Stockings: Two Haward Mysteries Christmas Short Stories

By Sophie Duncan and Natasha Duncan-Drake

In one story meet Remy and Theo as six year olds trying to meet Father Christmas and in the other see them come to terms with being the guardians of Blackwood during their first Christmas as such.

The Haward Mysteries is a set of Contemporary Fantasy, short stories and bargain priced novels full of magic and mystery with a side of CSI thrown in. Follow the Agatha Christie style whodunits of the novels, delve into the artfully rendered sorcerous science of the magical crimes and explore the enchanted world of the Haward Twins as they face supernatural trials in both their professional and private lives.

Stockings was released in Dec 2011 as a Christmas gift for fans of the Haward Mysteries, check the tags for more in the series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wittegen Press
• Release date: Dec 21, 2011
• ISBN: 9781908333155

Sophie Duncan

Half my time I am a project manager developing IT solutions. The other half, you'll find me scribbling away at many a story that just won't leave me alone. I've been writing since I was a wee thing, and publishing since I discovered the internet in 1994 or so.So what do I write? Contemporary and urban fantasy have mainly been my playground, but I have done some real world settings as well. I do like mystery and have been reading (and watching) Agatha Christie since I was a child. I've also been known to do a bit of poetry.Style: I have been told I do angst well, so if you want your heartstrings twanged, or your tummy to tie in knots until the end, then I'm your gal. I am, however, a happy ending junkie, although I do throw a hint of realism in there sometimes as well. I like a few twists and turns on the way in some of my plots, although I have written my share of PWPs as well. I have to admit a small obsession with eyes: I believe they are the seat of beauty in a person, so I play with them in creature fic and use them for expression in others - personal hang up, sorry. Also, I have never met a cliché I didn't like and I am a firm believer that cliché is fine if you do it right.Writing is a passion and there's nothing better than writing for an audience. Any writer who says they don't care about feedback must have had an ego amputation :) If you life my scribbles, I'd be very glad to hear from you.

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Stockings - Two Christmas Short Stories

by

Natasha Duncan-Drake and Sophie Duncan

Smashwords Edition

Haward Mysteries Short Stories

This publication is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organisations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of either the author or the publisher.

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Copyright © 2011 by Natasha Duncan-Drake and Sophie Duncan

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Dedication

To all our friends and family, merry Christmas and thank you for all your support.

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Contents

Close Encounters of the Sleigh Kind

A Time to Heal

Afterword

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Close Encounters of the Sleigh Kind

Remy bounced onto his side of the huge four poster bed he and Theo always shared on Christmas Eve.

I saw Father Christmas, he babbled at his still sleeping twin.

Theo had been terribly boring and gone to sleep, but Remy had been determined to stay up and see Father Christmas. Being six, there weren't many more important things for a boy to do. Someone at school had tried to tell him Father Christmas wasn't real and he