Christmas Forever

The editor of Spirits of Christmas collects new works from Gene Wolfe, Alan Dean Foster, Patricia A. McKillip, Charles de Lint, and others, including stories of strange virgin births and high-tech holidays on other planets.ContentsMidnight Clear / Jack McDevittNot a Creature / Damon KnightMy Favorite Christmas / Dave WolvertonPrince of the Powers of This World / Roger ZelaznyThe Cockatrice Boys / Joan AikenAnd When They Appear / Gene WolfeWe Traverse Afar / James P. Blaylock and Tim PowersJoyful All Ye Nations Rise / Margaret BallPal o' Mine (Newford series) / Charles de LintHow the Cohml Leeched Out Christmas / Alexis A. GillilandDance in Blue / Catherine AsaroChristmas Games / David LangfordToy Chest River / Paul C. TumeyA Present for Santa / Hilbert SchenckEasy as Pie / Rudy RuckerThe Tamerlane Crutch / James PowellChronos's Christmas / Rhea RoseWe Three Kings / Alan Dean FosterXmas Cruise / Patricia A. McKillipA New Christmas Carol / Robert SheckleyChristmas at the Edge / Sarah SmithSandy Claws / Edward WellenAnother Bad Day in Bedlam / Brian StablefordNot Even a Chimney / Stanley SchmidtChristmas Wingding / Janet KaganA Present for Hanna / Maggie FlinnCottage / Bruce McAllisterBeginnings / Michael Bishop