A Plagiarized Christmas: Part 1
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When Max returns to California after a semester at college, he is met with all sorts of problems including a disaffected father, an aimless theater geek sister and a bipolar racist aunt. Despite all of this, he is frustrated to learn that somebody made money off of his book idea. This section focuses on the struggles of coming home and trying to get into the spirit of the holidays despite having a preoccupied mind.
Thomas M. Willett
I'm a writer based out of Long Beach, CA who enjoys movies, TV, and getting inside your head.
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A Plagiarized Christmas - Thomas M. Willett
A Plagiarized Christmas
Part 1 -
By
Thomas M. Willett
A PLAGIARIZED CHRISTMAS: PART 1
© Thomas M. Willett, 2014
Smashwords Edition
Photo: Thanksgiving – Taking home turkies from raffle
from George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) – Public Domain
Art Design
by Thomas M. Willett
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Dedication:
This story is dedicated to everyone who has made my first few months as a self-published author a rather great experience. Thank you for being supportive and giving me the motivation to keep at it between the good and bad days. I hope that you have enjoyed my work and shared it with whoever you share things with. Spend some time this month with the ones you love and be grateful for what you have. I will do my best to do just that along with you.
Also, find some hokey novelty Christmas music. In the compiled edition (due December 25, 2014), I will have a list of great lesser known favorites that I enjoy putting on during the holiday season, including The Youngsters’ doo-wop classic Christmas in Jail.
As much as it’s a holiday for Bing Crosby, it’s also a time for the aloof to remind you of your vulnerabilities.
*Author’s Note:
The people and events depicted in A Plagiarized Christmas: Part 1 are fictitious. Any resemblance to reality is coincidental.
Praise for Thomas M. Willett
But Dad Never Listened to Danny Brown
What a fantastic creation this book is. A young man who is starting to realize that his earlier years that were spent as a some times troubled some times care youth are over. It is time to make more mature decisions. A great example of today's social urban life styles. I did not want this short story to end. I wanted it to continue to explore this youth's new realizations and life in his new future.
4/5 stars - rucrazy
A very interesting read, well written. It sounds like a teaser for a novel; I would have liked it to continue through life...he gets a job, marries, lives his life, etc. Maybe there is more to come?
4/5 stars - Sue Gross
Also available from Thomas M. Willett:
Blue Matters
With Purgatory modeled after an undisclosed DMV location, this story follows the lives of two coworkers (Veronica the Clock Puncher and Gary the New Guy) and one recently deceased (Judith the Beach Girl) as they explore the business side of death while questioning ethics and past decisions. For some, it is just another miserable day at work while others wait in line for their fates to be processed.
THE TURKEY TROTTERS*
With Thanksgiving a few hours away, Sam must find a way to get his holiday food home after his car won't start. With the help of a Black Friday shopper, the two discover just how much is different between the two.
You can purchase these for $1.99 each on Amazon, Smashwords, Barnes and Noble and many other eBook-carrying websites. (*The Turkey Trotters is available for free until January 1, 2015)
Chapter One
He was attracted to a plastic Santa Claus attached to the roof of a two story house. With strings of multi-colored lights almost too bright to see anything else, he watched the plastic Santa sit in his sleigh and wave to the crowd below. It didn’t have any reindeer nor did it feature any redeemable features. It was a bland Santa in a field of undecorated houses. On the ground was a series of presents the size of beach balls. He considered kicking one until he became distracted by the neighbor’s dog running into the yard and unleashing his hold on this hypnotic trance. It was all immaterial and the thought of