Free Holiday Reading from Wildside Press

[Calenorn]

The Second Christmas Megapack™

Christmas—the very word conjures up memories of the most wondrous childhood holiday of all--filled with the glitter of colorfully-wrapped presents, family visits, carols, photographs, decorating the tree, attendance at church to celebrate the birth of the Christ child, and tummy-stuffing dinners tucked with treats seen at no other time of the year. But the yule holiday has been celebrated for at least two centuries in North America, and our writers have been producing memorable stories about this unique day for almost as long. Here are 29 Christmas stories old and new, tales to delight, to entrance, to beguile, and even to sadden a whole new generation of readers. From C. C. MacApp's view of a Christmas future to Jacob A. Riis's gut-wrenching portraits of the holiday in the 1890s slums of New York to William J. Locke's reenactment of the tale of the Three Wise Men, we experience every possible facet of this most precious day of the year. So sit back and relive your memories once again, as recreated through the eyes of some of the finest writers of their time!

Free today only at:

http://www.wildsidepress.com/freebie.htm

[Catlady]

Thanks!

It's so nice to download a file without having to sign up for anything or jump through any hoops.

[Dr. Drib]

Got it.

Thank you!

[ATDrake]

Thanks. Wildside doesn't seem to give me the newsletter even though I signed up, so I'd have forgotten about their weekly freebie without your alert.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by ATDrake

Thanks. Wildside doesn't seem to give me the newsletter even though I signed up, so I'd have forgotten about their weekly freebie without your alert.

I would be forgetting about a lot of periodic freebies at websites, without some help. ha

If the website sends email reminders, I try to get on their mailing list.

Even if I get on the website's mailing list, I will bookmark the page of the website which tells about the freebie(s). I have a habit now of checking, each day right after I start using the computer for the day, all of the websites under the relevant bookmarks. So far, I have folders set up for . . . .
- Check These Occasionally.
- Check These Frequently.
- Check These on Mondays
- Check These on Fridays
- Check These Daily
The Google Chrome browser (I don't know about the others) lets you open all of the websites in a folder, with just a click of the mouse/other input device. That's a bit of a time-saver and avoids some hassle.

I never miss a website's regular periodic giveaway, unless I have failed to bookmark the site.

A simple system, but it works for me.

[crich70]

Got it, Thanks. It's still free as yet this morning. Maybe they extended the free time or something.
Edit: I did notice that their TOC needs a bit of work. Some of the stories are 10-12 chapters long and the Kindle file looks cluttered even without chapter breaks showing in the TOC. Sigil comes in handy. The difference between the original and my clean copy is clear.

[Marrella]

Still free - thank you so much!

[Calenorn]

Originally Posted by crich70

Edit: I did notice that their TOC needs a bit of work.

Yes, it's great to be able to tweak these DRM-free books.

[Red Falcon]

Thank You.