Doubting Thomas

Six-year-old Tommy Ulrick saw Santas enter the Sutter house on Christmas Eve, the night the house got robbed. Tommy said Santa stole. No one believed him, thinking robbers dressed as Santa emptied that house. But Tommy believed. And when Tommy turns thirty - after losing family and friends - he decides to prove once and for all that the Jolly Old Elf is one evil s.o.b. Tommy just doesn't expect the J.O. Elf to threaten him - or have the capability to make good on the threat. Turns out Santa takes that naughty or nice list very seriously. Very, very seriously.

International bestselling writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch has won two Hugo awards, a World Fantasy Award, and three Asimov's Readers Choice Awards. Her latest novel is Diving into the Wreck from Pyr. Golden Gryphon has collected her recent award winning stories in Recovering Apollo 8 And Other Stories. For more information about her work, please go to kristinekathrynrusch.com.