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The Bell Ringer & Other Holiday Tales
A Fantasy Short Story Collection by Raven Oak
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Holiday Fantasy,
- Urban Fantasy,
- Gothic Fantasy,
- Space Mystery,
- Short Story Collection
This book is for you if you're into...
- Holiday stories with a dark speculative twist
- Original art woven into every tale
- Genre-mashing mysteries featuring cursed Santas and magical threats
The Bell Ringer & Other Holiday Tales began as a successful hardcover, full-color Kickstarter book featuring four holiday speculative fiction tales and over 30 paintings featuring characters & scenes from the stories, all by award-winning author & artist Raven Oak.
Can the magic of the holidays save us from our lack of empathy? In The Bell Ringer, a virus renders a town silent as the holidays approach. Apathy runs wild. Can a homeless bell ringer save us, or will we be doomed to repeat history? Find out in this urban fantasy tale of holiday spirit.
When a mobster Santa dies, everyone's a suspect! Can Captain Banes save his crew from a murderer? Or will he lose more than himself in the battle? Find out in Ol' St. Nick, a closed-in mystery in space.
Every time a bell rings, someone's going to die... In a new town, Elise finds herself confronted by a magical evil that rides through the night in search of the brave. Can she save her family from the ringers? Find out in The Ringers, a magical, gothic fantasy.
Being Santa is more than a job... it's a curse! Simon thinks he understands how the world works. Find a score & make bank. But when he crosses the wrong person, he finds himself at the wrong end of a curse. Can he find his way out of it before it's too late? Find out in The Curse, a creepy, yet magical tale of redemption.
with Raven Oak “ I write in a lot of speculative fiction genres such as space opera, epic fantasy, magical realism, urban fantasy, gothic fantasy, space exploration, and horror, as well as mystery and historical fiction. ”
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