My family has used the same advent calendar since I was a very little girl. Every year starting on December 1st, my mother would fill it with beads or chocolate or money. Sorry if the advent calendar I’m filling up for all of you is not as exciting as chocolate.
The rules:
* Every day this month I will write at least 100 words of fiction and post them here. (Actual advent calendars only through Christmas or Christmas Eve, so you’re really getting the better deal here.)
* If I miss a day, I will write two stories the next day. There will be 31 stories at the end of the month.
* Since my schedule is not consistent, the stories will not be posted at a consistent time of day. It will be sometime between 12 AM and 11:59 PM.
* Comments are ENCOURAGED. Post thoughts, critiques or your own stories at the bottom of the page.
* Readers can subscribe and receive a short story in their inbox everyday by clicking here.
James sat on the brow of the tyrannosaurus skull that lay in the ravine behind his home. It had rained last night and the bone was slick under the seat of his corduroy pants, like it was sweating. He liked to come down here after breakfast, before Mother remembered him…
