What book are you closing 2025 with?
December 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
What book are you closing 2025 with?
Thanks to @mrmuleman.bsky.social for the invitation to participate in the 2025 Short Story Advent Calendar read along! And loved the warm welcome @barbaramcveigh.bsky.social, @ttbrader.bsky.social, and @mkcanuck.bsky.social.
See comments for a read along proposal and a special holiday treat!
See comments for a read along proposal and a special holiday treat!
December 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Thanks to @mrmuleman.bsky.social for the invitation to participate in the 2025 Short Story Advent Calendar read along! And loved the warm welcome @barbaramcveigh.bsky.social, @ttbrader.bsky.social, and @mkcanuck.bsky.social.
See comments for a read along proposal and a special holiday treat!
See comments for a read along proposal and a special holiday treat!
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 12 “A Very Mario Lopez Christmas" by Megan Giddings - 4.5 ⭐️
Hilarious and weird and wonderful. Just like Kevin Wilson. Fitting that this is the last of his marvelously curated Short Story Advent Calendar!
Day 12 “A Very Mario Lopez Christmas" by Megan Giddings - 4.5 ⭐️
Hilarious and weird and wonderful. Just like Kevin Wilson. Fitting that this is the last of his marvelously curated Short Story Advent Calendar!
December 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 12 “A Very Mario Lopez Christmas" by Megan Giddings - 4.5 ⭐️
Hilarious and weird and wonderful. Just like Kevin Wilson. Fitting that this is the last of his marvelously curated Short Story Advent Calendar!
Day 12 “A Very Mario Lopez Christmas" by Megan Giddings - 4.5 ⭐️
Hilarious and weird and wonderful. Just like Kevin Wilson. Fitting that this is the last of his marvelously curated Short Story Advent Calendar!
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Dear Santa:
All I want for Christmas is for the Oxford comma to be cherished, loved, and respected.
All I want for Christmas is for the Oxford comma to be cherished, loved, and respected.
December 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Dear Santa:
All I want for Christmas is for the Oxford comma to be cherished, loved, and respected.
All I want for Christmas is for the Oxford comma to be cherished, loved, and respected.
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 12 “When You Were Here” by Claire Lombardo - 4.5 ⭐️
“The night he left, she’d gone back into his room to continue their conversation and found it empty, a damp breeze coming through an open window.”
This one hurt my heart. More comments in the comments.
Day 12 “When You Were Here” by Claire Lombardo - 4.5 ⭐️
“The night he left, she’d gone back into his room to continue their conversation and found it empty, a damp breeze coming through an open window.”
This one hurt my heart. More comments in the comments.
December 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 12 “When You Were Here” by Claire Lombardo - 4.5 ⭐️
“The night he left, she’d gone back into his room to continue their conversation and found it empty, a damp breeze coming through an open window.”
This one hurt my heart. More comments in the comments.
Day 12 “When You Were Here” by Claire Lombardo - 4.5 ⭐️
“The night he left, she’d gone back into his room to continue their conversation and found it empty, a damp breeze coming through an open window.”
This one hurt my heart. More comments in the comments.
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 10 “A Nativity Scene - 4.5 ⭐️
This was a sparse, beautify story, rich with imagery. My favorite passage is posted as a comment.
Day 10 “A Nativity Scene - 4.5 ⭐️
This was a sparse, beautify story, rich with imagery. My favorite passage is posted as a comment.
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 10 “A Nativity Scene - 4.5 ⭐️
This was a sparse, beautify story, rich with imagery. My favorite passage is posted as a comment.
Day 10 “A Nativity Scene - 4.5 ⭐️
This was a sparse, beautify story, rich with imagery. My favorite passage is posted as a comment.
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 9 “The Rent-Controlled Ghost” by Lee Conell - 3.75 ⭐️
“Big, rich, important men were waiting for the old lady in 4C to die.”
Great writing, but it was missing something… I’m not sure what. Maybe Halina will let me know.
Day 9 “The Rent-Controlled Ghost” by Lee Conell - 3.75 ⭐️
“Big, rich, important men were waiting for the old lady in 4C to die.”
Great writing, but it was missing something… I’m not sure what. Maybe Halina will let me know.
December 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 9 “The Rent-Controlled Ghost” by Lee Conell - 3.75 ⭐️
“Big, rich, important men were waiting for the old lady in 4C to die.”
Great writing, but it was missing something… I’m not sure what. Maybe Halina will let me know.
Day 9 “The Rent-Controlled Ghost” by Lee Conell - 3.75 ⭐️
“Big, rich, important men were waiting for the old lady in 4C to die.”
Great writing, but it was missing something… I’m not sure what. Maybe Halina will let me know.
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 8 “The Old Ways” by Silas House - 5 ⭐️
“I don’t mean it in a bad way, honey. That’s just who you are. You hate it here until you’re gone and then you get homesick.”
This story is perfection—as rich as the peanut butter candy Grandma Alpha and Blue are making during it.
Day 8 “The Old Ways” by Silas House - 5 ⭐️
“I don’t mean it in a bad way, honey. That’s just who you are. You hate it here until you’re gone and then you get homesick.”
This story is perfection—as rich as the peanut butter candy Grandma Alpha and Blue are making during it.
December 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 8 “The Old Ways” by Silas House - 5 ⭐️
“I don’t mean it in a bad way, honey. That’s just who you are. You hate it here until you’re gone and then you get homesick.”
This story is perfection—as rich as the peanut butter candy Grandma Alpha and Blue are making during it.
Day 8 “The Old Ways” by Silas House - 5 ⭐️
“I don’t mean it in a bad way, honey. That’s just who you are. You hate it here until you’re gone and then you get homesick.”
