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Horror/Scary: December 21, 2022 Issue [#11711]




 This week: Fellow Passengers To The Grave
  Edited by: W.D.Wilcox
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2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter


“There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say,' returned the nephew. 'Christmas among the rest. But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round—apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that—as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. And therefore, uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol


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Letter from the editor

Journey To The Grave



From the first day we're born we slowly begin to die. I say slowly because when we're young life seems to just drag on-and-on; we can't get to eighteen fast enough. But as we age, and I say this from personal experience, life appears to speed up, the years go by way too quickly. I mean it just seems like yesterday we celebrated Christmas, and yet, here it is again.

Where'd the time go?

I measure the passage of time not by my birthday, or by New Years Eve, I measure it by Christmas. And I get to thinking about how many more I will actually see, how many more Christmas' will I celebrate?

So take a walk with me on our journey to the grave. Celebrate this Christmas like it will be your last. Reach out to those loved ones with good cheer, and give to the needy as if they were your family too. Because we are all family of this world until we finally move on to the next.

Merry Christmas,

My Christmas Sig from Undocked & Peck



Editor's Picks

Christmas Ghosts

A Calendar for Christmas  (13+)
A short horror story.
#852046 by Handsome Bill

STATIC
All that glitters, all that glows  (GC)
David Donovon hates Christmas.
#1968274 by Osirantinous

The Truth About Christmas  (18+)
In which a boy meets the real santa claus. Edited to account for review comments.
#1068224 by Hopkin Green Frog

A Monster Soldier's Christmas  (13+)
A soldier's Christmas Story.
#1624533 by BIG BAD WOLF is hopping

Santa Claus is coming to town  (13+)
He's making a list, and checking it twice, a christmas tale for grown ups
#1622237 by drboris

"UNGH!"  (13+)
A Family Reunion Around The Christmas Dinner Table Takes A Strange Turn
#2021019 by Angus


STATIC
The Long Road Home  (ASR)
A Tennessee family finds the Spirit of Christmas
#786709 by W.D.Wilcox





The Wondrous Christmas Tree  (E)
Setting the stage for Christmas
#780225 by W.D.Wilcox


*Angel*
Long
before
there are any
Christmas presents to
be found -- or hanging on
the door a festive wreath for you
to see; preceding any mouth-watering
foods or fancy decorations all around -- there
must at first come the W
ondrous Christmas Tree.
Standing so majestically from the floor up to the roof.
Quite perfectly hand-picked and just as nearly childproof. The
smell is more than pine -- it’s more like fresh snow-covered woods.
Filled with anxious anticipation, the culmination of childhood. But if that’s not
quite enough -- strings of electric brilliance are wrapped ‘round and ‘round.
Ornaments and candy canes keep children exquisitely spellbound. And up upon
the very top an angel sits so daintily -- watching over
everyone an
d
the Wondrous
Christmas Tree.

 
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Ask & Answer

DEAD LETTERS


ChrisDaltro-Chasing Moonbeams
Thank you for featuring my short story The Medium in your always awesome WDC.Neswletters. I love it.
Christina ❤️

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Thank you for featuring my short story, The Tokoloshe.



FORUM
The Dialogue 500  (18+)
Dialogues of 500 words or less.
#941862 by W.D.Wilcox


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