A Yuletide Universe: Sixteen Fantastical Tales by Brian M. Thomsen (Editor)
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Overview: Yuletide Greetings!
Deck the Halls and stuff the stockings!
Relax and enjoy some holiday cheer.
Santa’s on board with disguises galore
It’s a Yuletide Universe time of year.
So trim the tree with tinsel fresh from Connie’s tinsel-town memories
While Clive has your favourite goose cooked
’Tis the season to be jolly
—Read on and have a dickens of a time.
Genre: Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy
“Nicholas Was” by Neil Gaiman: “Nicholas was older than sin and his beard could grow no whiter. He wanted to die.”
“Miracle” by Connie Willis: “I’m the Spirit of Christmas Present . . . not Christmas Present. Christmas Present—Barbie dolls, ugly ties, cheese logs . . .”
“Icicle Music” by Michael Bishop: Not all holiday memories are welcome ones—and neither are all ghosts of Christmas Past . . .
“A Kidnapped Santa Claus” by L. Frank Baum: “The Daemons who live in the mountain caves grew to hate Santa Claus very much, and all for the simple reason that he made children happy . . .”
“Santa Claus vs. S.P.I.D.E.R.” by Harlan Ellison: Kris Kringle is bringing peace and happiness to the world—even if that means he has to take out every politician in America to do it!
“How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar” by Bret Harte: “Bedraggled, ragged, unshaven, and unshorn, with one arm hanging helplessly at his side, Santa Claus came to Simpson’s Bar and fell fainting on the first threshold . . .”
“The Yattering and Jack” by Clive Barker: Deck the halls with demonic evil, falalalala lala lala . . .
Contents:
Santa Shorts:
Nicholas Was . . . by Neil Gaiman
Cyber-Claus by William Gibson
Holiday by Richard Christian Matheson
Santa Substitututes:
Nackles by Donald E. Westlake
Santa Claus vs. S.P.I.D.E.R. by Harlan Ellison
O Come Little Children . . . by Chet Williamson
It’s a Wonderful Miracle on 34th Street’s Christmas Carol by Brian Thomsen
Variations on the Holiday Theme:
The Yattering and Jack by Clive Barker
Icicle Music by Michael Bishop
Miracle by Connie Willis
A Foreigner’s Christmas in China by Maureen F. McHugh
Household Words; Or, The Powers-That-Be by Howard Waldrop
Classic Tales of Christmas Science Fiction, Fantasy and Whimsy:
A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar by Bret Harte
A Proper Santa Claus by Anne McCaffrey
The Plot Against Santa Claus by James Powell
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