A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS

This is a new, expanded edition of MIRACLE AND OTHER CHRISTMAS STORIES, and features twelve brilliantly reimagined holiday tales, five of which are collected here for the first time.

The stories in this dazzling collection are fun to read any time of year, despite the Christmas theme. They put a speculative spin on the holiday season, giving fans of acclaimed author Connie Willis a dozen reasons to be of good cheer.

Brimming with Willis's trademark insights and imagination, these heartwarming tales are full of humor, absurdity, human foibles, tragedy, joy, and hope. They embrace many of the best Christmas traditions, including the holiday newsletter, Secret Santas, office parties, holiday pageants, and Christmas dinners. There are Rockettes, Christmas movies, modern-day Magi, Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Yet to Come—and the triumph of generosity over greed. Like the timeless classics we return to year after year, these stories affirm our faith in love, magic, and the wonder of the season.

Connie Willis is a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and a Grand Master of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. She has received seven Nebula awards and eleven Hugo awards for her fiction; Blackout and All Clear—a novel in two parts—and Doomsday Book won both.