Creepy/Cozy #3

Shining lights—or are they glowing eyes!

Our neighbor just took away the pumpkins and put up shining lights, but he can’t fool us. The Grinch knows very well where he is welcome. BwahaHOHOHO!

More postings have arisen to tease you away from the holiday hustle and bustle, and I have collected them here just to be contrary (well, no, for your enjoyment).

A Batch for Your Perusal

If I missed your stories, poems, podcasts, comics, videos, artwork, etc., then tag me (

A.C. Cargill, Author

) in a Note linking to your item. The genre doesn’t matter—sci-fi, romance, horror, mystery, etc. Gotta help each other get seen, especially during a time of year when people are doing so much rushing around.

Andrew Heard

posts this take on those Muppets having a whack at Dickens’ rather odd tale, featuring three ghosts:

The Muppet Christmas Carol and Perfecting a Classic

And he goes over one of my fave holiday movies here, again featuring those ghosts:

Scrooged and Modernizing a Classic

George Saunders

’ Story Club takes another approach to that tale:

A Christmas Carol

H. R. Sinclair

wraps up 2024 here:

2024 Epilogue

Joseph L. Wiess

brings some spirituality to the season:

Happy HolyDays and a Great New Year

Chelsey Feder

shares some holiday activities:

Holiday greetings from maternity leave

FranB

presents the first of her two stories for the season:

Lucy

Richard Glover

presents more of his serialized Yule tale:

Yule, Ohio (Now-Before)

The Twelve Days of Christmas are getting a unique treatment (I missed #11, and the rest will come in the days ahead):

Honeygloom

does #10:

The Lords

Jon T

does #12:

Catching Ghost

Grace Anderson-Author

presents a Christmas horror story:

The Sugar Plum Fairy

Lori K

talks of purpose and presence:

Redefine the New Year with Purpose and Joy

Rod Bluhm

pens a poem for the season:

The Toymaker

The Man Behind the Screen

pens a dark, romantic poem:

Yearnings of the Wintry Soul

And for you coloring book fans, keep you eye out for

Jenna B. Neece

’s new series, featuring her inimitable style:

Happy Hygge Time: Simple Coloring for all Ages

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And yes, I want to bring my books (so far) to your attention. Hope you don’t mind.

My four books (so far) from Wordwooze Publishing:

• NEW! The Greeting Card Girl’s Christmas – a sweet romance novel for the holiday season.

• Wind Down the Chimney and Other Eerie Tales – my first book of eerie short stories (ebook, paperback, audio).

• The Stardust Alliance and More – my second book of eerie stories with a touch of Sci-Fi (ebook, paperback, audio).

• The Wiccan Tales – a novel and a real Halloween treat.

(All human written. I even designed the covers.)

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