This volume contains 33 short stories—ranging in genre from mystery to fantasy to romance—that centre around traditional holidays such as Christmas and New Year's but also fictional holidays like The Great Give Away. Featuring enthralling, heart-warming, gripping stories from best-selling writer Connor Whiteley, each story comes presented as it first appeared in a newsletter that went to subscribers every single day for 32 days. The very first volume in an annual series, The Holiday Extravaganza will bring joy and so much more any time of year!

Much to the dismay of his neighbors and family, Mr. Merriweather's Christmas display grows from a simple string of white lights into an outrageous spectacle.

Bear is ready for a calm, cosy Christmas. Frog is ready for a tinsel-tastic Christmas at the Extravaganza Hotel! Neither is ready for what happens next . . . ! A fabulously festive tale about the joys of the unexpected.

When Ethan's prayers for his mother's life go unanswered, he abandons his faith, tossing it out with his mother's Christmas ornaments. The loss of his hope leaves him empty and he begins to shy away from relationships, but when his dog Rufus, a rescue from a shelter, develops a fondness for a woman skating on the frozen lake behind his house, he's annoyed. Not only does he resent her using his pond, he doesn't understand her fear of dogs. Haylie, once an Olympic figure skater, is afraid of more than just Ethan's dog. She lives in constant fear due to threats from a stalker, but one day Ethan's dog chases the danger away, so Haylie decides to try to lose her fear of dogs...But then the stalker's plans expand to include revenge toward Ethan as well. If they are to remain safe and live to see a happily-ever-after, Haylie and Ethan must put aside differences and learn to trust each other. This Christmas season promises to be the most challenging and the most meaningful of their lives.

With high school dropout, school shooting and the Arts-Entertainment Industry not providing career entertainment curriculum to our students and school districts worldwide rates on the rise, how does one motivate students to stay in school? Veteran Educator Dr. Jerome Smith has evolved a novel solution to this growing social problem- and it works! For all mankind. The You Can Do It Program is an innovative curriculum that encourages high school students to graduate by not only introducing them to jobs and careers in the Arts-Entertainment industry, but also by allowing them to take part in professional level productions and providing them with mentors from the industry. Poise Entertainment Education Company's "Greatest" You Can Do It Program! is a must read for educators, parents, and the Arts-Entertainment companies worldwide who are looking for creative ways to show students/school districts, how vitally important the entertainment industry can change our lives. Students and school districts received little to non-information of this enormous entertainment industry that hold far great career opportunities for their knowledge of success the Arts-Entertainment industry. Poise Entertainment Education Company's "Greatest" You Can Do It Program is the first of its kind in the United States and Around The World. www.poiseentertainmenteducationcompany.org Author: Dr. Jerome Smith, has been a creative and visionary educator for over thirty-years in Birmingham, Alabama, Cleveland, Ohio and Parochial school districts. He founded Poise Entertainment Education Company in 1987 and now serves as its CEO. and Chief Executive Producer. In additional Dr. Smith have produce weekly televised "You Can Do It Program Shows" from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio for over three years. Dr. Smith write songs in his spare time for Hilltop Records Label, The Stand Tall American songbook "America" and Amerecord Records Label, "Home for Christmas" Dr. Smith now produce televised shows for the City of Cleveland, Youth Career Expo Events and Youth Christmas Extravaganza Shows. Poise Entertainment Education Company is a 501-C-3 non-profit organization and can be contacted at [email protected].

There’s nothing like autumn in picturesque Goosebush, Massachusetts, but beneath the season’s sun-dappled foliage, Lilly Jayne and her Garden Squad must investigate a shadowy murder mystery after a theater owner’s sudden death sows as much drama behind the scenes as on any stage . . . Lilly Jayne typically spends the harvest season baking festive pies and crafting colorful wreaths to enter in the library’s annual fundraising contest. But this year, autumn opens on a somber note when beloved local theater owner, Leon Tompkin, dies unexpectedly. His memorial sets the scene for a mini reunion of The Goosebush Players’ best and brightest alumni, including Hollywood star, Jeremy Nolan . . . until someone plucks Jeremy from the spotlight, permanently. Now, as dedicated theater volunteer, Scooter McGee, falls under suspicion, Lilly and her Garden Squad must spring into action. They quickly discover a cornucopia of potential suspects in Jeremy’s murder. Was it an embittered ex . . . or a jilted lover? A rival thespian . . . or an overly ambitious artist? Lilly rakes through the piles of clues, but if she doesn’t uncover the real killer soon, more than autumn leaves will be dropping in Goosebush . . .

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