A Crow Girls Christmas

Crow Girls painting-sugar bowl — Crow Girls with a sugar bowl — art by MaryAnn Harris

Crow Girls - blue — Maida and Zia — art by MaryAnn Harris

Crow Girls sketch— art by MaryAnn Harris

Muse and Reverie (Newford -23) by Charles de Lint — Muse and Reverie (Newford #23) by Charles de Lint

"A Crow Girls Christmas" (2001) — Short Story, jointly written by Charles de Lint and MaryAnn Harris.

Category (Adult or YA)[]

All ages

Description[]

This is a short standalone story. It was first posted on the author's website for free for the fans. It has since been printed in Triskell Tales 2 and reprinted in Muse and Reverie (2009).

Free[]

It can be found here.

Synopsis[]

The fun-loving Crow Girls—Maida and Zia—are temporarily hired on as Santa's elves at the Williamson Street Mall in Newford and unwittingly cause mischief.

World-Building[]

Settings[]

Supernatural / Mythical Elements[]

Corbae,

Characters[]

Jilly Coppercorn
Maida
Zia
Professor Bramley Dapple
Uncle Lucius
Mall Santa

Publishing Information[]

Publishers:

eBook, First Ed., Pub: 2001 — Author's website
Triskell Tales 2: Six More Years of Chapbooks, HC, 178 pages, Pub: 2006 by Subterranean Press—ISBN: 1-59606-055-7
Hardcover, "Muse and Reverie" coll, 350 pages, Pub: 2009 by Tor—ISBN: 978-0-765-32340-8
Paperback, "Muse and Reverie" coll, 350 pages, Pub: 2010 by Tor—ISBN: 978-0-765-32341-5

~ Source: ISFdb: A Crow Girls Christmas

First Sentence[]

"We have jobs," Maida told Jilly when she and Zia dropped by the professor's house for a visit at the end of November. ~ Full story, Free: Charles de Lint: A Crow Girls Christmas by Charles de Lint & MaryAnn Harris

Quotes[]

Goodreads | Charles de Lint Quotes