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Christmas Cocktails
Christmas Cocktails
Christmas Cocktails
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Christmas Cocktails

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To the delight of readers everywhere, the master storyteller, Paul John Hausleben, revisits Christmas once again, and this time, the author pulls out all the stops with a Christmas season collection of novelettes and short stories, all of which runs the gamut from sentiment, to humor, to a poem, and Mr. Hausleben even adds a touch of Christmas magic and fantasy to the cocktail mix. Many of his most famous characters from past work return once again, as well as few ones to add to the never-ending mix of PJH characters. Here, you will find the Christmas that you are searching for, full of fantasy, poignant memories and emotions, laughter, and joy. True to the title of the collection, Christmas Cocktails is the ultimate mix of reading pleasure for your Yuletide season. Pick up your copy today for the perfect book to read while relaxing next to the fireplace, under the glow of the Christmas tree, while sipping your favorite beverage. Order it shaken or stirred, or on the rocks, or neat, or any way that you like!
 

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Release dateNov 22, 2018
ISBN9781386779902
Christmas Cocktails
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Paul John Hausleben

Way back in time, when the dinosaurs first died off, at the ripe old age of sixteen, Paul John Hausleben, wrote three stories for a creative writing class in high school. Enrolled in a vocational school, and immersed in trade courses and apprenticeship, left little time for writing ventures but PJH wrote three exceptional and entertaining stories. Paul John Hausleben’s stories caught the eye of two English teachers in the college-preparatory academic programs and they pulled the author out of his basic courses and plopped him in advanced English and writing courses. One of the English teachers had immense faith in Paul’s talents, and she took PJH’s stories, helped him brush them up and submitted them to a periodical for publication. To PJH’s astonishment, the periodical published all three of the stories and sent him a royalty check for fifty dollars and . . . that was it. PJH did not write anymore because life got in his way. Fast forward to 2009 and while living on the road in Atlanta, Georgia (and struggling to communicate with the locals who did not speak New Jersey) for his full-time job, PJH took a part-time job writing music reviews for a progressive rock website, and that gig caused the writing bug to bite PJH once more. He recalled those old stories and found the old manuscripts hiding in a dusty box. After some doodling around with them, PJH decided to revisit them. Two stories became the nucleus for the anthology now known as, The Time Bomb in The Cupboard and Other Adventures of Harry and Paul. The other story became the anchor story for the collection known as, The Christmas Tree and Other Christmas Stories, Tales for a Christmas Evening. Now, many years and over thirty-five published works later, along with countless blogs and other work, PJH continues to write. Where and when it stops, only the author really knows. On the other hand, does he really know? If you ask Paul John Hausleben, he will tell you that he is not an author, he is just a storyteller. Other than writing, among many careers both paid and unpaid, he is a former semi-professional hockey goaltender, a music fan and music reviewer, an avid sports fan, photographer and amateur radio operator.

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