Kari Kilgore

Genre Agnostic Fiction

Tales from Appalachia

Holiday Spectacular: The Copper Valley Cocoa Conniption Competition

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I’m delighted to share my second contribution to this year’s Holiday Spectacular from WMG Publishing with The Copper Valley Cocoa Conniption Competition. In case you want to celebrate along with me and everyone in the little Appalachian town of Copper Valley, December 13 is National Cocoa Day!

One important thing you’ll learn in this cozy mystery is hot cocoa isn’t the same as hot chocolate. For cocoa, you start with cocoa powder rather than melting chocolate. After that, the only limit to the flavors you create is your own imagination and the ingredients you have on hand.

Of course you want to make sure you know what’s in all the ingredients you work with. Leaving such things to chance can lead to…unexpected results.

Holiday Spectacular: Sometimes Strange Magic Casts the Best Spell

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Welcome to the last day of 2021, and get ready for a trip back to the final hours of the last millennium!

I’m delighted to share my contribution to this year’s Holiday Spectacular from WMG Publishing with Sometimes Strange Magic Casts the Best Spell. You may remember the setting from The Magic Cat of the Hidden Springs Inn and Spa and The Inn, the Black Cat, and Two Halves of the Same Heart, both featured in past Holiday Spectaculars.

This time we visit 1999, which those of us who’ve been around long enough to remember it know was a very strange time indeed. Especially those of us who worked in the IT field.

You can read Sometimes Strange Magic Casts the Best Spell free on this site until January 3rd, with my warm wishes for a Happy New Year in 2022!

And my deepest, most sincere hope that we all experience a whole lot less strange over the next twelve months and into the future.

The Holiday Collections StoryBundle, and a free story!

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My new holiday collection A Tapestry of Holiday Tales: Winter Adventures from the Odds and Endings Bookstore is part of the Holiday Collections StoryBundle! And if you love short stories as much as I do, you are absolutely in for a treat. If you want to get a sneak peak, Odds and Endings, the first story in that series and setting is available free as part of The Infinite Bard.

This StoryBundle features eleven collections, for a total of seventy-two (72!) holiday-themed short stories from some of the best short fiction writers working today for only $15. That’s enough for an epic few days of vacation reading, enjoying a few each day from now until the dawn of 2022, or simply turning to when you need a hit of holiday magic any time of year.

Odds and Endings and The Infinite Bard!

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Happy Wednesday, all, and welcome to The Infinite Bard! I’m delighted to return to the magical stage with a new free tale to share with all of you. Settle in and get comfortable, and I hope you enjoy Odds and Endings, the first of my stories from the peculiar Appalachian Mountain town of Lightning Gap, Virginia.

Be sure to check out my Infinite Bard page for a bunch of other fantastic free reads, including my first two turns on the mystical stage. And don’t forget a new tale will appear on the main page at www.TheInfiniteBard.com every other Wednesday.

Happy reading!