If you play hide-and-seek with a blizzard, the storm will undoubtedly win. Inside every adult rushing around to make things perfect for Christmas is a child living the perfect holiday. On the last day of school when children are let out for winter break, a young boy plays an unfortunate game of hide and seek. He ignores the signs of the oncoming blizzard and stays in his hiding spot, until it becomes his chilly tomb. Years later, an amateur sleuth Nicole Scott is carrying on her mother’s holiday tradition of baking goodies for family and friends in her curious town of Eubanks. Her paranormal gift of being able to see and hear ghosts means the spirit of her mother, Martha is not very far away to hover over her while she bakes the cookies. Outside her home an antsy frozen ghost reaches out for answers this holiday season. He’s still playin this game of hide and seek, but is ready to be found. Nicole listens to his sad tale and at the spot of his passing, reunites him with the family he thought he lost. Thawed On Christmas, is a behind the Lore short and part of Nikki Henley’s, Curious in Eubanks Paranormal Cozy Mysteries series. Set in a small town of curiously quirky paranormal residents this short story can be read as a standalone. It is written to give you the reader an extended experience of the characters of Eubanks.

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