Short Fiction
The Perfect Christmas Gift
It's Christmas Day - a time where family comes together and the whole world is filled with joy. For elderly widow, Mary Nolan, however, she is home alone. Her friendly little pet cat, Theodore, has gone missing. Mary prays that he comes back but with a raging storm outside and daylight fading fast, will she get the perfect Christmas gift in Theodore's safe return?
Curl up and read Aidan Lucid's heart-warming festive short story. It's ideal reading for beside a roaring fire or with a glass of wine on those cold, winter nights.
"The Perfect Christmas Gift" also contains the prologue and first chapter of Aidan's exciting epic fantasy novel, The Lost Son (Second Edition).
"'The Perfect Christmas Gift' is beautifully written and also made me realize how important family is and how for granted we take them at this time of year."
- Manusri Changal, Author and editor
A brief story of a woman encountering her first Christmas as a widow. In addition, her daughter lives "across the pond", and her furbaby has disappeared She feels lonely. This is a sweet story with a happy ending. Worth re-reading."
- Ann M. Diener
Reviews
A Mother's Promise
Dylan Sanchez used to love Christmas. But for the last three years, the holidays have been anything but festive. Like clockwork, Greg – his mother’s partner – gets intoxicated and spirals from awkward jokes to tense, needling arguments that drain the joy from the season. Every year, his mother says it’ll be different. Every year it isn’t. When Greg slips back into old habits just days before yet another Christmas, Dylan can’t take it anymore. He grabs his coat and walks out, leaving behind the wreckage of promises too thin to stand on.
But when he witnesses a brutal attack on a helpless stranger out in the dark streets, his split-second choice to intervene sets off a chain of events unlike anything he could have imagined — something that’s nothing short of a Christmas miracle.
Sometimes, a thirteen-year-old boy's fierce heart is exactly what the world needs to remember the true meaning of Christmas.
Reviews
“This book has a hopeful, Christmassy feel. I loved it!” - Priscilla Beatis, author.
"Recommended for anyone in need of a heartfelt read. A solid five stars for me!" - Mary van Ede, book reviewer.
" I am a firm believer in the true spirit of Christmas and this little book checked all the boxes." - Antoinette C. Nyman (Amazon Reviewer)
"Aidan's new novella is the very idea of the Christmas spirit, in these modern days." - Laura Ruetz.
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