For the third straight year, the Short Story Advent Calendar is here to be the spice in your eggnog, the rum in your fruitcake—another collection of 24 brilliant stories to be opened, one by one, on the mornings leading up to Christmas. These stories once again come from some of the best and brightest writers across North America, and beyond. Plus, this year featuring more all-new material than ever before! Contributors to the 2017 calendar include: Kelly Link (Get in Trouble, Magic for Beginners) Jim Gavin (Middle Men, AMC's forthcoming Lodge 49) Carmen Maria Machado (Her Body and Other Parties) Ken Liu (The Paper Menagerie, The Grace of Kings) Maggie Shipstead (Astonish Me, Seating Arrangements) and [REDACTED x 19]! As always, each booklet is sealed, so you won't know what story you're getting until the morning you open it. Calendars are available in a one-time print run, which means that once they're gone, they're gone forever. The 2017 edition has also been reimagined, design-wise—did someone say translucent vellum sleeve? Yes. It was us.