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    Closed for Christmas: A Short Story
    Closed for Christmas: A Short Story
    Closed for Christmas: A Short Story
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    Closed for Christmas: A Short Story

    By Heather Ormsby

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    The public library was going to be closed Christmas Day. The church shelter nearby was closed as well for Christmas Eve and Christmas night. With no day or evening shelter available for the street people in this small town nestled near the Rocky Mountains, the librarian hoped for a miracle.
    This gentle crime story with a touch of magic is the perfect read on a cozy winter night.
    This story was originally published in the book Magic and Mistletoe: A Dragon Soul Press Anthology, edited by J.E. Feldman.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMoonlit Skies
    Release dateNov 29, 2023
    ISBN9798215461945
    Closed for Christmas: A Short Story
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    Heather Ormsby

    Heather Ormsby lives in Denver, Colorado. A former library supervisor, she has spent most of her working life surrounded by books and likes it that way. She is currently a full-time writer and photographer.

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      Closed for Christmas - Heather Ormsby

      Closed for Christmas

      Closed for Christmas

      A Short Story

      Heather Ormsby

      Moonlit Skies Press

      Copyright © 2022 by Heather Ormsby

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

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      For my friends at the Boulder Public Library

      Contents

      Introduction

      Closed for Christmas

      Afterword

      About the Author

      Also by Heather Ormsby

      Introduction

      The public library was going to be closed Christmas Day. The church shelter nearby was closed as well for Christmas Eve and Christmas night. With no day or evening shelter available for the street people in this small town nestled near the Rocky Mountains, the librarian hoped for a miracle.

      This gentle crime story with a touch of magic is the perfect read on a cozy winter night.

      This story was originally published in the book Magic and Mistletoe: A Dragon Soul Press Anthology, edited by J.E. Feldman.

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