Joss L. Riley

Joss L. Riley

About

Joss L. Riley lives in Connecticut. Growing up in New England, Joss developed a love/hate relationship with the seasons, but decided to tolerate the winters for the sake of hot chocolate.

Joss writes stories in the fantasy, sci-fi, and horror genres. Her next book will be 'LifeHackers'. Set in London during the reign of the 'cyber-terrorist', it's a pre-apocalyptic story of a world trapped between a scary past and terrifying future.

Santa's Birthday Gift

Santa's Birthday Gift

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<p><span style="color:#000000;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">Santa’s Birthday Gift was written in response to a grandchild’s question, after reading the story of the Nativity.<span>  </span>She asked, “But where’s Santa?”<span>  </span>This story tells the story of the Nativity and then goes on to tell the story about how when Jesus is born, Santa sees the star at the North Pole and travels to see the baby.  Since he is a toymaker, he brings his bag of toys - and offers them to the Christ Child, and then to all the people of the town.  His birthday gift to Jesus is a promise to bring gifts to all good boys and girls each year on the Christ Child's birthday</span></p>

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<p><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;">Prey For Day – Eva is a unique vampire who is torn away from her life and her human best friend, Danny, by a vampire hunter named Six. I really enjoyed this story, but wished it to continue. I could easily see this being a prequel to an entire full length book. My fingers are crossed!</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;">The Dreadful Dead of Dark Midnight – Julian has committed an atrocity. He is a lost soul. But there are plans that will right his path. Even in death our purpose awaits.</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;">Black Rains – Cala tells her daughter, Lily, a bedtime story about red moons and appeasing gods. It was a simple act of putting her child’s fears to rest before tending to her other duties and council.</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;">No Dawn Again – A quick overview of what would happen if time stopped from the point of view of Paul Samson, a man who was set on his sticking to his routine of sitting in his squeaky lawn chair, drinking Red Creek, and gazing up at the everlasting morning as he awaited the world to end.</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;">Sometimes when I read super short stories I feel as if I’m grasping at an idea; one that is kept just out of reach.</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;">My Favorite Story: Prey For Day. It captivated my attention and I dreaded finding the last page. Maybe one day there will be more to the story of Eva and Danny.</span></p> <p><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;">-Jennifer Hines</span></p>