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    Christmas Cowboys, Mistletoe Diner and other Short Stories: A Collection of New Fiction for the Holidays
    Christmas Cowboys, Mistletoe Diner and other Short Stories: A Collection of New Fiction for the Holidays
    Christmas Cowboys, Mistletoe Diner and other Short Stories: A Collection of New Fiction for the Holidays
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    Christmas Cowboys, Mistletoe Diner and other Short Stories: A Collection of New Fiction for the Holidays

    By Linda Shayne

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    Imaginative, evocative, heartwarming and entertaining, this wonderful collection of never before published short stories includes: "Christmas Cowboys" by Linda Shayne, "Mistletoe Diner" by Samantha Jaffe, "Change of Heart" by Virkam Kale, "Missile Defense and Tracking Santa" by Aldo Spadoni, "My Christmas Angel" by Michael Habte, "Snowbird" by Valerie Scott, "Christmas in Kenya" by Charles Kamuyu, "Triplets" by Howard Steinberg, "Christmas Twister" by Dianna Brown, "Secret Santa" by Lars Daniel Eriksson, "Four-door Igloo and Wolves" by Jin A Song, "Trinidad" by Hamel Matthew.

    This contemporary collection of new fiction will stay with you long after the holidays. Award winning writers and first time published authors contribute to making this the ultimate Christmas collection.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRemember Point
    Release dateOct 27, 2011
    ISBN9781450754064
    Christmas Cowboys, Mistletoe Diner and other Short Stories: A Collection of New Fiction for the Holidays
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    Linda Shayne

    Linda Shayne is a writer, and also a screenwriter and feature film and TV director. Shayne is American/Canadian.

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      Book preview

      Christmas Cowboys, Mistletoe Diner and other Short Stories - Linda Shayne

      Christmas Cowboys, Mistletoe Diner

      and other Short Stories:

      A Collection of New Fiction for the Holidays

      by Authors: 

      Dianna Brown,

      Lars Daniel Eriksson,

      Michael Habte,

      Samantha Jaffe,

      Vikram Kale,

      Charles Kamuyu,

      Hamel Matthew,

      Valerie Scott,

      Linda Shayne,

      Jin A Song,

      Aldo Spadoni,

      Howard Steinberg 

      Edited by Marilyn Singleton 

      Published by Remember Point

      Copyright 2010 Remember Point, Inc.

      Visit: www.rememberpoint.com

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      All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission from the publisher of this book. For information address: Remember Point, P.O. Box 1448, Pacific Palisades, California, USA, 90272.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, brands, media, and incidents are either the product of an author's imagination or are used fictitiously. The authors acknowledge the trademarked status and trademark owners of various products reference in this work of fiction, which have been used without permission. The publication/use of these trademarks is not authorized, associated with, or sponsored by the trademark owners.

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      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright and Licensing

      Christmas Cowboys by Linda Shayne

      Mistletoe Diner by Samantha Jaffe

      Change of Heart by Vikram Kale

      Missile Defense and Santa Tracking by Aldo Spadoni

      My Christmas Angel by Michael Habte

      Snowbird by Valerie Scott

      Christmas in Kenya by Charles Kamuyu

      Triplets by Howard Steinberg

      Christmas Twister by Dianna Brown

      Secret Santa by Lars Daniel Eriksson

      Four-door Igloo and Wolves by Jin A Song

      Trinidad by Hamel Matthew

      Acknowledgements

      CHRISTMAS COWBOYS

      by Linda Shayne

      Kendall’s truck swerved dangerously on the black ice, hidden on the highway leading to Bose, Montana, a place she once called home. She turned on the radio in an attempt to calm her nerves. No one was crazy enough to drive five hundred miles in this weather, but it was Christmas Eve and her dad was waiting up for her, even though she was twenty-three.

      A Garth Brooks country song provided some warmth and Kendall shifted into low gear to take the next curve at fifteen miles per. She always felt good when Garth’s gravelly, velvet voice filled the air. Outside, rain turned to sleet and then snow.

      Despite her better instincts, Kendall sped up; she had to pick up the pace or she would never make it home. Snow covered fields and flocked spruce trees glided by her in soft focus, as if she were in one of those 3-D movie theaters and wasn’t wearing the required glasses.

      The cold night had a surreal feel. Kendall’s breath was visible and she tried to blow a series of steam rings, as she thought about how much had changed since she left home a year ago. She was different, just like everyone told her she would be if she moved to a big city like Houston. She was almost comfortable living in a concrete apartment building, she ate out at restaurants more often than she cooked, but she still hurt when she thought about her high school boyfriend and how he married her best friend's younger sister. He really was the reason she left town, that and there were no jobs in Bose.

      When Kendall was approached by her aunt's friend to sell medical equipment in Houston, she jumped at the chance to move. Living in a big city had its advantages. Shopping was incredible, there were sales almost every week, and her dating life was filled with guys wearing lab

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