***This short story was previously published in an anthology called Dead of Winter*** Just a peaceful bus ride down to the Florida Keys... Until they stopped for a bathroom break and a snack. Troy Bodean is rambling again, making his way back down the the wild and wooly Florida Keys. All he wants is a new start, but we all know how that usually turns out. The bus ride is an uneventful journey filled with all the usual zany characters Troy bumps into: a traveling salesman selling tall beer koozies, a dancer on her way to what she thinks is fame and fortune, and a Russian grandmother headed to visit her family. All is well for our roguish cowboy until Troy dips into the restroom at Benny's World of Liquor and finds—yup, you guessed it—a dead Santa ... well, a body that looks an awful lot like the jolly old elf.