The Wexford Christmas Imps: A Father Declan Supernatural Mystery

By Patrick Dorn

Spiritual warfare at its silliest!

A gifted Irish priest engages in silly spiritual warfare with a swarm of mischievous imps that are turning an obnoxiously inclusive Anglican church's Lessons and Carols Christmas Eve service into mirthful mayhem and playful pandemonium.

The Father Declan Supernatural Mysteries are a series of standalone upbeat, redemptive and often humorous urban fantasy short stories set in Ireland. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Patrick Dorn
• Release date: Jan 26, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393196099

Patrick Dorn

Patrick Dorn used to write weird westerns set in Old California, New Mexico, and Colorado, but then he visited Ireland. Now his supernatural fiction alternates between The West and The Emerald Isle, but is always, always weird. He's also an Anglican priest and a full-time chaplain. Check out Patrick's blog, stories, plays, musicals, children's books, and more at www.PatrickDorn.com. You can reach him at [e-mail]

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The Wexford Christmas Imps

The Wexford Christmas Imps

A Father Declan Supernatural Mystery

Patrick Dorn

Copyright © 2021 by Patrick Dorn

All rights reserved.

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Cover photo credit: Imp Image by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay

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No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Contents

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Spiritual warfare at its silliest

Chapter 1

A Perplexing Painting

Chapter 2

The Tearing of a Veil

Chapter 3

A Culturally Confused Christmas Crèche

Chapter 4

A Dreadful Diversity

Chapter 5

Pandemonium on Parade

Chapter 6

Silly Spiritual Warfare

Chapter 7

A Helpful Halberdier

Chapter 8

The Enniscorthy Carol

Afterword

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About the Author

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THE FATHER DECLAN

SUPERNATURAL MYSTERIES

The Banshee of Duckett’s Grove

The Black Hag of Shanagolden

The Carlingford Leprechaun

Invasion of the Ballybogs

The Offaly Werewolves

The Portumna Bridge Troll

The Skibbereen Famine Man

The Viking Vermin of Dunmore Cave

The Wexford Christmas Imps

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WEIRD WESTERNS

Attack of the Lightning Bugs

Chupacabrón

Gold Faever

The Gold Hill Ghoul

The Night Nurse: Glenwood Springs, 1888

The Odd Fellow’s Champion

The Pilfered Pelt

Quicker Than the Eye

Recalling Molly

Thin Skinned

The Ugliest Man in Albuquerque

MORE STORIES

Bush League

Coffin Stick

The Dog Boy

Needles & Pin

Right Place, Wrong Time

PLAYS AND MUSICALS

Check out my website for a listing of more than 100 plays and musicals (mostly for children).

Spiritual warfare at its silliest

A gifted Irish priest engages in silly spiritual warfare with a swarm of mischievous imps that are turning an obnoxiously inclusive Anglican church's Lessons and Carols Christmas Eve service into mirthful mayhem and playful pandemonium.

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The Father Declan Supernatural Mysteries are a series of standalone upbeat, redemptive and often humorous urban fantasy short stories set in Ireland.

Chapter One

A Perplexing Painting

Father Declan O’Shea rubbed his bruised forehead, wishing, and not for the first time, that medieval dungeons had taller doorways. The Franciscan friar decided he had seen more than enough of the newly refurbished Enniscorthy Castle in County Wexford.

He considered passing on a delectable roast beef dinner with creamed mash potatoes, seasonal vegetables and Yorkshire pudding at The Bailey Bar and Eatery, canceling his