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Hingston & Olsen #ssac2024 Day 19 Chris Cornell Damian Tarnoplosky A young man is attracted to Francesca - the wife of his boss - through her love of Russian short stories. A moment arrives but doesn’t go as expected. Youth blinds us to more ‘mature’ relationships.

Hingston & Olsen Day 20 The Things Eric Eats Before He Eats Himself Carman Maria Machado A man goes to such obsessive lengths to quell his insatiable hunger… He eats himself. #ssac2024

Hingston & Olsen #ssac2024 Day 21 Wars & Winters Hannah Pittard ‘Tell me you’ll miss me’ He was the dominant one. ‘..fierce, stubborn’. She was younger. Enthralled. But realizes he wasn’t coming back. Ever. A decade on, she knew he didn’t have it all. Power & love are grey.

Day 21, #ssac2024 “Wars and Winters” by Hannah Pittard Entitled, toxic ‘masculinity’ with the inevitable side of insecure fragility. “He hadn’t even given me a noun.”

22: Josh Riedel, "The One with the Multiverse" hingstonandolsen.com/2024/22-josh-r… #ssac2024

Day 22, #ssac2024 “The One With The Multiverse” by Josh Riedel Are memories and nostalgia the actual multiverse?? “It’s easy to forget where you are in towns like this. You can be in one place and believe you’re somewhere else.”

Hingston & Olsen #ssac2024 Day 22 The One with the Multiverse Josh Riedel Mark meets Kyle who believes he goes to other dimensions having been to near a ‘Dimension Skip’ machine. Mark discovers Kai, the son Kyle doesn’t have. Our need for connections affects memories.

23: Jennifer Croft, "Anaheim" hingstonandolsen.com/2024/23-jennif… #ssac2024

Day 23, #ssac2024 “Anaheim” by Jennifer Croft Masterclass in the potential of the form…four or five short stories alone within this single story, bravo. “Misuse was the wrong kind of waste. Use and abuse. The right kind of waste was lavishing everyone around you with life.”

My favorite author, Jenny Croft, has brought you all a gift of a short story, just in time for the holidays! You can thank her, Hingston & Olsen, and Kenyon Review!

I almost always wish I’d done things a little differently after publishing something, but I still really love this story, which first appeared in the Kenyon Review. Thanks now to Hingston & Olsen for giving it a new life in the 2024 Short Story Advent Calendar as Present #23.

Hingston & Olsen Day 23 Anaheim Jennifer Croft Tired of his life Alex checks out after winning a big award. Reliving his childhood he goes to Disneyland and befriends a boy in distress. As COVID hits it opens a new door. Tragedy doesn’t have to decide your future. #ssac2024

24: Thomas Hardy, "The Thieves Who Couldn't Help Sneezing" hingstonandolsen.com/2024/24-thomas… #ssac2024

Day 24, #ssac2024 “The Thieves Who Couldn’t Help Sneezing” by Thomas Hardy A perfect little Christmas Eve tale with adventure, peril, wit, and a hero’s triumph. “I can conjure up a tempest in a cupboard…”

Hingston & Olsen Day 24 The Thieves Who Couldn’t Help Sneezing Thomas Hardy #ssac2024 A boy gets his revenge when his horse his stolen yet chances upon a family gathered at a mansion in the deepest countryside… Never estimate the cunning ingenuity of a young English boy!

25: Muriel Spark, "The Leaf-Sweeper" hingstonandolsen.com/2024/25-muriel… #ssac2024

Day 25, #ssac2024 “The Leaf-Sweeper” by Muriel Spark The unexpected story of the short lived Abolition of Christmas😎 “But perhaps you don’t know how repulsive and loathsome is the ghost of a living man.”

Hingston & Olsen Day 25 The Leaf Sweeper Muriel Spark #ssac2024 Johnny is so obsessed with the Society for the Abolition of Christmas, he is committed. Years later, he meets his ghost with opposing views. Talk to yourself more. The world would be a better place for all.

You did it again! Thank you Micheal & Natalie! Congratulations to Hingston & Olsen for the special 10th edition of this year’s Short Story Advent Calendar. A shout out to my fellow readers across the lands: Barbara McVeigh @ttbrader Mr. MuleMan. You make this so worthwhile ❤️