Advent Ghosts 2024

In the spirit of the Victorian tradition of telling spooky Christmas stories, Loren Eaton’s Advent Ghosts challenges participants to write a Christmas themed scary drabble (a story of 100 words). 

The stories are posted throughout the week from the 14th to the 21st of December.

Click here to check out Loren’s site, where he has links to all the participating stories.

Now, without further ado, my story…

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Preparing for the feast

Chris and Jen loved the charming old bed and breakfast. They looked forward to celebrating Christmas there.

Jen screamed when she drew the curtains on their first night. “There’s a face at the window.”

Chris summoned the landlady. “There’s a little boy in the snow peering into our room,” he said.

“Oh, that’s my son,” the landlady said.

“It’s freezing outside. He’s not wearing a hat or a coat.”

“He’s not allowed in until Christmas. He knows the rules.”

“It’s only December 23rd,” Jen said.

The landlady nodded. “He has to fast for advent, but come the 25th, he feasts.”

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I hope you enjoyed this story. Be sure to check out the other Advent Ghosts stories linked on Loren’s website above.

The above artwork is by me.

I can’t believe this is my 6th year participating! Thank you so much to Rhonda Parrish for letting me know about Advent Ghosts, and a special thank you to Loren Eaton for organizing it every year.

If you want to check out my stories from past years, here they are: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019.