title: Courage, Love and the Meaning of Christmas: A Magical, Insightful, Adventure-Romance Novel
author: Shaun Roundy
description: Shaun Roundy earned an MA in English from Utah State University and taught writing there and at Utah Valley University for over a decade. He has published four books and written various articles. Shaun was born in New Jersey, then moved to Massachussettes, California and Brazil before settling in the Rocky Mountains in Logan, Utah. He later moved to Spain, Taiwan, China, and Utah Valley, as well as working and traveling in many other states and countries, including a five-week, 2,500 mile sailing voyage to help a friend bring his boat home from Venezuela. Shaun enjoys spending time in the outdoors, climbing, mountaineering, camping, skiing, sailing, motorcycling and participating in other sports. He has volunteered on the Utah County Sheriff Search and Rescue team for over a decade, as well as chairing the Mountain Rescue Association's Intermountain Region. He appeared in the Discovery Channel's Raging Planet - Blizzards and KUED's award-winning Secrets of the Lost Canyon. Most of all, Shaun craves beauty, experience, wisdom, fun and adventure, and hopes to share that with everyone around him and make the world a better place.
zlib_text: > Merry Bloody Christmas
  
  >  _A Short Story Collection_
  
  > By Ellie Scott
  
  > Contents
  
  Copyright
  
  Dedication
  
  The Night Before Christmas
  
  1\. A Sugar Rush
  
  2\. An End
  
  3\. An Incarceration
  
  4\. A Cracked Code
  
  5\. A Special Delivery
  
  6\. A Quiet One
  
  7\. A Goldibear and Three Lockes
  
  8\. An Infection
  
  9\. A Party
  
  10\. A Lost Rag
  
  11\. A Cancellation
  
  12\. An Early Christmas
  
  13\. A Gift
  
  14\. A Festive Tipple
  
  15\. An Entry on the Naughty List
  
  16.
  
  17\. A Blackout
  
  18\. An Important Christmas Message
  
  19\. A Battle Commences
  
  20\. A Bid for Freedom
  
  21\. A Beginning
  
  22\. A Long Night
  
  23\. An Opportunity
  
  24\. A Time to Panic
  
  25\. A Snapshot of Boxing Day
  
  Thanks For Reading!
  
  Ellie Scott's Debut Novel
  
  The Dead End: Chapter 1
  
  More Books by Ellie Scott
  
  About the Author
  
  This is the first book in the Short Silly Stories series.
  
  The enclosed stories are works of fiction. Characters, events and incidents
  are the products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual
  person