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    Christmas Magic
    Christmas Magic
    Christmas Magic
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    Christmas Magic

    By Cecilia Tan

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    In this novella sequel to the Magic University series, Christmas Magic picks up the tale a few months after the end of The Poet and the Prophecy, at Christmas time.

    And who better to tell a Christmas tale than Frost? After the cataclysmic events that shook the magical world, it's time for Frost to come to grips with the changes in his magic and his body--with the help of the people who love him

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRiverdale Avenue Books
    Release dateDec 6, 2016
    ISBN9781626013209
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    Cecilia Tan

    Cecilia Tan is an award-winning writer in many genres. Her short stories have appeared in Nerve, Ms. Magazine, Strange Horizons, and Best American Erotica. In 2015 she received both the Career Achievement and Pioneer Award from RT Magazine, and in 2010 she was inducted into the Saints and Sinners GLBT Writers Hall of Fame. Her books include Slow Surrender, Black Feathers, The Velderet, White Flames, Mind Games, The Siren and the Sword, Watch Point, and Telepaths Don't Need Safewords.

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      Christmas Magic - Cecilia Tan

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      Christmas Magic

      A Magic University Novella

      Cecilia Tan

      Riverdale Avenue Books

      To keep up with news about future Magic University tie-ins and other books Cecilia Tan is working on, please hop on her email list. She sends an almost-monthly update with everything going on in her world. Sign up here: http://bit.ly/ctannews

      Christmas Magic: A Magic University Novella

      Copyright © 2016 Cecilia Tan

      All Right Reserved

      Cover photograph Winter Man © Prometeus (Dreamstime.com)

      Digital ISBN 978-1-62601-320-9

      This is a work of fiction.

      No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      For more information contact:

      Riverdale Avenue Books

      5676 Riverdale Avenue

      Riverdale, NY 10471

      www.riverdaleavebooks.com

      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.

      Author's Note

      Warning: this novella contains major spoilers for the Magic University series! In fact, so does this note, so if you really would like to enjoy the series from the beginning, I urge you to start with book one (The Siren and the Sword) and work your way up to this sequel, which is a bit of a cherry on top of the whole sundae. 

      This novella was originally written as a holiday gift for fans of the series who helped to spread the word about the digital box set. I had always wanted to give folks a glimpse of what our heroes' relationship would be like after the climactic events in the series, and I always felt that although Kyle's story as the point of view character of the series has come to rest at the end of The Poet and the Prophecy, Frost still has so many questions hanging over him. I wrote a few stories from Frost's point of view for the Spellbinding collection, and I really enjoyed writing in his voice. So it felt very natural to return to his point of view for this sequel. 

      At some point in the future, perhaps I'll be able to return to Magic University again. For grad school, perhaps. There are more stories to be told about Frost, and Kyle, and all of their friends and family. Thank you for enjoying their journey.

      Cecilia Tan

      December 2016

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      Christmas Magic

      by Cecilia Tan

      Dante's fucking inferno, Tristan. I press the phone against my ear as if I can squeeze hard enough, my head won't explode from frustration. "The conjuration was supposed to be your part of the ritual."

      My classmate's voice sounds tiny, as if my ire has shrunken him. I know. I'm sorry. But Frost, you're clearly the best conjurer on the team.

      Not when I have no notice or time to prepare! I snap. We're supposed to do a group ritual in tomorrow's class. Professor Dibinga divided us into house groups to force us to compete. Not only do I want our ritual to succeed, I want to be in the winning group. Without a central conjurer, though, the Gladius House group won't even be getting out of the starting gate. I look around the common room as if some kind of help might appear, but it's mid-afternoon and everyone else is at class or out. What about Megan. Could she take over for you?

      I called her first for advice about calling you, he says miserably. Everyone knows you're the best.

      Yes, but I'm also the best ritual designer and that was supposed to be my role on the team. If you make me conjurer also, Dibinga will take points off. I look out the window at Harvard Yard but there is no help from that direction either. And I told you, I can't perform conjuration well without... a lot of preparation. My hesitation is not because I am telling a lie, though I am not telling him the whole truth. The reason they all think I'm such a top notch conjurer is I used to have power to spare. It used to practically ooze out my pores. Ever since The Storm, though, my situation has been decidedly different.

      I check the time. Half past three. The first of December. That means we've only got about forty-five minutes of sunlight left.

      Through the wavy, ancient glass of

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