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Ol' St. Nick

Raven Oak

First published November 2015
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

Synopsis

When a mobster Santa gets shot, everyone's a suspect... What do you get when you mix an old Earth myth with mobsters and space ships? A locked room mystery with holiday trimmings involving the plucky crew of a scavenger ship. Captain Mark Barnes has but one request: keep his ship flying and his crew happy. But when someone from his past tears their way into the present, everyone on his ship becomes a murder suspect, including himself. Especially himself. Time's running out as Mark and his crew struggle to find the murderer among them, because if they don't, they just might kill one another. When a family falls apart, can the damage be repaired? Or will this holiday go down in history as a complete and utter disaster?

Publications (5)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 2015 Cover Joy to the Worlds: Mysterious Speculative Fiction for the Holidays Grey Sun Press Anthology 84
November 2021 Cover Ol' St. Nick Grey Sun Press Chapbook
June 2023 Cover Space Ships & Other Trips: A Short Story Collection Book II Grey Sun Press Collection 63
January 2024 Cover The Bell Ringer & Other Holiday Tales Grey Sun Press Collection |3
January 2024 Cover The Bell Ringer & Other Holiday Tales Grey Sun Press Collection 109