Kez's Christmas Advent Calendar - Day 8: Fuel Bills

<p><strong>#TheOtherStories</strong></p><p>presents...</p><p>KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR!</p><p>We gathered 12 writers from the H&amp;C community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were asked to write and narrate a very, very short story.</p><p>Today’s word was… Coal.</p><p>And the story is Fuel Bills.</p><p>Written and narrated by Ben Errington (<a href="https://twitter.com/ben_errington" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ben_errington</a>)</p><p>Edited by Karl Hughes (<a href="https://twitter.com/karlhughes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/karlhughes</a>)</p><p>With evil Christmas music by Duncan Muggleton (<a href="https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com</a>)</p><p>Along with a seasonal spin on the original The Other Stories theme by Thom Robson (<a href="https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/</a>).</p><p><strong>With debut novel Ten Tales of the Human Condition, novella Dye Pack, and short story collection Death Throes under his belt, Ben Errington’s fast-paced, chaotic, cinematic style has earned him many plaudits. He is one quarter of digital story studio, Hawk &amp; Cleaver; co-founder of iTunes-busting fiction podcast The Other Stories, co-creator of the post-apocalyptic comic book El Marvo and co-host of horror movie discussion podcast Horror Hangout. Follow Ben on Twitter at @ben_errington.</strong></p><p>You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/theotherstories" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories</a>.</p><p>T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at <a href="http://www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver</a><