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Christmas Past

A Ghostly Winter Tale

John Adcox Carol Bales

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English
Miscellaneous
05 November 2024
The winter holiday season is a time for gifts and music, for snow and miracles, and for family and going home. For Jessie Malone, it's a time for sorrow.

Jessie is a graduate student living in London, where she hopes to be one of the first folklorists ever to trace an urban legend back to its original source. She's also a grieving young widow unable to heal from the agony of her life-shattering loss.

In the bleak midwinter, Jessie learns of an urban legend about a lonely, wandering ghost, a British sailor named Sam who promised his bride that he'd be home for Christmas. The legends say he's been trying to make it back to her since World War II.

As she investigates, Jessie learns that Sam's story defies the patterns of how urban legends are supposed to work. It's a puzzle she can't let go. To solve the mystery, she must confront the impossible and, just perhaps, discover a miracle of Christmas love that survives beyond the grave.

A story that will engage all your emotions, Christmas Past bursts with wonder, enigma, romance, and the unquenchable spirit that comes from promises that must be kept.

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Imprint:   Miscellaneous
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 178mm,  Width: 127mm, 
ISBN:   9781611883367
ISBN 10:   1611883369
Pages:   192
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming

After a 30-year career in new media, where his titles have included VP, Digital Media, VP, Creative, Executive Producer, and even CEO, John Adcox is now concentrating on storytelling. In addition to his writing, he is the CEO of Gramarye Media, Inc., the next generation book publisher, game developer, and movie studio of the future. He is also the author of Raven Wakes the World and The Star in the East. Carol Bales studies, works, and teaches in a place where technology and creativity intersect. Educated in painting at the University of Tennessee and Human-Computer Interaction at Georgia Tech, she works as a senior User Experience Researcher for The Weather Company and teaches at Georgia State University.

Reviews for Christmas Past: A Ghostly Winter Tale

John Adcox's Christmas Past is a perfect reminder that some of the very best ghost stories revolve around the holiday season. Lavishly illustrated by Carol Bales, filled with tragedy, mystery, and love, it's a story you'll want to savor every Christmas. --James A. Moore, author of the Seven Forges series and the Serenity Falls trilogy Christmas Past is a beautiful, bittersweet exploration of grief and wonder, a touching ghost story about urban myths and the way love lingers. John Adcox and Carol Bales have gifted us with a bit of Christmas Magic. --Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Ararat and Road of Bones If you are not seduced by the foreword of this book, a story of love and burning fever by the Adcox Clan, than I promise you--It will only take a few pages of A Christmas Past to hurl you into a breathtaking--but cold as hell--resurgence into what the Winter Solstice is all about. I hanker for a good love story-- done well. -- And this one is done BRILLIANTLY--created by two of the best in the business. Adcox dominates the genre, to the point that no one else should bother, and Carol Bales brings it home as a work of art ready to be recreated year after year. --Brian Panowich, award-winning writer of Bull Mountain, Like Lions, and Hard Cash Valley


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