Innagural Winter Short Story Festival 19:21

This story of a cold time was found in my Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library-American Indian Myths and Legends.  It tells of a time when the planet was cold and all of the animals were about to freeze to death.   The story shows how the wolf, the fox, the wolverine, the bobcat, the mouse, the pike, and the dogfish steal fire and warm up the world.   -  Enjoy the story Keeping Warmth in a Bag.

Interesting Facts

1. The story is from the Slavey Native Americans who lived in British Columbia.  
2. The Slavey are related culturally and linguistically (of relating to the language used by a group) to the Plains tribes in to the south.
3. They made their living by hunting, fishing and trapping. 

Innagural Winter Short Story Festival 18:27

Ghosts surround us, we are besieged by the Ghosts of Past, Future, and even the Present.  The poem Ghost of a Night by Charles Liepsig celebrates a haven for Ghosts who need a place away from the stormy night.

Quote from the Poem:

This borderland has fences
made of psychic razor wire.

Innagural Winter Short Story Festival 17:27

Illustration by Gregory D. Rothbard
Possible Christmas Sweater Design? Might Work!

The Boy Who Killed Santa Clause by Mark Allan Gunnells ©2007

 

 It’s the advent blue note time of year; we get amped up and then somewhere in the middle of the crazy advent shopping and preparation frenzy, we get the blues.   Today's story hits this note well; it is a dark impression of American youth today and their relations to Santa.

 Caveat Lector: not for kids. 

 Quote from the Story:

"’Cause I don’t want it to be like last year."
Tonya sighed heavily and rubbed at her temples. She’d been hearing this same tirade from her son for an entire year now. "Henry, there was nothing wrong with what you got from Santa last year."
"I asked for an X Box, and he gave me a Playstation. It’s not the same."