*** 13 UNFORGETTABLE CHRISTMAS TALES IN ONE MASSIVE FANTASY COLLECTION ***Thirteen stories – Thirteen authors
One theme – A Fantasy Christmas.
Christmas magic just got more enchanting
with this collection of fantasy festive tales…
FEATURING IN THIS
Michelle Crow – It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like TinkmasWhen a little bit of Christmas magic pulls Tink through space-time continuum, she finds herself face-to-face with two a curious little human and a tray of cookies.
Deanna Young – Late To The PartyChaz’s magical career goes up in smoke when the Christmas Eve delivery of a baby dragon goes terribly wrong.
A. A. Warne – FrankenSantaThree naughty Elves accidently kill Santa Clause and decide to bring him back to life. Unfortunately, he’s not quite the same.
Kieran McKiel – The Snows At AsrumFar away from home, Alecksi fights a war he doesn’t understand against a foe he doesn’t know. As the holy of Rodestuo approaches, he decides he’s had enough.
Haskell Crow – Sugared DatesAdventure is just on the other side of the river, during the festival of lights. Aelynn wished he could celebrate, but he couldn’t miss this opportunity while everyone was destracted.
Serena Dawson – A Heist, A Prophecy, And A UnicornWhen Taramon hears his arch enemy has taken a forbidden prophecy, he decides to steal it back; and with the help of his unicorn, rescue his brother from execution.
Joshua A. Brown – For All Of ClainsmythThe light of the winter solstice holiday Clainsmyth, has been sent by the gods as a gift to the mortals. But dark forces want her magic, and so the race is on.
R. A. Darlinge – The Faded PhotographNicholai doesn’t celebrate Christmas. Will sharing the pain of the past bring healing and Christmas spirit into his life?
Ezra Raikes – Half Chained, Entirely Unwanted A brother and sister flee from prison, and take a chance to survive in the nightmarish forest beyond.
Dragonness Wyverna – A Solstice PromiseFour friends combine their holiday tradition to celebrate the arrival of winter solstice.
L. R. Huseboe – Folly Amongst The HollyInvited to Christmas dinner with her best friend, Myrah is confronted with the magical truth about herself and the world around her.
Loved it!!! This book has so many great stories in it. My favorites involved a zombie, a tree, and a baby dragon. If you are looking for something with a different holiday cheer, this is your read.
This is 13 short fantasy stories that have Christmas as the theme. Quite a feat, considering some of the stories have worlds where Christmas is called something else. I got this as a dollar deal on Amazon.
The authors are people I have never heard of before. Some of the writing is better than others. Unfortunately I'll probably forget all of these stories by tomorrow!
I actually didn’t finish this book. As described it’s a collection of stories and one would expect that some stories will be better than others. It’s just not resonating with me; and I found really one or two stories worthwhile. (Winter Garden the most cleaver) I just couldn’t force myself to continue as there are so many other books I’d rather give my time.
Very intriguing collection of short stories. Excellent way to find new authors. Reading these thought-provoking tales took me through a variety of emotions and kept me interested in what came next. There are some very ingenious scenarios. A pleasure to read an anthology so well written and well edited. I will be watching for several of these authors.
I enjoyed this book. I felt a couple of stories didn't quite live up to the rest, but overall some great tales and I would read more from all of the features authors.
Prompt: was read for a 2022 challenge, but took me too long to finish.
It's hard to rate an anthology, so I'll just put here my favourites from the book: "Late To The Party", a funny rampage of a baby dragon; "The Faded Photograph", a remembrance of an old lover, very heartbreaking, made me cry; "FrankenSanta" just as absurd as it sounded, I loved it.
This book was written by many authors who were previously unpublished, and the writing shows that lack of experience in many stories. I highly recommend “Winter Gardens.” Most of the others I felt fairly ambivalent about, and a few are down right terrible. There were interesting ideas scattered throughout the tales, even in the ones I did not like. However, the amateur writing really brought the whole reading experience down for me. The cover art is gorgeous.