Christmas Stories

'Last Christmas in Hexwood' is a seasonal story of witches, enchanted animals and a series of unlikely plans to save Christmas.

It is part of the Christmas Stories series, merry and magical stories that take Christmas seriously (or as seriously as it should be taken, which is both not at all and entirely too much). 24 episodes of a new Christmas story for adults read aloud every December - an audiobook advent calendar.

You can find more stories at www.christmasstories.co.uk

Written by Tobias Sturt

Narrated by Jon Millington

The theme music is 'Christmas Tip Toe' by All Bets Off

The illustrations are by Jamie Lenman

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'Last Christmas in Hexwood' is a seasonal story of witches, enchanted animals and a series of unlikely plans to save Christmas.

It is part of the Christmas Stories series, merry and magical stories that take Christmas seriously (or as seriously as it should be taken, which is both not at all and entirely too much). 24 episodes of a new Christmas story for adults read aloud every December - an audiobook advent calendar.

You can find more stories at www.christmasstories.co.uk

Written by Tobias Sturt

Narrated by Jon Millington

The theme music is 'Christmas Tip Toe' by All Bets Off

The illustrations are by Jamie Lenman

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The witch is leaving the magical forest of Hexwood. And when the witch leaves, Hexwood will stop being magical. Which is bad news for all the enchanted animals who live in the wood, because they'll go back to being ordinary foxes and rabbits and hedgehogs.

But what can they do? Steal a spellbook from the witch? Concoct an unhinged plan to kidnap a human child to trick Santa Claus into helping them? Just how far are the animals prepared to go to make sure that this isn't their Last Christmas in Hexwood?

Written by Tobias Sturt

Narrated by Jon Millington

The theme music is 'Christmas Tip Toe' by All Bets Off

The illustrations are by Jamie Lenman

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The witch is leaving the magical forest of Hexwood. And when the witch leaves, Hexwood will stop being magical. Which is bad news for all the enchanted animals who live in the wood, because they'll go back to being ordinary foxes and rabbits and hedgehogs.

But what can they do? Steal a spellbook from the witch? Concoct an unhinged plan to kidnap a human child to trick Santa Claus into helping them? Just how far are the animals prepared to go to make sure that this isn't their Last Christmas in Hexwood?

Written by Tobias Sturt

Narrated by Jon Millington

The theme music is 'Christmas Tip Toe' by All Bets Off

The illustrations are by Jamie Lenman

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The witch is leaving the magical forest of Hexwood. And when the witch leaves, Hexwood will stop being magical. Which is bad news for all the enchanted animals who live in the wood, because they'll go back to being ordinary foxes and rabbits and hedgehogs.

But what can they do? Steal a spellbook from the witch? Concoct an unhinged plan to kidnap a human child to trick Santa Claus into helping them? Just how far are the animals prepared to go to make sure that this isn't their Last Christmas in Hexwood?

Written by Tobias Sturt

Narrated by Jon Millington

The theme music is 'Christmas Tip Toe' by All Bets Off

The illustrations are by Jamie Lenman

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The witch is leaving the magical forest of Hexwood. And when the witch leaves, Hexwood will stop being magical. Which is bad news for all the enchanted animals who live in the wood, because they'll go back to being ordinary foxes and rabbits and hedgehogs.

But what can they do? Steal a spellbook from the witch? Concoct an unhinged plan to kidnap a human child to trick Santa Claus into helping them? Just how far are the animals prepared to go to make sure that this isn't their Last Christmas in Hexwood?

Written by Tobias Sturt

Narrated by Jon Millington

The theme music is 'Christmas Tip Toe' by All Bets Off

The illustrations are by Jamie Lenman

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The witch is leaving the magical forest of Hexwood. And when the witch leaves, Hexwood will stop being magical. Which is bad news for all the enchanted animals who live in the wood, because they'll go back to being ordinary foxes and rabbits and hedgehogs.

But what can they do? Steal a spellbook from the witch? Concoct an unhinged plan to kidnap a human child to trick Santa Claus into helping them? Just how far are the animals prepared to go to make sure that this isn't their Last Christmas in Hexwood?

Written by Tobias Sturt

Narrated by Jon Millington

The theme music is 'Christmas Tip Toe' by All Bets Off

The illustrations are by Jamie Lenman

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It is Christmas Eve and the animals of Hexwood get a seasonal surprise: they thought they were the only talking animals in the world, but they meet a new one. Something called a reindeer.

The witch is leaving the magical forest of Hexwood. And when the witch leaves, Hexwood will stop being magical. Which is bad news for all the enchanted animals who live in the wood, because they'll go back to being ordinary foxes and rabbits and hedgehogs.

But what can they do? Steal a spellbook from the witch? Concoct an unhinged plan to kidnap a human child to trick Santa Claus into helping them? Just how far are the animals prepared to go to make sure that this isn't their Last Christmas in Hexwood?

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In which an office Christmas party is finally had without someone dying during it 

Secret Satan is a seasonal murder mystery in 24 episodes. When one of his work colleagues is murdered with a Secret Santa present the office Christmas party, Linus Sweet decides to try and find out whodunnit. At first it seems like the answer lies in their office's version of Secret Santra, which they call Secret Satan. But as Linus investigates, he begins to unwrap more mysteries. All may not be as it seems. In fact, this might not even be just a murder mystery, either.

(Warning: Secret Satan contains references to the existence of sex, drugs and boring jobs)

Secret Satan is written by Tobias Sturt and read by Jon Millington. The theme music is Holiday Weasel by Kevin Macleod from www.filmmusic.io. Our illustrations are by Jamie Lenman (http://www.jamielenman.com/portfolio/).

The podcast is hosted by Acast and you should be able to find on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, Soundcloud and Stitcher, as well as Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1cnV4Q5uFiZ667AwCeYWcD) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@xmasstories/podcasts).

You can also read the episodes on our Substack: https://ruritania.substack.com/

You can find all these links and more at our website: http://christmasstories.co.uk

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In which the teamwork pays off, except for their manager 

Secret Satan is a seasonal murder mystery in 24 episodes. When one of his work colleagues is murdered with a Secret Santa present the office Christmas party, Linus Sweet decides to try and find out whodunnit. At first it seems like the answer lies in their office's version of Secret Santra, which they call Secret Satan. But as Linus investigates, he begins to unwrap more mysteries. All may not be as it seems. In fact, this might not even be just a murder mystery, either.

(Warning: Secret Satan contains references to the existence of sex, drugs and boring jobs)

Secret Satan is written by Tobias Sturt and read by Jon Millington. The theme music is Holiday Weasel by Kevin Macleod from www.filmmusic.io. Our illustrations are by Jamie Lenman (http://www.jamielenman.com/portfolio/).

The podcast is hosted by Acast and you should be able to find on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, Soundcloud and Stitcher, as well as Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1cnV4Q5uFiZ667AwCeYWcD) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@xmasstories/podcasts).

You can also read the episodes on our Substack: https://ruritania.substack.com/

You can find all these links and more at our website: http://christmasstories.co.uk

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.