A Kane County Christmas makes a perfect gift for those neighbors who have let you know your friendship is in trouble if you bring over another fruitcake this year. Or, wrap it up and put it under the tree for Aunt Nellie. It’s short, so she’ll be able to finish it before she nods off. Whomever you give it to they’ll enjoy the familiar elements of the Christmas story in the red-rock setting of Amy’s Star. If they’re Spider Latham fans, it’ll be a double treat. The surprise ending of Hay Ride is an added bonus. Amy’s Star is a Spider Latham Christmas novella. A new star appears over the Southern Utah landscape, complicating Spider’s first Christmas in Kanab and drawing some surprising visitors on Christmas Eve. Hayride is a short story about a Rickie, a teen new in Kanab, whose family has just come from cold, snowy, Soda Springs, Idaho. He’s having trouble adapting to the holiday in a desert environment until, on a Christmas hayride, he learns something that changes everything.