This story is included in the collection Unfinished Business, Volume 2.


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First published in the 2021 Halloween Spectacular, Halloween Harvest.

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Heartwarming Holiday Tales

Title: Heartwarming Holiday Tales
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Pages: 110
Publication Date: 14/04/2022

The holiday spirit comes in all flavors, depending on who does the wishing.

Norwegian Nisse hope for their bowl of porridge on Christmas Eve, while parachute-jumping mice plan a heist to get their paws on this year’s cheese platter.

A woman’s hometown visit triggers memories of sweet teenage crushes, while discarded Christmas trees search for a new purpose. Ghosts even pray for snow while attempting to resolve their unfinished business.

Heartwarming Holiday Tales presents the short stories The Magic of Sharing, Down the Memory Aisle, Morbier Impossible, A Second Chance, and Severed Ties.

All with a guarantee of holiday happily-ever-afters…

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Down the Memory Aisle

Title: Down the Memory Aisle
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Pages: 24
Publication Date: 28/11/2021

Like a house full of filing cabinets, our minds offer easy access to certain memories — your best friend’s smile, the name of your favorite chocolate cake...

Other memories prove more elusive, perhaps stored in a cellar or forgotten corridor.

But they’re all there. Nothing is forgotten.

The simple nudge of a frosty day and a familiar stroll may be all we need to bring lovely recollections from the deepest files and create space where fresh moments will be forever saved.

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Crooks and Nannies

A burglar approaching Christmas gifts and a nanny lifting off with her umbrella.Title: Crooks and Nannies: A Holiday Short Story
Genre: ,
Pages: 25

It's Eric’s first time to fulfill a child’s wish for Christmas. The little Elf must get it exactly right — the family’s holiday spirit depends on it.

Eric stands patiently in line at the Wish Office, receives his little boy’s letter, and reads it with excitement and hot chocolate surging through his veins.

But executing perfectly laid plans is never easy, especially for a newbie — and Eric is about to discover that the rule book exists for a reason.


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The story was first published in the anthology Crazy Christmas Capers.

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