This story is perfection—as rich as the peanut butter candy Grandma Alpha and Blue are making during it.
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 7 “Beneath the Softness of Snow” by Chanel Sutherland - 4 ⭐️
“You watch the snow piling up against the glass and on the roof of the phone booth, and you’re overcome by an irresistible longing to lie down and let it bury you.”
I never knew of the West Indian Domestic Scheme!
Day 7 “Beneath the Softness of Snow” by Chanel Sutherland - 4 ⭐️
“You watch the snow piling up against the glass and on the roof of the phone booth, and you’re overcome by an irresistible longing to lie down and let it bury you.”
I never knew of the West Indian Domestic Scheme!
December 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 7 “Beneath the Softness of Snow” by Chanel Sutherland - 4 ⭐️
“You watch the snow piling up against the glass and on the roof of the phone booth, and you’re overcome by an irresistible longing to lie down and let it bury you.”
I never knew of the West Indian Domestic Scheme!
Day 7 “Beneath the Softness of Snow” by Chanel Sutherland - 4 ⭐️
“You watch the snow piling up against the glass and on the roof of the phone booth, and you’re overcome by an irresistible longing to lie down and let it bury you.”
I never knew of the West Indian Domestic Scheme!
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 6 “How to Milk a Sheep” by Stephanie Dennee -
4.5 ⭐️
“Pretend you know how to lasso a sheep. No. Instead, go back to the house and call your mom.”
This could be my personal account of housesitting at a farmhouse.
Day 6 “How to Milk a Sheep” by Stephanie Dennee -
4.5 ⭐️
“Pretend you know how to lasso a sheep. No. Instead, go back to the house and call your mom.”
This could be my personal account of housesitting at a farmhouse.
December 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 6 “How to Milk a Sheep” by Stephanie Dennee -
4.5 ⭐️
“Pretend you know how to lasso a sheep. No. Instead, go back to the house and call your mom.”
This could be my personal account of housesitting at a farmhouse.
Day 6 “How to Milk a Sheep” by Stephanie Dennee -
4.5 ⭐️
“Pretend you know how to lasso a sheep. No. Instead, go back to the house and call your mom.”
This could be my personal account of housesitting at a farmhouse.
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 5 “Protections” by Paola Peroni - 3 ⭐️
“Last year, Antonio Greco committed suicide after attempting to kill his wife with a hammer.”
That opener was strong! But the story ended in a whimper.
Day 5 “Protections” by Paola Peroni - 3 ⭐️
“Last year, Antonio Greco committed suicide after attempting to kill his wife with a hammer.”
That opener was strong! But the story ended in a whimper.
December 19, 2025 at 5:22 AM
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 5 “Protections” by Paola Peroni - 3 ⭐️
“Last year, Antonio Greco committed suicide after attempting to kill his wife with a hammer.”
That opener was strong! But the story ended in a whimper.
Day 5 “Protections” by Paola Peroni - 3 ⭐️
“Last year, Antonio Greco committed suicide after attempting to kill his wife with a hammer.”
That opener was strong! But the story ended in a whimper.
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 4 “Storm Windows” by Charles Haverty 4.5 ⭐️
“By 7:30 my father hadn’t come home, so we sat down to dinner without him.”
This is the opening sentence. The final sentence is just as good.
Day 4 “Storm Windows” by Charles Haverty 4.5 ⭐️
“By 7:30 my father hadn’t come home, so we sat down to dinner without him.”
This is the opening sentence. The final sentence is just as good.
December 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 4 “Storm Windows” by Charles Haverty 4.5 ⭐️
“By 7:30 my father hadn’t come home, so we sat down to dinner without him.”
This is the opening sentence. The final sentence is just as good.
Day 4 “Storm Windows” by Charles Haverty 4.5 ⭐️
“By 7:30 my father hadn’t come home, so we sat down to dinner without him.”
This is the opening sentence. The final sentence is just as good.
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 3 “The Idler” by Tyler Barton 3 ⭐️
“The idler’s been outside our apartment nearly every night since November.”
Day 3 “The Idler” by Tyler Barton 3 ⭐️
“The idler’s been outside our apartment nearly every night since November.”
December 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 3 “The Idler” by Tyler Barton 3 ⭐️
“The idler’s been outside our apartment nearly every night since November.”
Day 3 “The Idler” by Tyler Barton 3 ⭐️
“The idler’s been outside our apartment nearly every night since November.”
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 2 “Remedies” by Kali Fajardo Anstine 4.5 ⭐️
“My hair had recently grown extra-long with the help of Grandma Estrella’s tea.”
Day 2 “Remedies” by Kali Fajardo Anstine 4.5 ⭐️
“My hair had recently grown extra-long with the help of Grandma Estrella’s tea.”
December 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
#12DoS2025 #ssac2025
Day 2 “Remedies” by Kali Fajardo Anstine 4.5 ⭐️
“My hair had recently grown extra-long with the help of Grandma Estrella’s tea.”
Day 2 “Remedies” by Kali Fajardo Anstine 4.5 ⭐️
“My hair had recently grown extra-long with the help of Grandma Estrella’s tea.”
Participating in my very first #SSAC2025! Thanks @mrmuleman.bsky.social
Story 1 - Two-Man Luge: A Love Story by Claire Battershill - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Story 1 - Two-Man Luge: A Love Story by Claire Battershill - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
December 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Participating in my very first #SSAC2025! Thanks @mrmuleman.bsky.social
Story 1 - Two-Man Luge: A Love Story by Claire Battershill - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Story 1 - Two-Man Luge: A Love Story by Claire Battershill - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️