Give a little this Christmas

The Sparkly Badgers' Christmas Anthology is a collection of wonderfully festive short stories by a talented group of indie authors. The proceeds of every book sold go to the Avon Riding Centre for the Disabled - providing the therapeutic benefits of horse riding to people with disabilities.

Before you rush out to buy your loved ones all their presents, please consider spending a few pounds to support this wonderful charity and give a little love this Christmas. 

Meet the authors & their stories

C H Clepitt and Claire Buss - A Badger Christmas Carol
A modern retelling of a classic story, with badgers.

Ted Akin - Christmas Underwater
Ever wondered if Santa could make it to mermaids?

Amy Bethan Evans - Invisible Christmas
A poem from playwright, dramaturge and disability activist Amy.

Ann Frowd - Mrs. Claus's Holiday
Sometimes even Mrs. Claus gets overwhelmed, but how will Santa manage Christmas without her?

A.M. Leibowitz - Wishin' You Were Here By Me
Will Lindsey and Claire get their happy ever after when Lindsey runs out on their wedding?

Maria Riegger - Midnight Lasagne
Some of the best conversations happen at midnight, over lasagne!

Joanne Van Leerdam - Christmas Eve, Despondent
A poem from poet and novelist Joanne.

Lyra Shanti - Unidentified Flying Reindeer
Staying awake to meet Santa doesn't always go as planned.

Layla Pinkett - Santabot!
How on Earth can Santa get around all of the houses in just one night?

Margena Holmes - Joey the Little Christmas Tree
Discover Christmas from the viewpoint of the tree.

Sophie Kearing - Zoe Quinn and the Best Christmas Ever
Spend Christmas with Zoe Quinn, as she learns that there is a lot more to it than just presents.

Chloe Hammond - The Visit
A spine-tingler of a tale with a twist at the end that you will not see coming.

E.M. Swift-Hook and Jane Jago - A Christmas Tail
A cute story in verse about a girl discovering the meaning of Christmas with the help of a mouse.

Claire Buss is a multi-genre author and poet, completely addicted to cake. Find all her books on Amazon. Join the discussion in her Facebook group Buss's Book Stop. 

Haunted - The Sparkly Badgers' Anthology

This Halloween I am thrilled to bring you a free book from the Sparkly Badgers' writers group.

Join us on a pumpkin spiced, ghost-riddled, spooky journey amongst the imaginations of fifteen horrifyingly excellent indie-authors. Let them take you on a candle-lit journey through the minds of the depraved, departed and desperate as they treat you to their haunting tales. Lock the doors, close the curtains and don’t turn off the light! 

This is the second Sparkly Badgers' anthology and features stories from Jane Jago, Yvette Bostic, Cindy Tomamichel, Claire Buss, Sophie Kearing, Leo McBride, Margena Holmes, Ian C. Bristow, Holly Rae Garcia, a stump, S Shane Thomas, Ricardo Victoria, E.M. Swift-Hook, Medeia Sharif and Brent A. Harris. 

The book is available to download for free from Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, Barnes & Noble Nook and Smashwords. 

The Sparkly Badgers’ are a writing group thriving on Facebook made up of an eclectic mixture of writers from all backgrounds, writing in different genres and with different styles. We all have a passion for writing and for sharing our work with others and so I am delighted to be able to bring you this spooky anthology of spine-tingling, goosebumpling and hide behind the sofa stories and poems.

It has been a chilling task to edit this anthology and I hope you enjoy these creepy tales so much that you run, run as fast as you can to review the book and share it with others.

If you are a writer who needs more sparkle in their lives then please, come join us on Facebook, we’d love to badger you.

The Haunted anthology features The Willow Man poem by Jane Jago, who's original artwork inspired the cover design created by Ian C. Bristow who also has a story in the anthology, Haunted by Darkness. 

We have poems about murderous children, a stalker, a grave dancer and of course, pumpkins!

Our short stories include ghosts, serial killers, avenging deities, the bogeyman and a homunculus after your soul. Best read with the light on!

The book is available to download for free from Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, Barnes & Noble Nook and Smashwords. 

We hope you enjoy reading the spooky tales in our anthology and that you will consider leaving a review for us on Goodreads, Amazon and wherever else you get your books. 

All the authors in the anthology have other stories available so make sure you check out their author information, links and details of other books. 

Happy Halloween!

Claire Buss is a multi-genre author and poet, completely addicted to cake. Find all her books on Amazon. Join the discussion in her Facebook group Buss's Book Stop.