The Christmas Stories
These are my Christmas stories at Smashwords. I don’t write sappy, predictable Christmas stories. With the exception of A Charlie Brown Christmas, I can’t even stomach sappy, generic, traditional Christmas stories. I’m more of an A Christmas Carol or Die Hard kind of guy. So, if you’re looking for a Hallmark special, please go elsewhere; this isn’t your place. BUT, if you can get into the freaky, weird, raw, and science fictiony path to the True Meaning of Christmas, this is your one-stop exploratorium.
The cover art are the links. The stories are $.99.
If you’re nervous about Smashwords, don’t be. You can download stories in any e-format you want. You want straight-up ebook for your Kobo, Sony, or other ebook reading app or device? Download epub. Want to enjoy on your Kindle or Kindle app? Download .mobi. Read as a PDF, .rtf, .txt, or Word (original document) on your laptop or desktop without a special app.
Thanks for checking these out. Thanks for the reviews in advance.
A Conroy Christmas
This oddball accompaniment to my oddball magical realism mystery Ridealong touches the Christ baby metaphor with a big stick. Mary, a baby, a couple of angels of mercy, the three wise guys, and moving into massacre of the innocents territory, this story’s meant to be odd, funny, exciting, and bizarre.
About 15,000 words.
I’ll be home for christmas
The science fiction and fantasy aspects are below board here. It’s a near-future Home For the Holidays if your holidays involve time dilation, multi-national immigration, bio-fuels, and a medical system run by little green men. This is pretty much a sequel to my snarky, abrasive satire of science fiction tropes, Galactic Geographic.
About 10,000 words.
Walter Cheatham’s Cannibal Christmas
By far the most sci-fi of the bunch, this addition to my Falling Through Gethsemane storyline has Walter desperately trying to find a little girl before Christmas dinner commences, with her as the main dish. It’s Christmas in a world that would terrify the Hallmark guys, a world where misery is the absolute norm and people have to fight to find every ration of joy. And they do.
About 10,000 words.