The 2015 Short Story Advent Calendar
Same great holiday tradition, none of the stale, dusty chocolate.
The first Short Story Advent Calendar did what it said on the tin, providing readers with a series of individually sealed booklets that were opened, one by one, on the mornings leading up to Christmas.
Like a bookish Whitman's Sampler, the calendar contained a range of styles, formats, and authors from across North America—from household names to up-and-coming talents. In all, more than 500 pages of minty-fresh literature.
The 2015 SSAC was available in a one-time print run, and sold exclusively through the H&O website. To heighten the mystery, each booklet was sealed, with no identifying information on the cover, save for a number and a cryptic-yet-enticing visual element.
Throughout December, we published Q&As with each day's author (the living ones, anyway), which have been faithfully reproduced below.
H&O 001 / October 2015