REVIEWED BY SALLY
TITLE: Santa Gets His Man
AUTHOR: Julian Balfour
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 47 Pages
BLURB: When Mark Wright is pressed into being a mall Santa on Christmas Eve, his life is changed forever. Six-year-old Trevor Robinson has his Uncle Jack in tow—the same man Mark had a crush on at Asheville High School fifteen years earlier. Jack tells Santa his Christmas fantasy: “… to spend the holiday with an incredible guy who turns me on and does all kinds of naughty and wonderful things to my body.” How can Santa resist that challenge?
A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2013 Advent Calendar package “Heartwarming”.
REVIEW:
This story is a well written and wonderful tale for the Christmas season.
The story is about Mark, who by doing a favour for his sister ends up meeting someone from his past. That someone is Jack, a high school jock who he’d had a crush on but never thought he stood a chance because Jack was “straight” and after school married his high school sweetheart. Mark discovers all is not what it seems and on a whim answers Jack’s Christmas wish. But there’s a twist to carrying out that wish.
I liked the way the author quickly engaged the reader into the story and although the title suggests what the outcome is going to be, the twist is original and amusing.
The author also leaves the ending open for a sequel which I for one would be excited to read.
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BUY LINKS: Dreamspinner Press
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ADVENT CALENDER EVENT
Dreamspinner Press and The Blog of Sid Love bring to you an opportunity where you get to win a free set of DSP’s “Heartwarming” Advent Calender 2013. Yes! The full set with 31 stories including contributions from authors like Andrew Grey, Cardeno C., Grace R. Duncan, and many more…
If you wish to enter yourself into this contest, all you have to do is comment on every advent event post we make each day till the end of this month. Look out for titles with “Advent Calender Event” mentioned in them (such as this one) and the posts will be reviews on each and every story from this anthology.
The contest will end on 1st January, 2014 and the winners will be announced on the 2nd of January.
So, good luck to you all and Happy Holidays!
Sounds like an ‘Awww’ sort of story ut the twist has me intrigued!
Sounds good. I don’t usually buy short stories, but I might make an exception, especially since it’s on sale this week. 🙂
I want, I want, I want! This sounds like a great feel good story, one I’m in need of right now. 🙂 Even before reading the first, I’m already excited about a possible sequel.
Your review certainly gets my curiosity. Thanks Sally 😀