The Christmas season is here. Holiday music, festive lights, family, meals ... that's the way that we spend our holiday season. But how do the characters in my stories spend their festive holidays? That's what we're going to find out. From Rachel Andric to Rich Doyle and more, Christmas is certainly sure to be a jolly time with these 25 stories.

Sequel to Cold Solar. A fragile peace between Earth and Mars is threatened by the same forces that brought them to war. With the Princess missing and a long search underway to find her, pro-swordfighter, Mark Bowen, must now look for a long lost truth buried deep within his own DNA and allies himself with his worst enemies to do it. However, the deeper he goes the more he loses himself while his friends find themselves in a fight for their very souls. Cover by @ToriHope-

How far will you go for your 'Happily Ever After'? It has been eight years since the Nutcracker has defeated the Mouse King, and he is still a cursed doll. The Nutcracker's one desire is to break the curse, allowing him to take his rightful place as King and make Marie his queen. But nothing has worked. The Nutcracker grows more and more desperate as time runs out and Marie begins to move away from him. One day, he uncovers a dark secret about his kingdom and decides to use the knowledge to reverse the curse and claim his destiny. The Nutcracker will do anything to reach his goal and have Marie rule by his side. This will be his happily ever after. But will it be Marie's? COMPLETE! Unfortunately, due to KU requirements, I can't put the full book here. If you have a KU account, you can get the book for free. OR, if you're willing to write a review after reading (on Goodreads or Amazon), let me know and I'll be happy to send over a review copy!

a young nurse starts a new job in the asylum, after snooping around the forgotten wing she finds a strange door leading to another reality, one in which she truly belongs. There she finds her way in this new reality as memories of her own slip away, forgetting the life and the asylum. She makes a new life in this diffrent realm, finding friendships and love along the way. cover design by loveheartreader

Jake's childhood imaginary friend haunts him awake and asleep. His dreams come true, which scares him, his family, and the whole town. Going away to college, Jake hopes for a normal life, but it becomes more complicated as he learns of his new friends' secrets. The girl he has a crush on has more secrets and powers than Jake could ever imagine. One of his roommates is a vampire. Plus, a demon wants them all dead. Jake must discover who and what he really is to save his friends and himself. (Book #1 of 3- The Witch Hill Series. Book #2 is Hidden Paths. Book #3 is Fork in the Road. Best if read in order.)

Elsa Silvereye, the greatest thief in all of Vordelle, cares for only one thing in the entire world: her twin sister Elaine. She would do anything to protect her. When a mistake in judgement leads to Elaine's abduction, Elsa is coerced into stealing the most precious artifact in Vordelle--the Lightshield. Little does she know that the Lightshield is the key to the banished demons' prison, and her theft of it threatens to release the demons upon the world. Forced to join forces with the two men she blames for her parents' deaths, Elsa fights to protect her sister and stop all of Vordelle from the destruction she's caused.

A computer guy with a boring average life discovers through dreams and nightmares he is meant to track down the seven demons that encourage the seven deadly sins. He meets Jenna owner of Merlin's Trunk who is all he ever wanted but much more than what she seems.

This Wattpad Anthology Winner is a collection of fifty-two of the short stories I've written for the Weekend Write-In challenges. Each story is exactly five hundred words long, except for two which specified one thousand words. From the beginning, I have taken the challenge further by using interpretations of the prompt that differ, sometimes dramatically, from those that usually come to mind.

"Sometimes, life calls us back to live again." Maggie Warner has the rare gift of a perfect memory concerning all the days of this life, and some from her past one. Dr. Robert Malone, a neuropsychologist with a memory inducing technology, can prove her claim about a kidnapping no one remembers. The support and encouragement she needs comes from Jack Patterson, the doctor's capable godson and a man who also takes her heart. 3rd place: Eminence Awards