The Christmas Star

by Christopher Fahy

Overview

The Christmas Star is Christopher Fahy's heartwarming new holiday story that finds one man in a unique situation to discover what life is truly about. When a man is rescued from his snow bank car accident, he meets a family that doesn't have much, but indeed has everything. His self discovery with this family brings us the wonderful and enlightning tale. A tale of hope, love and humanity.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940044432253
Publisher:	Overlook Connection Press, The
Publication date:	11/06/2012
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	350 KB

About the Author

Fahy's stories have appeared in The Twilight Zone Magazine, Gallery, and many anthologies, including Night Screams; Predators; Cat Crimes I and II; Frankenstein: The Monster Wakes; Isaac Asimovs Magical Worlds of Fantasy; Santa Clues; and The King is Dead: Tales of Elvis Postmortem. He has published four dark fantasy novels: Nightflyer; Dream House; Eternal Bliss; and The Lyssa Syndrome. This is his first collection of fantasy stories. Fahy is also the author of the mainstream story collection Limerock: Maine Stories, and several mainstream novels, one of which, Fever 42, was called "wildly funny and surprisingly sad" by Stephen King, and "one of those rare books that restores our faith in the mainstream novel," by John Grant. Fever 42 was also published by Overlook Connection Press

Editorial Reviews

Shortly before Christmas, Russ Dodge is in Maine closing a deal to buy Sheffield Peak from an ailing elderly gentleman. Dodge has plans to evict the peak's local caretakers and turn the undeveloped land into a ski resort. He wants to take one more look at the property before heading back to Manhattan, but a snowstorm sends his car off the road. He's soon rescued by the caretakers and is forced to stay with them until the storm subsides. His disbelief at their simple homesteading lifestyle soon turns to admiration and makes him question his development plans and his own materialistic priorities. VERDICT Lines from the Tao Te Ching and black-and-white drawings by artist Courtney Skinner begin each chapter in this pleasant novella by Fahy (The Fly Must Die) that not so subtly encourages a more Zen way of life.

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