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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  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are
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