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Christmas Australis: A Frighteningly Festive Anthology of Spine Jingling Tales
A dark Family Secret. A web of deception. Exiles in alien lands. Who will survive their Australian Christmas calamity to celebrate the festive season?Harbouring a dark Family Secret, prodigal grand-daughter Kate brings her unsuspecting partner home to Christmas lunch with her menagerie of weird relatives…
25th of December 2056, Mary and her soldier boyfriend Nick are sent to break up an illegal meeting on their space-ship. But old memories resurface, forcing Mary to rethink the choices she's made...
Exiled to an alien land with no means of return, the blooming of the Christmas Bells now brings Sara only grief and despair…
Clara gets more than she bargained for when she plays a new virtual reality platform. Suddenly, virtual characters are coming after her in reality. The only way to stop them - is to play the game to the end…
Nine-year-old Juliette covets her brother's Christmas present, a chocolate bar hidden away by her father. Preoccupied by the search, she is oblivious to a crisis unfolding outside…
When a private investigator lands a much needed job just days before Christmas, the last thing he expects is to be drawn into a surreal web of deception and justice…
An Antipodean Christmas feels awfully topsy-turvy to Evangeline and when she goes to buy gingerbread for her father, she finds that the weather is not the only odd thing about this festive season…
Queen Aeria of the Northern Elves reluctantly agrees to help Mrs Claus find her missing husband. Now Aeria is in for an unforgettable experience, some uncomfortable truths, and a few unfamiliar traditions from the Great Southern Land...
Set sail with our Narrator - spectral convict mariner, Jacob Bloodsworth - as he nets a catch of eight Australian speculative and contemporary Christmas stories bobbing in the ghostly waters off the coast of this Great Southern Land.
Christmas Australis contains a novella, two novelettes and five short stories - something for everyone this Festive Season.
Buy A Frighteningly Festive Anthology of Spine Jingling Tales and treat yourself to eight individually crafted stories from Down Under!
25th of December 2056, Mary and her soldier boyfriend Nick are sent to break up an illegal meeting on their space-ship. But old memories resurface, forcing Mary to rethink the choices she's made...
Exiled to an alien land with no means of return, the blooming of the Christmas Bells now brings Sara only grief and despair…
Clara gets more than she bargained for when she plays a new virtual reality platform. Suddenly, virtual characters are coming after her in reality. The only way to stop them - is to play the game to the end…
Nine-year-old Juliette covets her brother's Christmas present, a chocolate bar hidden away by her father. Preoccupied by the search, she is oblivious to a crisis unfolding outside…
When a private investigator lands a much needed job just days before Christmas, the last thing he expects is to be drawn into a surreal web of deception and justice…
An Antipodean Christmas feels awfully topsy-turvy to Evangeline and when she goes to buy gingerbread for her father, she finds that the weather is not the only odd thing about this festive season…
Queen Aeria of the Northern Elves reluctantly agrees to help Mrs Claus find her missing husband. Now Aeria is in for an unforgettable experience, some uncomfortable truths, and a few unfamiliar traditions from the Great Southern Land...
Set sail with our Narrator - spectral convict mariner, Jacob Bloodsworth - as he nets a catch of eight Australian speculative and contemporary Christmas stories bobbing in the ghostly waters off the coast of this Great Southern Land.
Christmas Australis contains a novella, two novelettes and five short stories - something for everyone this Festive Season.
Buy A Frighteningly Festive Anthology of Spine Jingling Tales and treat yourself to eight individually crafted stories from Down Under!
- GenresChristmas
246 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 11, 2019
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About the author
V.E. Patton
2 books14 followersV. E. Patton is the pen name of Veronica Strachan. She is the bestselling author of Ochre Dragon the first book in her epic fantasy series The Opal Dreaming Chronicles.
V. E. spent as much of her childhood as she could lost in a good book. She wrote stories and poems as soon as she learnt to read and her favourite place in the world was the local library. She spent most of her adult life lost in a good job as a nurse, midwife, CEO, coach and facilitator (amongst other things).
After years of encouraging her children and clients to follow their dreams, she finally got around to remembering what she wanted to be when she grew up - so she began writing. Ochre Dragon: The Opal Dreaming Chronicles Book 1 was her first fantasy (in a book). She hopes you get lost in it.
Her dream of a writer's life was interrupted by the realities of life, but with her six books on the shelves (four as Veronica Strachan), she feels her dream has become a reality.
Now she balances her writing with coaching individuals and teams in leadership and change.
Veronica lives with her ever-patient and supportive husband of 36 years in their self-made mudbrick house. Along with 2 dogs, 2 cats, 5 chooks, 1 rooster, 2 possums, and assorted fish.
Travel and more travel is on the cards as soon as she finishes Soul Staff, the second book in The Opal Dreaming Chronicles.
V.E. (as herself, Veronica Strachan) is also the author of Breathing While Drowning: One Woman's Quest for Wholeness, The Wholeness Quest Workbook & Journal, and The Adventures of Chickabella (Chickabella and the Rainbow Magic, and Chickabella Counts to Ten).
V. E. spent as much of her childhood as she could lost in a good book. She wrote stories and poems as soon as she learnt to read and her favourite place in the world was the local library. She spent most of her adult life lost in a good job as a nurse, midwife, CEO, coach and facilitator (amongst other things).
After years of encouraging her children and clients to follow their dreams, she finally got around to remembering what she wanted to be when she grew up - so she began writing. Ochre Dragon: The Opal Dreaming Chronicles Book 1 was her first fantasy (in a book). She hopes you get lost in it.
Her dream of a writer's life was interrupted by the realities of life, but with her six books on the shelves (four as Veronica Strachan), she feels her dream has become a reality.
Now she balances her writing with coaching individuals and teams in leadership and change.
Veronica lives with her ever-patient and supportive husband of 36 years in their self-made mudbrick house. Along with 2 dogs, 2 cats, 5 chooks, 1 rooster, 2 possums, and assorted fish.
Travel and more travel is on the cards as soon as she finishes Soul Staff, the second book in The Opal Dreaming Chronicles.
V.E. (as herself, Veronica Strachan) is also the author of Breathing While Drowning: One Woman's Quest for Wholeness, The Wholeness Quest Workbook & Journal, and The Adventures of Chickabella (Chickabella and the Rainbow Magic, and Chickabella Counts to Ten).
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November 24, 2019
A breathtaking range of uniquely Australian stories. Christmas Australis is the perfect Christmas gift for lovers of good literature.
November 12, 2019
An eclectic mix of well-written stories all touching on Christmas in their own unique way. There’s horror, sci-fi, fantasy, even a PI tale, all grouped together by the ongoing story of a lost soul aboard a ship, picking the stories from bottles floating at sea. This collection has something for everyone and is an easy, entertaining read perfect for the holiday season.
December 1, 2019
A heart warming mix of Aussie Christmas stories written by a group of dedicated writers who turn up each morning to #6amAusWriters. Full of Aussie vernacular and scorching hot summers, each story throws a new spin on the traditions down under.
December 10, 2019
Okay, yes, I'm one of the authors so I'm biased, but take this as an endorsement for the other seven wonderful stories in this collection. I enjoyed reading all of these and seeing the stories develop as we worked on them.
December 7, 2019
This was so much fun to read Australian scary Christmas stories! Such a wonderfully wide variety and so imaginative!
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