I never used to be the sort who waved goodbye to Hallowe'en and immediately turned to thoughts of the winter holidays. I put that down to being in Retail where I had no choice in the matter, and had already been forced to schedule, hire, plan, train and prepare for Christmas Retail (a.k.a. the most … Continue reading Winter (Re)Reading
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Short Stories 366:355 — “The Christmas Angel,” by Eli Easton
Before I start, I feel like I need to add a caveat about this day because of some issues I had with the format. I did end up enjoying "The Christmas Angel," but it's a rare "I'd suggest reading it, not listening to it" from me. For one, I had to speed up the playback … Continue reading Short Stories 366:355 — “The Christmas Angel,” by Eli Easton
Short Stories 366:310 — “Twelve Days of UPS,” by Eli Easton
When I saw Gifts for the Season was a charity anthology, I nabbed it despite not knowing more than a couple of the names in the anthology, and I've been reading it out of order depending on the story length and the time I've got. I stared with "The Twelve Days of UPS" because I … Continue reading Short Stories 366:310 — “Twelve Days of UPS,” by Eli Easton
Holiday Reading (and Re-Reading), Part Three
Before I forget, a gentle reminder that my interview on WROTE Podcast is still up, so if you're wondering about what it was like to write Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks, a queer YA, given I'm mumble-mumble years old, or how I tried to tackle the "But I don't like short stories!" crowd with my … Continue reading Holiday Reading (and Re-Reading), Part Three
Holiday Reading (and Re-Reading), Part One
I tend to read most of my holiday-themed reads in November and December. It falls back to my days in retail, where I needed to work hard if I was going to recover any shred of joy to be found in the season (fist bump of solidarity to any of you retail workers out there... … Continue reading Holiday Reading (and Re-Reading), Part One
Sunday Shorts – “Merry Christmas, Mr. Miggles,” by Eli Easton
Toby Kincaid loves being the junior librarian in his hometown of Sandy Lake, Ohio. He spends his days surrounded by books and chatting with the library patrons. He especially adores the head librarian, Mr. Miggles, who is kind, witty, knowlegable about everything, and hopelessly addicted to Christmas. Sean Miggles is also pretty cute—especially for an … Continue reading Sunday Shorts – “Merry Christmas, Mr. Miggles,” by Eli Easton
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