GIFTS OF THE MAGI is now live! It’s an anthology, as I said yesterday, put out by the Speculative Fiction Guild to benefit the literacy program Indy Reads. Submission was by invitation only, so I am, as my British-speaking friends say, quite chuffed to have…

This story originally appeared in the Southern Indiana Writers’ Group‘s now-out-of-print anthology, CHRISTMAS BIZARRE. It is reprinted as part of SIW’s latest anthology, HOLIDAY BIZARRE, which includes stories involving holidays throughout the year. I’m posting the entire story here as part of Alliteration Ink‘s SPEC…

Rest In Peace copyright 2012 by Marian Allen When them redskins stole my ponies, I thought it’d be fun to steal ’em back. Didn’t work out so well, though. Thought I got away, even though I didn’t untie no ponies before they got spooked and…