Day 12
12 Days of Christmas Book Blitz Event
Book Blurb:
Christmas carols capture the spirit of Christmas like
nothing else, and Carol of the Tales and Other Nightly Noels brings beloved
carols to life like never before.
Throw your cares away with the tales from sweet silver bells. Follow the story of the one creature who was stirring on Christmas Eve and feel the redemption of a dying wife's parting Christmas gift. Experience all this and more in these heartfelt, entertaining tales donated by a team of authors from across the country, teaming together for a good cause.*
Covering twenty-five stories--one for every day through Christmas itself--this anthology is ready to become a new advent tradition for your family!
*All the proceeds from sales of the anthology are donated to charity.
Throw your cares away with the tales from sweet silver bells. Follow the story of the one creature who was stirring on Christmas Eve and feel the redemption of a dying wife's parting Christmas gift. Experience all this and more in these heartfelt, entertaining tales donated by a team of authors from across the country, teaming together for a good cause.*
Covering twenty-five stories--one for every day through Christmas itself--this anthology is ready to become a new advent tradition for your family!
*All the proceeds from sales of the anthology are donated to charity.
Author Bio:
Michael is a graduate of Brigham Young University and
Western Governor's University with degrees in German Teaching, Music, and
Instructional Design. He puts his German to good use teaching online German
courses for High School students. Though he grew up traveling the world with
his military father, he now lives in Utah with his wife, Jen, and his two sons.
Michael enjoys acting in community theater, playing and writing music and
spending time with his family. He played for several years with the handbell choir
Bells on Temple Square and is now a member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
He is the author of the novels THE CANTICLE KINGDOM, THE CANTICLE PRELUDE, THE FROZEN GLOBE, PALADIN PAWN, and THE LAST ARCHANGEL. He is also the author of the inspirational pamphlet PORTRAIT OF A MOTHER, a contributor to the anthologies PARABLES FOR TODAY and DARK STARS, the co-author of VOICES IN YOUR BLOOD and the author of several web serials through BigWorldNetwork.com. His most recent works are SING WE NOW OF CHRISTMAS, and CAROL OF THE TALES and ANGELS FROM THEIR REALMS OF STORY, three anthologies of short stories with the proceeds going to charity. He has also had work featured in various online and print magazines such as Bards and Sages Quarterly, Mindflights, Meridian, The New Era, Allegory, and Ensign.
He is the author of the novels THE CANTICLE KINGDOM, THE CANTICLE PRELUDE, THE FROZEN GLOBE, PALADIN PAWN, and THE LAST ARCHANGEL. He is also the author of the inspirational pamphlet PORTRAIT OF A MOTHER, a contributor to the anthologies PARABLES FOR TODAY and DARK STARS, the co-author of VOICES IN YOUR BLOOD and the author of several web serials through BigWorldNetwork.com. His most recent works are SING WE NOW OF CHRISTMAS, and CAROL OF THE TALES and ANGELS FROM THEIR REALMS OF STORY, three anthologies of short stories with the proceeds going to charity. He has also had work featured in various online and print magazines such as Bards and Sages Quarterly, Mindflights, Meridian, The New Era, Allegory, and Ensign.
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Snippet:
Grant floated through the damp night,
wondering about his future. Would he really be able to stand this
line of work? In life, he hadn’t been a Grinch by anyone’s standards, but
neither had he brimmed with Christmas cheer. After losing his only
daughter on Christmas Day so long ago, the magic had gone out of the
season completely. He sent the compulsory cards, drank just the required amount
of eggnog, and hummed a few bars of Christmas carols when socially expected to.
The house was not hard to spot. Though
to mortals, the house would look like a run-down sort of house that would not
even qualify as a fixer-upper. To him, it glowed with ghostly spotlights
glinting off tinsel and ornaments draped all over the house. The roof glistened
with fake snow, and minor key versions of Christmas carols drifted from each
frosted window.
Already feeling a ghostly headache
coming on, Grant swept down to the front door, which was flanked by light-up
reindeer.
Grant
approached the front door, wading through piles of convincing fake snow. On the
wooden front door stood a huge iron doorknocker with a frosted iron loop.
Seeing no point in putting off the inevitable, he reached for the doorknocker
to announce his presence.
When
his hand was a mere inch away, the doorknocker burst to life, morphing into a
caricature of Vince’s face, groaning and howling like a ghoul. Grant shot back,
flailing his arms. It wasn’t easy to scare a ghost, but some just had the gift.
The
doorknocker’s wails turned into laughs as Grant picked himself up and dusted
the snow off his ghostly body. The doorknocker retained the look of a metallic
version of Vince’s face. “Haven’t you ever read A Christmas Carol?
You really didn’t see that one coming? Oh, this is too good. What a great start
to my poltergeist career.”
Grant
grunted and jumped forward. His fingers closed around the metal ring, which now
hung out of Vince’s nose, and rapped it multiple times against his face.
“Hey!”
wailed Vince. “Stop that! Where’s your sense of humor?”
Giving
Vince a few additional knocks for good measure, Grant stepped back and waited
for whoever or whatever would answer the door. The scraping of metal sounded
from within, followed by the unlatching of several deadbolts. The door swung
wide with a creek, revealing a dour ghost draped in chains, some of which were
attached to metal boxes. The man wore a rumpled, old-fashioned suit, and an
expression that did not convey even a spark of Christmas spirit.
“Uh…ho,
ho, ho, or whatever you say around here,” Grant said.
The ghost’s expression did not change.
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