Christmas Cuts: A Winter Fantasy Anthology

Christmas Cuts: A Winter Fantasy Anthology

4 Novellas - Short Reads for Long Winter Nights Winter Spice. Naughty Elves. Yippe-ki-yay! Christmas Beyond the Pale by Clinton A. Love At a mind-numbing party on Christmas Eve, Will is presented with a startling revelation that threatens to wreck the few relationships he has left. He retreats to the bar to drown his sorrows and count down the hours until his life falls apart. After an insanely strong drink, a fist fight with Santa, and an elevator ride from Hell, Will’s life is thrown down a spiral that will have him wishing for boredom again. He is now the de facto leader of his group of dysfunctional friends, trying to rescue other partygoers and escape from a collapsing parking garage. As they struggle to make their ascent, Will comes to a horrifying realization. The decaying garage is not the only threat to their lives. As Christmas dawns and the world comes down, something below them is waking up. Icebound Heart by Steven Ross ‘Twas a time nearing Christmas In this land of the dead The humans were meat On their flesh we had fed Bodies were hung By the trees without care A sign that St. Nicholas Surely was there The children were hiding In fear of the elves While Victor and Eve Were in danger themselves When out of the city Came a terrible ring It sounded like this: Ch-ching-ching-ching Would they make it together? Live on to fight? Or fall victim to Santa On this cruel winter night Death Clause: A Days of Death Novella by Dzintra Sullivan You know you’re having a bad day when your scythe slips and taps the wrong person. You know you’re having the baddest day in the history of all bad days when the accidently slip takes the life of the big man himself. What will Death do when he finds himself with a dead Santa… on Christmas eve… in the middle of his busiest night of the year? Tündérstruck: Rise From the Ashes by C.E. Robb The village of Éleskő, situated high atop a Carpathian Mountain, is preparing for their annual winter carnival and the faefolk are buzzing with excitement. Unbeknownst to them, Grandfather Frost, and his sidekick, the Krampusz, are plotting their destruction. With a little steampunk shock and awe, and some slap and tickle along the way, the Tündérek must embrace new ideas without losing their identities. Will they rise from the ashes or become the latest victims of the Rough Nights?