The Short Story Advent Calendar is the first of its kind: a collection of 24 stories that readers will open, one by one, on the mornings leading up to Christmas 2015. These two dozen stories (more than 500 pages in total) come from some of your favourite writers from across North America—plus a few new crushes you haven't met yet. Most of these pieces have never been published in book form. Some have never been published before, period. Contributors include: Pasha Malla (People Park) Jess Walter (Beautiful Ruins) Heather O'Neill (Lullabies for Little Criminals) Richard Van Camp (The Lesser Blessed) Zsuzsi Gartner (Better Living Through Plastic Explosives) The calendar is here to help you ring in this holiday season, and then it's gone forever. Each chapbook is sealed, so you won't know what story you're getting until the morning you open it. The collection also includes a gorgeous full-colour slipcase and lid—the better to be displayed on your shelves, or those of someone you love, for years to come.