title: The Merry Christmas Murders: a collection of extremely strange, short stories
author:  Louise Ann Barton 
description: Louise Ann Barton is a master storyteller from a family of Cherokee master storytellers, an author, a poet, and a lecturer. She has an MA in business education, a minor in law, and a Master Gardeners Certification. She has authored both Web and newspaper articles, novels, short stories, flash fiction, poetry, childrens stories, and plays, edits musical CD inserts, and is a ghostwriter. After a lifetime as a New Yorker, this great grandmother retired to the New Jersey Pine Barrens with her faithful, feline companion.
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  CANDY CANES &
  
  
  CORPSES
  
  
  
  
  
  A Cozy Christmas Boxed Set
  
  
  
  
  
  Short Stories by:
  
  
  Abby L. Vandiver
  
  
  Sonia Parin
  
  
  Tonya Kappes
  
  
  Jenna St. James
  
  
  Constance Barker
  
  
  Mona Marple
  
  
  Sylvia & Leigh Selfman
  
  
  Ani Gonzalez
  
  
  Zanna Mackenie
  
  
  Tricia L. Sanders
  
  
  
  
  
  Full Length Novels by:
  
  
  Dianne Harman
  
  
  Kathryn Dionne
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [A Christmas Present by Abby L.
  Vandiver](part0000_split_002.html#_Toc530226143)
  
  
  [Yuletide Murder by Sonia Parin](part0000_split_018.html#_Toc530226144)
  
  
  [The Candy Cane Killer by Mona Marple](part0000_split_029.html#_Toc530226145)
  
  
  [A arming Blend by Tonya Kappes](part0000_split_041.html#_Toc530226146)
  
  
  [Christmas Parties are Murder by Jenna St.
  James](part0000_split_054.html#_Toc530226147)
  
  
  [The Candy Cane Killer by Constance
  Barker](part0000_split_068.html#_Toc530226148)
  
  
  [The Case of the Felonious Feline by Leigh Selfman & Sylvia
  Selfman](part0000_split_079.html#_Toc530226149)
  
  
  [Christmas, 