Christmas Urban Fiction

Six months ago, Eben Meiser drove away his business and bed partner with his miserly ways. Marlie Jacobsen is back now, and she didn't come alone. Expecting his baby, she needs his help to keep her safe from her new employer's mob ties. Dragons guard their treasure with their life, and he soon realizes there has never been a better treasure for him than Marlie and the baby she carries.

Public relations pro Grace McBride has represented some challenging clients, but none more than the Soltero brothers. Their family toy business became ensnared in a legal quagmire when their new Christmas Wish Holders logo brought charges of trademark infringement by a high-tech company. An injunction would postpone delivery of the children's gift beyond the holiday selling season, erasing profits that traditionally support local charities.

My story gives the background of how Albert the Gorilla made his way to the North Pole and his idea of how to help Santa make sure kids with split families have an extra-special Christmas. This story gives children with split families something that is uniquely theirs.

Pimpmaster Cringles arrives from a rival club up north and threatens to take over Club Round Table from Pimpmaster Arturius in this special holiday poem.

'Twas the night before Catmas...For soothsayer Journi McCutcheon, last-minute holiday shopping with her grandmother is no winter wonderland. Especially when the wily, wand-wielding old witch declares war on Santa in the middle of a crowded mall to the tune of jingle bells, wailing children, and shouting security guards. And that's just the tip of the magical mistletoe. When the discovery of a kitten triggers a disturbing vision that promises tragedy for a local family, Journi and Gramma Jude must put Kris Kringle's would-be slaying on ice to save Christmas.

"A Visit From St. Nicholas" by Clement Clarke Moore: A father shares with his family what he learned from Santa's visit the night before. "An Urban Night Before Christmas" by Unknown: In a parody of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" by Clement Clarke Moore, Santa Claus makes a visit to a housing project in "da hood".

Sherlock Holmes has taken on unusual and dangerous cases. Cases that involve shapeshifters, vampires and werewolves… Dark, power-hungry wizards…. But this time, it is different. It is personal. When he returns home, he finds a mystery growing around his own friends. One by one they are mysteriously vanishing. Taken by an invisible force, which can strike unexpectedly, his loved ones are vanishing without a trace. Can Holmes save the ones he loves this time? Or is Christmas going to be desolate and empty for him? Buy now.

It's Christmas and Meka and friends are getting together. What she doesn't know is that this Christmas is going to be different as her friend Sasha has plans. Join us on a happy yet scary and short Christmas story Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell A Thottie Christmas.

In this Christmas caper, Izzy finally gets a clue to where her grandmother is, but there is so much havoc on Mystique Island that she may not get the opportunity to act on it. The Christmas season starts out even stranger than the normal Mystique Island strange.

Guardians don't celebrate Christmas, but this year Quintus doesn't have a choice. When Olivia gives him a very special assignment for the holiday, he will have to reconnect with what Christmas means to him or fail the one person he is destined to save.

Bertha decides running a brothel is no longer for her and wants to start a new life. Unfortunately, not everything goes according to plan. During one night in the forest, while she's trying to help a werewolf in need, something happens and she loses her magic. She only realizes her power is gone when she arrives in Southern Kingdom to visit her dear friends, Queen Catherine and Princess Lucy.

Christmas Eve, 1890. Thanks to the tireless pursuit of Sherlock Holmes, Professor Moriarty’s criminal empire stands on a knife edge. Still, three ghostly visitors may yet convince the Napoleon of Crime that his destiny lies in another direction.

Gula chats with a girl who's obsessed with her body image. It's about a guy, and being too hard on herself.

Joanie, a struggling college student, inherits a Christmas tree from her great-aunt, who was very wealthy. Joanie would have preferred money to pay for tuition and books. The tree is ratty and ugly. Joanie and her mama decide to put the tree up for Christmas this year, and then throw it away. The tree will not let Joanie, her mama, or her mama’s boyfriend string new lights on it. Every time they try, the lights explode.

When Wulfric needs the season's hottest toy, he turns to the only person who can help: Tammy's new boyfriend, who might not be human. Between pizza dinners, helpful Fae, and stacks of waffles, join the crew of Halfway as they solve a Christmas mystery and find out that sometimes, what you can't see can really hurt you. This humorous paranormal short is for fans of witches, waffles, and Christmas. Listen with a cup of tea, and beware - there are spoilers ahead if you've not visited Halfway before.

His daughter’s medical emergency will lead to love… When his teenage daughter winds up in the Emergency Room, Ed is worried sick, but not too worried to notice how beautiful the E.R. doctor is. He’s never believed in love at first sight, but even after he butts heads with the stubborn doctor, he can’t get her out of his mind. Joy is content with her single life, but there’s something about her patient’s father that makes her long for more. When her friend schemes to get her out on a date with Ed, she realizes that despite their apparent differences, she and the grumpy contractor...

In this touching Christmas tale, a Minnesota widower has a magical encounter with an enchanted snow man—and gets a last glimpse of the love of his life. Originally appeared in Cicada Magazine. Narrated by Scott William Carter.

Can the magic of Christmas heal centuries of betrayal? Marcus Knight helped bring the Paranormal Intelligence Agency into existence while waiting for his bride, Cara, to return, but when she does, it’s to say goodbye. After years of captivity, Cara has lost the will to go on. Can Marcus convince her that life still holds the beauty it once did, or will this be their last Christmas together?

It's Christmastime for L.A.'s newest witch, but all Maxie wants to do is Bah Humbug her way through it. This will be her first Christmas without her parents and her friends have been called away. She thinks it's a blue, blue holiday until things get worse. Katelyn, one of the Hotel DenMark maids, was just dumped by her fiancé on Christmas Eve. She's a sobbing mess and Maxie knows how it feels. After all, her fiancé broke up with her in a restaurant.

Kris Kringle has awakened from his yearly slumber. What has passed by for him in the blink of an eye has been a year-long struggle for survival in the world of man as a plague tears through the masses turning everyday people into flesh-eating fiends. Santa has one night: one night to make a difference, one night to help man turn the tide against the undead. Will he succeed?