Tag: Advent calendar
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Chicken Nuggets – free short story
Once upon an evening, in a time long, long (i.e. over 18 months) ago, I had a memorable journey home on the train after an evening out. This is a short tale loosely based on that experience, with some exaggeration here and there for the drama and the lols. Traveller beware. I made this story…
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Boozy, citrusy, and delicious – the sidecar cocktail
And on the third day of my bookish Advent calendar, we have one of my favourite cocktails – the sidecar! The ever-dependable Wikipedia suggests the sidecar was invented around the end of WWI in London or Paris and is named for the motorbike attachment. Whatever its true origins are, one thing I do know is…
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Queer Books – 40+ LGBTQIA+ reads of all genres for sale
I’ve hooked up with a big bunch of fellow indie authors to promote each other’s books for Day 2 of my bookish Advent calendar. There are over 40 LGBTQIA+ titles across a huge range of genres and categories: Paranormal romance Urban fantasy Romantic comedy Contemporary fantasy Erotic fiction An anthology And a pride colouring book…
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Are You Still Watching? Brand new (very) short story
I’m kicking off my bookish advent calendar with a brand new (very) short story! At under 300 words long, it’s a light and fun story that’ll only take a minute or so to read. Scroll down to read! I wanted to capture something familiar to many of us lately: long evenings of streaming TV at home with housemates,…
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Advent calendar preparation
I’m restocking our advent calendar with: little bottles of booze (in chocolate) chocolate balls gummy bears (sadly no chocolate) chocolate frogs 🐸 In the lead up to Christmas I’ll be doing my own advent, with less chocolate (not good) and more bookish treats (good) 👀 Keep your eyes peeled for daily bookish fun in my…
G. B. Ralph 