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    A Desiccated Christmas
    A Desiccated Christmas
    A Desiccated Christmas
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    A Desiccated Christmas

    By Vanessa Wright

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    Bongani Shabangu is a black Santa Claus in South Africa, sweltering under the midday sun in an outfit that should strictly speaking only be worn at the North Pole. He is so busy entertaining children and wondering about the situation in South Africa that he forgets to hydrate. He has visions of an ice cold Coke, yet his time runs out as he becomes more and more dehydrated. Hallucinations turn innocent young children into unimaginable horrors and Bongani slowly loses his mind. The short story twists the usual perception of Christmas and urges it into the realm of horror.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVanessa Wright
    Release dateJan 11, 2014
    ISBN9781310144370
    A Desiccated Christmas
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    Vanessa Wright

    I am a 50 year old visual artist, author, mom and pug breeder. Two of my Afrikaans short stories have been published in My kort vir jou sop available on www.amazon.com as an e-book and soon to be released in soft cover. I have taken part in Nanowromo 2012 and reached the target on day 26. I have my own blog at http://iread1966.wordpress.com, appropriately named Humouring the dark, where I have a few followers. I am also active on Facebook and Twitter and am a member of a writing group. I lead my own book club as well- I am a true bookaholic. Writing has always been my passion, however the timing always seemed incorrect as daily life interrupted more frequently than not. Now, I have decided to go big or go home.

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