Every year, my last blog post is a review of the most popular blog posts of the last 12 months. I’m not the only blogger who does… Read more “The Most Popular Posts of 2017”

Merry Christmas!

It was Christmas Eve, and the snow was falling hard. Lizzie used to like the snow when she’d had a warm home to go to. But since… Read more “Lizzie’s Christmas Story”

Ghosts can’t be said to sleep, but Bianca was trying to one cold December morning. It was really just existing in the tree that was her home… Read more “The Ghost In The Christmas Tree”

Collette hated Christmas music. She had ever since she was a teenager, working through the holidays at the mall. She didn’t have that one exception. She didn’t… Read more “Joy To The World”

This Christmas story takes place on Station 86, during the December in between Seeming and You Can’t Trust The AI. Godfrey and Ki are planning on celebrating… Read more “Family, A Station 86 Christmas Story”

Maggie’s father had named her after the song Maggie May right before he died. He’d left her with her mom, who was nineteen and now a widow.… Read more “The Christmas Coat”

The following story takes place in between the events of Broken Patterns and Starting Chains. Lenore, heavy with her twin girls, is missing her brothers. The city… Read more “Emily’s Name”

“Dinner’s ready,” Liza called, turning the stove off. She heard her little brother, Bruce, running from the living room as she started ladling servings of beef stew… Read more “The Christmas Birthday”

It was Christmas Eve, and Marjory had been baking for two days. She was baking cookies, hundreds of them. Snickerdoodles, gingerbread men, chocolate chips. All of the… Read more “Christmas Cookies”