A Christmas Cookie Special 2021

<p><em>A short smattering of flash fiction stories to tide you over until the big bad Santa man comes...</em></p><br><p>The Colours of Christmas </p><p>Written by Grant Longstaff (<a href="https://grantlongstaff.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://grantlongstaff.co.uk/</a>)</p><p>Narrated by Luke Kondor (<a href="https://www.lukekondor.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lukekondor.com</a>)</p><br><p>The Wooden Doll</p><p>Written by Matt Micheli (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/micheliworld/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/micheliworld/</a>)</p><p>Narrated by Erika Ventura (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/efventu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/efventu/</a>)</p><br><p>The Christmas Gnome</p><p>Written by Lisa Rose</p><p>Narrated by Georgia Cook (<a href="https://www.twitter.com/georgiacooked" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/georgiacooked</a>)</p><br><p>Edited by Duncan Muggleton (<a href="https://www.twitter.com/duncanmuggleton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/duncanmuggleton</a>)</p><p>With music by Duncan Muggleton (<a href="https://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton</a>)</p><p>The episode illustration was provided by Kristýna Plíhalová (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/kristyna.plihalova/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/kristyna.plihalova/</a>)</p><p>A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch</p><p>And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.</p><p>And to Ben Errington the ongoing explosion of content being fired out of his Social Media canon.</p><br><p>You can help support the show over at <a href="http://patreon.com/HawkandCleaver" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon.com/HawkandCleaver</a></p><p>You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writin