Curl up inside this winter with the 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar!
The Short Story Advent Calendar is a deluxe box set of 25 individual short stories that are meant to be opened, one by one, on the days leading up to Christmas. Surprise is the name of the game, so you won’t know exactly what you’re getting until you open the booklets each morning starting December 1. Now in its ninth year, the SSAC is back to once again bring readers a deluxe, peppermint-fresh collection of 25 short stories from some of the best writers in North America and beyond.
Contributors to the 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar include:
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Melissa Broder (Milk Fed)
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Thomas King (Indians on Vacation)
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Naben Ruthnum (A Hero of Our Time)
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Colin Winnette (Users)
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Hilma Wolitzer (Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket)
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and 20 more!
(This is a collection of literary, non-religious short stories for adults. For more information, visit our Frequently Asked Questions page.)
Kids’ Short Story Advent Calendar
Who says adults should have all the fun? After years of demand (from kids and grown-ups alike), we’re proud to finally introduce our Kids’ Short Story Advent Calendar—a fun and exciting way for younger readers to count down the days until Christmas.
The KSSAC is a deluxe box set of 25 individually bound booklets with cover art by South African illustrator Fran Labuschagne. It includes stories from some of the very best writers around, including:
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Kenneth Oppel (Inkling)
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Beatrix Potter (The Tale of Peter Rabbit)
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Terry Pratchett (Discworld)
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Jerry Spinelli (Maniac Magee)
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Jacqueline Woodson (Brown Girl Dreaming)
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and more!
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