Announcing the Seventh Annual Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest!!
Published: September 25, 2024 06:15
I am not dead. Nor have I given up the contest. I’m just late. Very late. Months late. But that means that this year, IContinue reading
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2023 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest Results Show
https://weirdchristmas.com/2023/12/31/test-post/
Published: December 31, 2023 06:59
Listen here, on your favorite podcast app, or on the Podbean site. Right to it: 2023 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest Winners: Overall Winner: “Hybrid”Continue reading
Nisser and Tomtar (Scandinavian Elves) with Benito Cereno
https://weirdchristmas.com/2023/12/23/nisser-and-tomtar-scandinavian-elves-with-benito-cereno/
Published: December 23, 2023 20:46
Listen here: Or listen at the Podbean site. Craig talks with the ever knowledgeable and jolly Benito Cereno about Scandinavian elves, which you’re starting toContinue reading
Have a Smokin’ Christmas!
https://weirdchristmas.com/2023/12/07/have-a-smokin-christmas/
Published: December 7, 2023 21:23
Tumblr’s the biggest social media following I’ve got, around 25k followers as I write this. (It was more before the Great Pr0n Purge of 2018,Continue reading
Flash Fiction Contest Advice
https://weirdchristmas.com/2023/12/05/flash-fiction-contest-advice/
Published: December 6, 2023 02:32
Having done the contest now for six years, and after receiving loads of requests for advice or tips about what works, I thought I’d putContinue reading
Witch’s Broomsticks: Bristles fore or aft?
https://weirdchristmas.com/2023/10/13/witchs-broomsticks-bristles-fore-or-aft/
Published: October 13, 2023 05:28
Lots of older cards show witches riding their broomsticks “backwards.” In other words, the bristles are on the front end, rather than trailing out theContinue reading
Announcing the Sixth Annual Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest!
Published: August 31, 2023 04:37
[LAST MINUTE FAQ: AS LONG AS THE STORY’S IN MY INBOX WHEN I CHECK EMAIL TUESDAY MORNING, I CONSIDER IT ON TIME. I DON’T CAREContinue reading
Weird Xmas Flash Fiction 2022 (Contest Results)
https://weirdchristmas.com/2022/12/31/weird-xmas-flash-fiction-2022-contest-results/
Published: December 31, 2022 08:04
NO TALK! NO BORINGNESS! STRAIGHT TO THE STORIES!!! (Except that the opening quote is from Celebrant by Michael Cisco. He’s awesome. He has nothing atContinue reading
Podcast! Ancient Christmas with Earl Fontainelle of the SHWEP
https://weirdchristmas.com/2022/12/23/podcast-ancient-christmas-with-earl-fontainelle-of-the-shwep/
Published: December 24, 2022 02:14
I talk to Earl Fontainelle of the SHWEP (Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast). We try to trace down any textual evidence that would connectContinue reading
Podcast! Mari Lwyd with Benito Cereno
https://weirdchristmas.com/2022/12/19/podcast-mari-lwyd-with-benito-cereno/
Published: December 19, 2022 16:17
Listen here or at the Podbean site. Benito and I discuss the traditions surrounding the Mari Lwyd, getting into similarities with other European wassailing andContinue reading