Long-held family secrets are revealed over Christmas dinner... a crazy uncle has a visitation from sweet-talking angels... a baby disappears from a neighborhood nativity tableau... a woman stakes out a diner for her lover's killer... a world traveler finds a unique gift in an exotic locale... a vampire sleuth returns home for the holidays... For the twelve days of Christmas, River City Publishing gives to you twelve mysterious stories, and all with a distinct, regional twang. Crafted in the workshops of some of today's best Southern writers, these original tales-ranging from the humorous to the thrilling to the downright eerie-are guaranteed to stave off any long winter's nap, no matter how cozy your seat by the fireside.