Saving Christmas Breakfast: A standalone, paranormal, dark angel, holiday fantasy short story
By L. S. O'Dea
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Enjoy this short holiday fantasy story about a sick boy and an Angel of Death who's sick of his job.
Micah hates miracles.
They always have a cost, but as an Angel of Death he must grant one every year.
It looks like Bobby is going to be the recipient of this twisted miracle.
Poor kid. Like dying from leukemia wasn’t enough, now the boy is going to be given a miracle that won’t end with a happily ever after.
This stand-alone paranormal short story (6800+words) about crappy miracles and an angel who is sick of his job will make you laugh, cry and hope someone is brave enough to defy the immortals in power.
L. S. O'Dea
L. S. O’Dea sees things a bit differently than most people. This is probably a bi-product of being the youngest of seven children in a time when TV was only worth watching in the evenings or Saturday mornings and there were no computers. Back then, kids had to amuse themselves and being five years younger than her closest sibling she was often the unwilling entertainment.One day, before she started kindergarten, she really wanted to learn how to spell her name (Linda Sue). Her mother was busy so her brothers were told to help their baby sister. When they were done, she raced into the kitchen to show her mother what she’d learned. She stood tall and recited the letters of her name. L-E-M-O-N H-E-A-D.To this day, she still receives a box of Lemonhead candy every year for Christmas.
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Saving Christmas Breakfast - L. S. O'Dea
Enjoy this short holiday fantasy story about a sick boy and an Angel of Death who's sick of his job.
Micah hates miracles.
They always have a cost, but as an Angel of Death he must grant one every year.
It looks like Bobby is going to be the recipient of this twisted miracle.
Poor kid. Like dying from leukemia wasn’t enough, now the boy is going to be given a miracle that won’t end with a happily ever after.
This stand-alone paranormal short story (6800+words) about crappy miracles and an angel who is sick of his job will make you laugh, cry and hope someone is brave enough to defy the immortals in power.
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CHAPTER 1: Micah
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Micah strode down the hospital corridor, the lights dimming to darkness as he approached. Their warmth devoured by the coldness of his presence only to flutter back to brightness as he passed. At first, he’d convinced himself that he could feel that heat for one fleeting instant, but that’d been a dream of a memory he no longer had. Angels of Death were not allowed to remember past lives. It was the first thing the gods took when they recruited the dead.
He pretended that he didn’t miss the warmth of life—sunshine, a blanket, a fire. Feelings like that were for newbies. He’d been lectured for centuries to stop wanting things he couldn’t have and to accept his existence as it was. No pain. No torment. No decisions. Nothing but darkness and death.
He didn’t need to glance at the number on the rooms to know where he was to be. The sorrow echoed down the hallway, leading him to his destination. He stopped in the doorway. It was almost time.
Two adults slept with their hands clasped. Their love bound them tighter for their troubles. Other children rested. Their minds were uneasy, but exhaustion had won this war. A boy lay in the bed, drifting between the world of the living and Micah’s realm.
The young seemed to be rushing to his world too soon lately—drugs, alcohol, suicide—but not this one. This child had the scent and look of one who’d suffered for years. Why had Gillstrom sent him to collect this spirit? His boss knew he hated taking children—so much life untapped, so much warmth not given. Other Angels enjoyed taking the sick, no matter the age. They believed they brought peace from the pain, but all he saw was the end of a life before it’d had a chance to live.
He slipped into the room and leaned against the wall. It didn’t matter what he thought. Old. Young. Healthy. Sick. His job was to escort them to the next part of their journey whether he liked it or not.
CHAPTER 2: Bobby
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Bobby was dying. He had been since birth or at least as far back in his twelve years that he could remember. Leukemia. The hated L
word. He’d been fighting it forever, but it’d finally won. His