The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
🎄 It’s that time of year again. 🎄
When the air turns cold with winter’s breath and snow blankets the world, wrapping it up against the chill. When the scent of fir and cinnamon and gingerbread settle comfortably about you.
And best of all, author Katharina Gerlach‘s annual Indie Advent Calendar is here again!
🎁 Sign up to get a flash story (really, really, really short story) per day until Christmas. If you subscribe to the calendar, you’ll also receive bonus content* from each of the authors involved, as well as all the stories bundled into an ebook that will be delivered to you on Christmas Day. 🎁
What better gift is there than the gift of words or stories?**
So hot coco and cookies in hand, come join the fun!
* My contribution this year is a short story that happens in the next leg of Rune’s journey. (The first being The Ruby Queen’s Garden.) The bonus for this is a free copy of the complete The Ruby Queen’s Garden ebook before I’ve even finished posting it here.
** Sharing words and stories with your friends, of course. If you know someone who loves words and magical Christmas-ish stories, be sure to share the link!
“Mira,” her mother fastened her gaze on the table cloth, still pristine and white, “I’m going to tell you a story. I need you not to interrupt me until I’m finished. All right?”
Gwyn turned her pockets out, searching in vain for a handkerchief. When none seemed forthcoming, Robin sacrificed one end of his scarf with all the air and dignity of a martyr. She buried her face in the soft red wool, mindful not to tug too hard, as her cousin was still wearing the rest of it. It smelled of the wild with a hint of blackberry, and made her stomach fizzle as though she was the one accustomed to swooping through the air and gusting with the wind.
“Where I come from, people help each other because it is the right thing to do, not because there is payment involved.”