BRAND NEW LEAD “Santa Sleighed!” When Santa’s sleigh breaks down on Christmas Eve, the only place big enough to harbor Santa and all his reindeer is the Lodge mansion! How will this affect Christmas? And more importantly, will the gang get their gifts on time?
races the history of the popular British comedy series, and offers plot summaries for all 69 episodes
In response to a desperate SOS, Kadi Hopkirk flies to the African country of Ubangiba, where her childhood friend, Sammat, is soon to be crowned king. Mrs. Pollifax, reluctant to allow the girl to venture alone into what she fears may be grave danger, crashes the party.
On arrival, Kadi and Mrs. P. soon discover that Sammat has dangerous enemies. Rumors are springing up that he is a sorcerer who is responsible for a rash of shocking murders in which the victims appear to have been clawed to death by a lion. These crimes are especially terrifying because there are no lions in Ubangiba. So Mrs. Pollifax wades into the fray, hunting for the source of the bloody terrorism that threatens Sammat and Ubangiba—not to mention Kadi and Mrs. Pollifax...
Should I have trusted my tyrannical boss when he promised he’d get me home for the holidays? Absolutely not.
He gassed up his private jet and decided he’d be joining me so we could close this massive deal before the new year.
BRAND NEW LEAD “Buy or Bye-Bye!” When everyone participates in a Secret Santa that involves buying an inexpensive gift for someone, Archie’s faced with a how do you buy something cheap for someone like Veronica Lodge?
I didn’t mean to tell my entire family that I’m dating my ex’s three older brothers…
But to be fair, the lie wasn’t even my fault. When my ex asked if I’d be bringing a plus-one to his holiday wedding (to my sister, by the way—don’t even get me started about that), I did what any self-respecting woman would do and said of course.
The enchanting story of a shipwrecked family--a minister, his wife, and four sons, Fritz, Ernest Francis, and Jack--who are cast up on a desert island, build a wonderful house in a tree, and survive so cleverly and happily apart from the world that they never want to be rescued.
In the BRAND NEW holiday story "Jingles Jangle," Jingles the elf loses his holiday powers due to a spell cast by Sugarplum -- so his only choice is to take up residence with Archie!
Spotty, Little Archie's dog, becomes unexplainably sick and stays that way until he hears Little Archie reminiscing about him with Little Betty -- especially when he hears Betty suggest that Archie might need a cat like her Caramel for company! This story begs to answer the Do our pets really understand what we say?
Everyone is home for the holidays, clamoring for all the Christmas cheer only their mother can whip up. They can already smell the chestnuts roasting—or is that Mom’s hair on fire? From a New York Times bestselling author comes a laugh-out-loud short story for any mom who’d rather wreck the halls.
Features two Christmas-themed stories: “A Christmas Dream," and "How It Came to Be True,” a tale inspired by Charles Dickens’s "A Christmas Carol," and his short story, “How It Happened.”
Rose Campbell, tired and ill, has come to live at "The Aunt Hill" after the death of her beloved father. Six aunts fussing and fretting over her are bad enough, but what is a quiet 13-year-old girl to do with seven boisterous boy cousins? It is the arrival of Uncle Alec that changes everything. Much to the horror of her aunts, Rose's forward-thinking uncle insists that the child get out of the parlor and into the sunshine. And with a little courage and lots of adventures with her mischievous but loving cousins, Rose begins to bloom.
On her homestead in the middle of twenty million acres of national Park, Aleut P.I. Kate Shugak is caught up in spring cleaning, unaware that just miles away a man's sanity is breaking. When the sound of gunfire finally dies away, nine of his neighbors lie dead in the snow. But did he kill all nine, or only eight? The ninth victim was killed with a different weapon. It's up to Kate and her husky-wolf sidekick Mutt to untangle the life of the dead blonde with the tarnished past and find her killer. It won't be easy; every second Park rat had a motive. Was it one of her many spurned lovers? Was a wife looking for revenge? Or did a deal with an ivory smuggler go bad? Even Trooper Jim Chopin, the Park's resident state trooper, had a history with the victim. Kate will need every ounce of determination to find the truth before Alaska metes out its own justice....
Neve North has zero Christmas spirit.
You’ll be CHASING after this special issue! Betty and Veronica spread some joy…before turning on one another! Add in a tropical fish, Jughead eating Christmas decorations, and you’ve got a totally normal day in Riverdale! All this and more timeless tales from the world of Archie in BETTY & VERONICA #40 from 1959, faithfully reprinted in a full-facsimile edition!
Ever wanted to make a difference in your home town? Archie and friends can relate! Inspired to renovate the very first general store established in Riverdale, the gang all pitch in to refurbish the historical landmark. However, when a greedy businessman pulls the mayor's strings to have it condemned so he can turn a profit, publicity-savvy Veronica vows to get the media on their side to expose the corrupt deal and fight city hall in the process! Will they succeed in keeping Pickens General Store intact for future generations to enjoy?
It's the following Thursday.
You should never judge a book by its cover.
GREER MALLORY doesn’t believe in fate, magic, or Christmas miracles. She believes in money, power, and keeping her “Ice Queen” heart frozen solid.
THE THRILLING CONCLUSION TO THE "NEW LOOK" STORY, "BREAKUP BLUES"
THE INTRIGUING TALE WHERE MIDGE & MOOSE'S ROMANCE HANGS IN THE BALANCE!
So began Andy Corren's unforgettable obituary for his mother, Renay Mandel Corren, in her hometown paper The Fayetteville Observer, a tribute that went on to touch the hearts of millions around the globe. In his brief telling of the life and legend that was Renay, a “loud, filthy‑minded (and filthy‑mouthed) Jewish lady redneck who birthed six kids—some of whom she even knew,” Andy captured only a slice of his loving and fabulously unconventional mother.
His obituary for Renay was just the tip of the iceberg. In this uproariously funny, deeply moving family portrait, readers meet the rest of his absurd his brothers, affectionately nicknamed Asshole (whose terrible attitude permeates every room he enters), Twin (held back a year and constantly mistaken for Andy despite the fact that they look nothing alike), and Rabbi (the only one who had a Bar Mitzvah); his one-eyed pirate queen of a sister, Cathy Sue (a teen bride who lost an eye to a Pepsi bottle); and then there’s the mysterious Bonus, who Andy isn’t aware of until later in life since this mysterious oldest brother grew up at the Green Valley School for Emotionally Disturbed and Delinquent Children.
All this snow and no holidays? What's a stranded human to do?
