A Very Gary Christmas

By Katharina Bordet

Everyone’s favourite goat superhero, Gary, aka Captain Myotonic, returns in a new advent Christmas short story in 24 parts.

A very special Christmas celebration is threatened by a cruel theft and Gary must don his superhero cape and investigate the clues without fainting or overdosing on Christmas cookies.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Katharina Bordet
• Release date: Dec 25, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370400683

Katharina Bordet

Author of the novel The Coffee Legacy, Danube Waves and The Confectioner's Dragon. Co-author of Christmas Markets in Vienna and Christmas Markets in Austria.

Book preview

December 1st

If it is snowing now, I'm sure it will all be gone by Christmas, Gary complained.

Are you telling me you're superstitious? Ludwig looked at his goat, his eyebrow raised.

Have you never noticed it?

Noticed what?

Well, you know, I want a white Christmas, but we barely ever get them anymore, the goat explained.

I didn't know you liked Christmas, white or otherwise.

Only because last year I couldn't talk, could I?

Gary was referring to the freak incident when a mad scientist shoved Gary through a fake portal to turn him into a human, but all it did was give him the ability to speak.

I just looooooooove snow! Gary said dreamily.

That much I did know; you were always running around the pen like a crazy thing as soon as it started to snow. Then you got so excited and worked up that you passed out and the snow covered you until you were completely cold and wet, the farmer remarked.

Yes, it was awesome...

December 2nd

Gary sat next to the goat pen and stared at his friends. He knew he was still a goat, but being able to talk to Ludwig had slowly changed him. Less and less he understood them and their wishes and desires. He was still very much into girl goats and food, particularly the dessert Kaiserschmarrn, which is an Austrian specialty in the form of torn-apart thick, fluffy pancakes. As a warm cinnamon aroma joined the normal farmyard odours, he realised his dessert was going to be ready soon, so he sadly turned away from the pen and walked into the house where Ludwig was waiting for him.

What set Gary apart even more than his special ability was the fact that he had been on adventures with Ludwig and was in training to be a superhero. Captain Myotonic was his name. He even had a cape.

Hopping up to sit on the chair at the kitchen table, he almost felt human, despite his hooves, fur and horns. Ludwig placed a plate of Kaiserschmarrn in front of him, sprinkled icing sugar over it and set a deep bowl of apple sauce on the side. Gary thought it looked like a picturesque, yet tasty mountain scene with freshly fallen snow. He dug in, face first, completely ignoring the knocking at the door.

December 3rd

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