It's the final few days of both the WMG Holiday Spectacular calendar of Stories and the 2023 Good Cheer StoryBundle! That got me thinking about how much I love reading (and writing) short fiction during this time of year.
With so much going on around the holidays, it's the perfect time for stories that don't take too much time. Not that I don't love both reading and writing a good doorstop of a novel!
Right about now, though, I welcome the chance to enjoy a great tale that doesn't take long from start to finish. Standing in line, on a plane, or on a quick break during such a busy season.
With the Good Cheer StoryBundle in particular, you can already get dozens of fantastic short stories starting at only $5, and only $20 to get all ten books.
But what if you want a little bit more, for yourself or to give as a gift? Perhaps an escape to an Appalachian Mountain town full of peculiar magic, and equally full of fascinating characters who love storytelling? Even better, maybe you've got a stretch of downtime in the odd gap between two major holidays just waiting for a batch of seasonally appropriate reading?
That's where my collection A Tapestry of Holiday Tales: Winter Adventures from the Odds and Endings Bookstore comes in! It's even set in the week between Christmas and New Year's Eve.
If you order the StoryBundle and send me proof of purchase, I'd be delighted to send you a free copy of A Tapestry of Holiday Tales in ebook. That's another five short stories in different genres, plus a fun overall story set in a magical bookstore to tie them all together.
Here's a little more about the book, which was featured in 2021's Holiday Collections StoryBundle.
Surrounding themselves with the peculiar magic of an enchanting bookstore.
Enjoying the curious limbo between holidays.
EllaJane and Chris delight in telling the tales, not expecting the new story unfolding in their own lives.
From Victorian London to Appalachia, from epic fantasy to romance to found family.
Join Kari Kilgore as she, EllaJane, and Chris discover winter holidays from five wonderful fictional worlds.
A Timely Bit of the Best Bad Luck (Misfortune and Magic), A Meeting of Two Renegade Minds (The Odd Society), The Real Gift of the Santa Train (Estonoa), A Current Made of Joy (Voices Through Time), Discovering Home (Storms of Future Past), and of course, Lightning Gap and the Odds and Endings bookstore.
Just get in touch with me at news at karikilgore dot com, and I'll get your ebook on the way. And of course, if you're giving the Good Cheer StoryBundle as a gift, I'll gladly send one to your friend or loved one.
Thank you for your great support of the StoryBundle, the Holiday Spectacular, and my writing all year long. It means the world to me, and keeps me coming back to tell the next tale.
Happy Holidays, and Happy Reading!