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    Christmas Baby
    Christmas Baby
    Christmas Baby
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    Christmas Baby

    By Johnny Miles

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    It's Christmas Eve morning, 1957, and John wakes up to find his parents are missing. When he realizes they never came home from a holiday party they attended the night before, John calls his estranged uncle, a man he barely remembers and hasn't seen in nearly 14 years. Together, they face a life-changing tragedy and John discovers a family secret that's been tucked away like the Christmas presents hidden in his parent's coat closet.A short work of fiction from our Nibs literary line.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHistria Fiction
    Release dateDec 5, 2011
    ISBN9781611872132
    Christmas Baby
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    Johnny Miles

    Johnny Miles began his writing career in 1985 when Numbers magazine published his first erotic short story. Since then, his work appeared in various adult magazines, including Blueboy, First Hand, and Honcho.After several decades of working varied careers—from typesetting/graphic design to massage therapy, customer service, and copywriting—Johnny's first full-length novel, Casa Rodrigo, was released in 2008. It was later produced as a dramatic audio play available on Audible. The controversial story was followed by Lauderdale Hearts, Learning To Samba and The Rosas of Spanish Harlem. Described as porn noir, Rosas was quickly followed by Christmas Baby, The Last Stop: USA, and the Yuletide Knights series. His latest, Café y Chocolate, was self-published February 2019 and is available for Amazon Kindle, as well as in trade paperback. Johnny lives in Fort Lauderdale with his husband of 23 years and two loving pugs.

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      Christmas Baby - Johnny Miles

      Christmas Baby

      By Johnny Miles

      Copyright 2011 by Johnny Miles

      Cover Copyright 2011 by Dara England and Untreed Reads Publishing

      The author is hereby established as the sole holder of the copyright. Either the publisher (Untreed Reads) or author may enforce copyrights to the fullest extent.

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold, reproduced or transmitted by any means in any form or given away to other people without specific permission from the author and/or publisher. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to the living or dead is entirely coincidental.

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      Christmas Baby

      By Johnny Miles

      I was five when my brother died. I never knew him. He enlisted in the war in ’42. Three years later, there was a knock at the front door. I remember because I was the one that opened it, stretching so I could reach the doorknob.

      Behind me, Mom called out in that tone mothers seem to have that can make you feel two inches tall and make you want to wet your pants all at the same time.

      Young man! What did I tell you about opening the door without asking who it is first?

      Not that it would have mattered. Most times it was a neighbor; another housewife coming to borrow a cup of sugar, a couple of extra eggs, a cup of coffee. Usually, though, they came for what my Dad called womanspeak. And some gossip.

      I remember looking up at the man I did not recognize. The

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