Free Fiction Monday: Stille Nacht
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Christmas: a time of family, tradition, togetherness—until your family shatters. With no grandparents to spoil her daughters, one single mom faces the holiday alone. Her daughters worry that Santa, like Daddy, won’t show up. She worries, too: What if she can’t give them—or herself—the magic of Christmas?
But maybe, just maybe, she’ll find that magic on Christmas morning, under the tree, like all the other gifts of the season.
“Stille Nacht” by New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch, is free on this website for one week only. The story’s also available as an ebook through various online retailers hereand is part of the short-story collection Silent Night, which is available in ebook and trade paperback here.
Stille Nacht
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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What a perfect story for Christmas Eve!
This story makes me happy weepy. Yes, that is a thing, and it’s easy to get at this time of the year. Especially this year.
Well, that was beautiful! I had to read the story twice. As someone who has taken your and Dean’s Depth workshop, the story felt like an absolute clinic in writing depth. I hope you both have a fantastic Christmas!