North Pole Lost and Other Holiday Stories [Kindle Edition]

William H. Cooke (Author)

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(the formatting on this version isn't perfect and a few typos survive, so I've reduced the price. Please consider leaving a review. The formatting on the paperback is correct and the typos should be gone.)

Strange. Disturbing. Bizarre even. That is the world through William H. Cooke's eyes. And he shares his decidedly different vision of culture and politics in these four short stories and two novelettes. From a zombie family Thanksgiving, through Santa's failing holy war on the Leprechauns, to the inquest into the death of the Easter Bunny lead by a disillusioned, dope-smoking cat prosecutor named Edgar, the author presents a disturbing world set against the horror that is the holidays. Curl up with your back against the wall and visit the world of North Pole Lost and Other Holiday Stories.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 143 KB
• Print Length: 140 pages
• Publisher: Undertaker Pres (October 31, 2007)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001LRQ7QM
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #535,848 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

I live in Annapolis, Md. My hobbies include running and sailing.
I am available to speak about the Salem witch trials and other subjects.
Please visit my website at http://www.falklands.org.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Collection of Original Holiday-Themed Stories to Span the Year, December 31, 2011

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Thomas Huff "(BlownPotential.com)" (Bethesda MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: North Pole Lost And Other Holiday Stories (Paperback)

A wonderful collection a strange holiday-themed tales that take place in a world somewhere between the realities of Tim Burton and Douglas Adams, with stories for Easter, Independence Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and or course Christmas, six stories in all. This is a great book to have sitting on your bookshelf where you grab it ever few months when the season is right for the next adventure. My personal favorites from this book are A Halloween Sail which is very reminiscent of Douglas Adams Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and the book's namesake, North Pole Lost, which is a most bizarre journey into the inter workings of the Santa's government gone horribly wrong during the era of World War II. Fun stuff, great read, highly recommend.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Decent ideas, terrible execution, December 12, 2009

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Blake Petit "Novelist, columnist & reviewer" (Ama, Louisiana United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: North Pole Lost and Other Holiday Stories (Kindle Edition)

I downloaded the sample of this Kindle Edition before purchasing the whole thing, and I read over an okay -- if not great -- story about a sailor who has been abducted by aliens out for a prank. I got the rest of the book, only to find that the quality dropped precipitously after that first story. After that initial tale, we get weak writing, clunky exposition, strained dialogue and infantile situations over and over again. The Christmas novella "North Pole Lost," is a painful attempt at a World War II allegory. The Easter story... to call it weak is an understatement. It's a silly, poor effort at a courtroom "drama." The formatting is totally off as well, with lines that all run together, whole segments with a carriage return after every line, and chapter headings that leave big gaps after the first letter. If that wasn't bad enough, the book is full of grammatical and punctuation errors. The only thing this book has going for it are a couple of good ideas -- the aforementioned sailor story and a decent twist on the Thanksgiving tale (although again, the execution kills it). If ever there was a book in need of an editor, this is it. Pass.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Intersting read, March 13, 2008

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Dagrez "Dagrez" (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: North Pole Lost And Other Holiday Stories (Paperback)

This book was given to me by a friend. It was an easy and interesting read. It was a like a modern Twilight Zone.