February 25, 2025

Book 101 Review is in its fifth season, featuring Ms. Raven Oak, an award-winning and bestselling author, as the Author of the Month for February.

24 minutes

The Bell Ringer & Other Holiday Tales

The Bell Ringer & Other HolidayTales began as a successful hardcover, full-color Kickstarter book featuring four holiday speculative fiction tales and over 30 paintings featuring characters & scenes from the stories, all by award-winning author & artist Raven Oak.

Can the magic of the holidays save us from our lack of empathy? In The Bell Ringer, a virus renders a town silent as the holidays approach. Apathy runs wild. Can a homeless bell ringer save us, or will we be doomed to repeat history? Find out in this urban fantasy tale of holiday spirit.

When a mobster Santa dies, everyone's a suspect!Can Captain Banes save his crew from a murderer? Or will he lose more than himself in the battle? Find out in Ol' St. Nick, a closed-in mystery in space.

Every time a bell rings, someone's going to die... In a new town, Elise finds herself confronted by a magical evil that rides through the night in search of the brave. Can she save her family from the ringers? Find out in The Ringers, a magical, gothic fantasy.

Being Santa is more than a job... it's a curse! Simon thinks he understands how the world works. Find a score & make bank. But when he crosses the wrong person, he finds himself at the wrong end of a cruse. Can he find his way out of it before it's too late? Find out in The Curse, a creepy, yet magical tale of redemption.

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