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    The Christmas Guardians
    The Christmas Guardians
    The Christmas Guardians
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    The Christmas Guardians

    By Larry Kollar

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    A mini-anthology of five short Christmas stories:

    "The Christmas Guardians" - the secret lives of Christmas decorations.

    "The Battle of Hallowe'en" - with Thanksgiving conquered, the elf army rolls down-calendar to the first real test.

    "A Chance Meeting" - Santa Claus lives in a mobile home in Lumpkin County, Georgia. But you won't find him unless he wants you to.

    "Up on the Tree Top" - Santa and The Tree are the two most recognized symbols of Christmas. They are joined…

    "For This Night" - Two Roman soldiers try to cope in the midst of the Slaughter of the Innocents.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLarry Kollar
    Release dateDec 1, 2013
    ISBN9781311308917
    The Christmas Guardians
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    Larry Kollar

    Larry Kollar lives in north Georgia, surrounded by kudzu, pines, and in-laws. He writes fantasy, science fiction, and horror, and now leads the #TuesdaySerial project for online serial fiction. You can find news and snippets of his strange fiction at http://www.larrykollar.com/ For Larry's even stranger reality, check out http://farmanor.blogspot.com/ Follow Larry on Twitter at FARfetched58.

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      Book preview

      The Christmas Guardians - Larry Kollar

      The Christmas Guardians

      and other stories of the season

      Larry Kollar

      Copyright © 2013 Larry Kollar. All rights reserved.

      Published by Green Envy Press at Smashwords

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      For republishing permission, please contact the author at lkollar@gmail.com.

      Table of Contents

      Other Books by Larry Kollar

      Acknowledgements

      The Christmas Guardians

      The Battle of Hallowe'en

      A Chance Meeting

      Up on the Tree Top

      For This Night

      About the Author

      Other Books by Larry Kollar

      White Pickups (Book 1 of the Truckalypse)

      Pickups and Pestilence (Book 2 of the Truckalypse)

      Xenocide

      The Crossover

      Oddities: an Anthology

      Accidental Sorcerers (Accidental Sorcerers, Book 1)

      Water and Chaos (Accidental Sorcerers, Book 2)

      The Sorcerer’s Daughter (Accidental Sorcerers, Book 3) (Fall/Winter 2013)

      Acknowledgements

      To the #FridayFlash community, who first saw and commented on many of these stories.

      To Angela Kulig, who can always make the outside of the book look great.

      To my wife and daughter, who do their best to make Christmas a wonderful time of year.

      To the reason for the season. Even if I chafe at what people make of it.

      The Christmas Guardians

      The guardians awoke to the sounds of scuffing and thumping. Here’s one, they heard, and felt themselves moving.

      The season has begun, my sisters, said First Guardian. Let us fulfill our duty once again this year, both to our people and to Father Christmas.

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