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    Midnight Movies: A YA Holiday Story
    Midnight Movies: A YA Holiday Story
    Midnight Movies: A YA Holiday Story
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    Midnight Movies: A YA Holiday Story

    By Rusty Fischer

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    In Midnight Movies, a Christmas Eve shift at the Snowflake Cinemas turns into a real blockbuster for one lonely movie theater usher.

    This 4,170-word short story is 29 pages long.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRusty Fischer
    Release dateJul 19, 2011
    Midnight Movies: A YA Holiday Story
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    Rusty Fischer

    Rusty Fischer is a full-time freelance writer, multi-published ghostwriter and the author of dozens of published books across a variety of genres, from nonfiction to fiction, including his popular A Living Dead Love Story series from Medallion Press. Visit him at www.rustyfischer.com to read more!

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      Midnight Movies - Rusty Fischer

      Midnight Movies:

      A YA Holiday Story

      By Rusty Fischer, author of A Town Called Snowflake

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      Midnight Movies

      Rusty Fischer

      Copyright 2015 by Rusty Fischer

      Smashwords Edition

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      This is a work of fiction. All of the names, characters, places and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.

      Cover credit: © nyul – Fotolia

      This title was formerly released as Now Showing in Snowflake.

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      Author’s Note:

      The following is a FREE short story edited by the author himself. If you see any glaring mistakes, I apologize and hope you don’t take it out on my poor characters, who had nothing to do with their author’s bad grammar! Happy reading… and happy holidays!

      Enjoy!

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      Midnight Movies:

      A YA Holiday Story

      I warned you this was a bad idea, frowns Mr. Kerns, rubbing his long, pale hand nervously over his scruffy bald head. "I even showed you the numbers from the last three Christmas Eves, remember? No one comes out to see movies on Christmas Eve, Sasha;

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