Christmas in Space!

Join me and a host of authors as we explore what Christmas looks like ... when Santa gets in a knock down drag out fight for the spirit of Christmas ... when ancient horrors escape into the world during the Yuletide season ... when humanity ventures into the depths of space. 

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It's a Christmas collection unlike anything you've ever read before, featuring aliens, angels, and androids!

Follow yonder star with us in the collection of short stories, a novella, and a graphic novel that will take you from deep space to ancient Judea, from dark woods to empty streets, from the far future to the distant past. You'll discover romance, redemption, and a robot or two . . .

PART 1 - WINTER WONDERLANDS - featuring . . .

Sky Pirates plot to plunder the holidays in Jeremy P. Madsen's fantasy "Twigly and the Great Yuletide Heist"

A wealthy businessman who pushed away the love of his life wishes for a second chance after receiving devastating news during the holidays season in Parker J. Cole's magical romance "Wish Upon a Strawberry Shortcake"

PART 2 - MERRY MELEES - featuring . . .

An unidentified flying object interupts Santa's Christmas duties in Nathan Marchand's "The Christmas Invasion (or Santa vs. the Flying Saucer)"

A pack of werewolves plot to take down Santa in "Cold Moon Christmas" by The Brothers Norman

It's Santa vs. Krampus in Tim Baron and Ben Avery's graphic novel ’Twas the Night Before Krampus: A Tale of St. Nicholas

PART 3 - HOLIDAY HORRORS - featuring . . .

The ancient evils imprisoned in the trees weren't supposed to be forgotten, and they definitely weren't supposed to get loose, in The Green Men by Winston Crutchfield

Angels and demons give us a glimpse at the spiritual warfare that may have occured in the lead up to the first Christmas in Jered Gering's "Angels from the Realms of Glory"

A monster walks the land, drawn back into the world of men where there is "A Gift for the Monster" by Mike Bogue

PART 4 - COSMIC CHRISTMASES - featuring . . .

A first-time cruise director causes a disaster that leaves the ship stranded in deep space on Christmas Eve in Adam David Colling's "The Christmas Star Disaster" (part of his Jewel of the Stars series)

An explorer on a distant world has an encounter with something from before their colony's founding in Harding McFadden's "Heroes and Legends"

A smuggler finds himself stranded in deep space with a desperate stowaway, just in time for the holidays, in Ben Avery's "We Three Kings" (part of his Slipstream Universe)

I am the Ghost of Christmas Future Perfect Subjunctive

 'Tis the season. A Christmas Carol is one of my favorite stories ever, and my family once recorded it as a full cast audio drama. Presented here for your enjoyment!

A full cast production of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, performed by the Safe Harbor Lighthouse Family and adapted from the abridged stage play by Mike Ferrians and Brenda Chapman. This production is hosted at the Internet Archive where it is free to download. Recorded December, 2022.

We Have a Winner!

Over the summer, Lucas Flint held a short story contest revolving around his superhero fiction. Submissions could use any of his characters or settings, but should be careful not to contradict the existing novels. The winner would have their story canonized into his official setting. 

I submitted a little story about a supervillain who longs for infamy, but just can't seem to get things to go his way. I was delighted when Lucas picked my entry as the winner! He's published it on his website, and you can read it at the link below. 

While you're there, check out his other books. I wouldn't have written my little fanfic if I didn't like them!

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Thus Spoke Superman

I understand that some people think Superman is creepy and he makes them a little uncomfortable – he does wear his underwear on the outside of his pants after all. But I want to address the idea of Superman as the Nietzchean ubermensch, when in fact, the character hasn’t ever really represented that ideal.

The identification of Superman with Nietzsche’s ubermensch started in the 50s with the famous book Seduction of the Innocent by Frederic Wertham. Wertham in fact disregarded the notion of ubermensch as “Superman” specifically because the character was not the epitome of the ideal. There are a few important differences in both origin and application of the Superman character.