Christmas Camera

By Lynn Hones

Olivia finds an old camera at a thrift store. As a photographer, she thinks it’s an awesome find. The camera has a mind of its own, and before she knows it, it has entered her life in ways she didn’t expect. A man keeps showing up in her pictures. She thinks he is familiar, but he’s wearing the uniform of an American Civil War Soldier.

• Language: English
• Publisher: eXtasy Books Inc
• Release date: Dec 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9781487437961

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Olivia finds an old camera at a thrift store. As a photographer, she thinks it’s an awesome find. The camera has a mind of its own, and before she knows it, it has entered her life in ways she didn’t expect. A man keeps showing up in her pictures. She thinks he is familiar, but he’s wearing the uniform of an American Civil War Soldier.

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Christmas Camera

Copyright © 2022 Lynn Hones

ISBN: 978-1-4874-3796-1

Cover art by Angela Waters

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Christmas Camera

By

Lynn Hones

Dedication

To my loving husband

Chapter One

"My, you’re persistent. If you insist, and if it would make you feel better, I’ll take it. It’s rather cumbersome, though."

It’s really not heavy at all. Why we had to haul these things over the battlefield. He stopped himself immediately.

Battlefield? What do you mean by that? Olivia cocked her head.

My reenactment group. He glanced down and then up, and in that instant the twinkle in his warm blue eyes was gone. She knew she should probably leave when he stopped talking, although she wasn’t sure what she’d done to offend him.

He was right. The camera wasn’t heavy, as she discovered when she carried it to her car. She couldn’t believe he simply gave her the camera. Come to think of it, she hadn’t seen any other items for sale in his spot at the flea market. He must have sold out early.

And here she was, the proud owner of a tintype camera.

Once home, she started to push the camera into the closet but paused. Maybe she’d use it as a decoration once she got her own photography studio.

Her old friend, Sheldon, knew everything there was to know about cameras. She was an amateur photographer, but he was always willing to help her out. With a slow afternoon ahead of her, she couldn’t think of a better time to stop by and ask him about her new acquisition. The only problem lay in the issue that Sheldon, as she’d been told by mutual acquaintances, was in love with her. She’d laughed off the idea, explaining they were simply old friends who were comfortable around each other.

Olivia wrapped the camera in a blanket for protection and walked down the stairs of her very old apartment building, balancing the camera in her arms. Not that the camera was heavy, simply cumbersome along with the tripod. She fit her burden in her back seat, pulled out of the parking spot, and headed for Sheldon’s photography studio.

I have a question for you, she yelled out as she walked into the shop, cradling the supposed antique. Where are you?

Sheldon emerged from the back room, drying his hands on a rag. He smiled. Well, well, he said. What have we here? He straightened the wire-rimmed glasses that had slipped to the end of his nose.

He was only an inch or two taller than her, and she found him attractive. He wore his brown hair long, sometimes in a man bun.

I found an interesting item. She smiled. From the expression on his face, Olivia could tell he was interested in what she was holding.

He took it