Boughs of Evergreen: A Holiday Anthology, Volume Two

by Hans M. Hirschi (Editor), Terry Kerr, K.C. Faelan

Boughs of Evergreen is a two-volume collection of short stories celebrating the holiday season in all its diversity. Penned by authors from the UK, the USA, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, these are tales of the young and the not-so-young from many different walks of life.

Themes of family, friendship and romance take readers on a journey through some of the major holidays, both past and present, including Thanksgiving, Advent, St. Lucia Day, Hanukkah, Saturnalia, Winter Solstice, Yule, Christmas and New Year. In each we find at the very least hope, and often love, peace and happiness.

Each story is also available as a separate ebook.

Proceeds from sales of this anthology will be donated to The Trevor Project. The Trevor Project is the leading national organization [USA] providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24.

THE STORIES:
(combined edition includes all 22 stories)

Volume Two contains:

"A Christmas Tale" - Hans M Hirschi
"A Family Christmas" - Terry Kerr
"A Little Christmas Magic" - K.C. Faelan
"Always Have, Always Will" - Amelia Mann
"An Angel in Eyeliner" - Hunter Frost
"Boyfriend Goes Home" - Laura Susan Johnson
"Christmas Commitment" - Shayla Mist
"Coming in from the Cold" - Ava Penn
"Holidays with Drum and Bell!" - Matthias Williamson
"Te Amo, You Mushrooms" - S.H. Allan
"The Invasion of Tork" - Al Stewart and Claire Davis

Genres: Anthologies, Christmas, M M Romance

450 pages, Paperback

First published November 21, 2014

About the author

Born and raised in Switzerland, Hans graduated from High School in Arizona, worked for several years in the Swiss financial industry before pursuing his university studies in Zurich and Gothenburg.

His majors include literature, linguistics & social sciences.

Hans self-published his first book with poetry and a short story in 1991.

Nine years later, he followed up with a professional book on e-learning pedagogy and in 2010 his book "Common Sense" was published.

He's published several novels and books. Detailed info can easily be found here, below.

Reviews

[Amy Spector · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm finally sitting down to officially read Boughs of Evergreen start to finish! Since this is such a huge anthology, I will rate the stories as I go here and will add a more detailed review of the stories on their individual GR listings.

The Boughs of Evergreen: A Holiday Anthology is a collection of stories written by authors around the world, for charity and a hope for a better world for the next generation. It is the brain child of Debbie McGowan who is my hero.

Volume Two

A Christmas Tale - Hans M Hirschi
A Family Christmas - Terry Kerr
A Good Word - L.M. Steel
A Little Christmas Magi" - K.C. Faelan
Always Have, Always Will - Amelia Mann
An Angel in Eyeliner - Hunter Frost
Boyfriend Goes Home - Laura Susan Johnson
Christmas Commitment - Shayla Mist
Coming in from the Cold - Ava Penn
Holidays with Drum and Bell! - Matthias Williamson
Te Amo, You Mushrooms - S.H. Allan

[K.C. Faelan]

UPDATE: The second edition of Boughs of Evergreen comes with a new holiday cover, created by talented author and graphic artist, Noah Homes. Check it out. And at the same time, why not read some of the awesome stories contained in this anthology this coming holiday season?

*****

Today I had time to start reading the stories from Boughs of Evergreen: A Holiday Anthology. I'll be making my way through both volumes in random order. I'll be posting the individual book review and rating on it's respective book page. For this review, it's only on Volume Two. Volume One has it's own review.

Boughs of Evergreen is the brainchild of Debbie McGowan, publisher and editor at Beaten Track Publishing. The proceeds from the anthology are donated to the Trevor Project. Twenty-three authors from around the world contributed their time and talent to writing various holiday stories. I participated in this awesome endeavor, and my story appears in this volume, but I won't be reviewing it since I wrote it.


Volume Two

A Christmas Tale - Hans M Hirschi
A Family Christmas - Terry Kerr
A Little Christmas Magic - K.C. Faelan
Always Have, Always Will - Amelia Mann
An Angel in Eyeliner - Hunter Frost
Boyfriend Goes Home - Laura Susan Johnson
Christmas Commitment - Shayla Mist
Coming in from the Cold - Ava Penn
Holidays with Drum and Bell! - Matthias Williamson
Te Amo, You Mushrooms - S.H. Allan

[L.L. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excluding my own story of course - I'm not rating that. =D

Wonderful set of authors with different voices and writing style that create a different blend of holiday stories (all types of winter holidays mind you) that encompass LGBT main characters and romance.

Proceeds donated for a great cause - The Trevor Project

Happy Holidays.

[Claire · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quite beautiful.

[Tailtiu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Part of the 2 book in one Boughs of Evergreen: Holiday Anthology