Gifts Not Yet Given

In Gifts Not Yet Given, Kergan Edwards-Stout’s warm and nuanced collection of year-round holiday-themed short stories, dreams are realized, hope is found, memories made, and life treasured.  A cornucopia of uniquely memorable characters and tales takes you to places both familiar and not…  Coming in September 2013!

Glenbourne, IL
A Thanksgiving dinner brings a family hope.

Antique Lace
Family beckons a woman long estranged.

Festive Beaver
A little boy tries to add some sparkle to his school’s Mardi Gras parade.

The Nutcracker
A hardened and brittle career woman, enduring an office holiday party, finally breaks.

Rudolph and Doris
With a mother who thinks she’s Doris Day and a little brother who lives in a box, young Jeffrey longs for a normal life.

That Old Rugged Cross
In changing her life to be with her son, a woman discovers her place in the world.

The Fourth Christmas
A couple approach their fourth Christmas together, forever changed by the arrival of a son.

Holes
Fourth of July stirs memories for a hospital bound man.

The Stepping Stone
A young man, who plays a mall Easter Bunny, takes steps toward a better existence.

The Cape
Choosing the loneliness of Cape Cod over Christmas in Boston, a grieving man searches for a way to move on.

Last Dance
Two high school friends debate whether to attend their upcoming Valentine’s Day Dance.

Gifts Not Yet Given
As the holidays approach, a woman tries to make peace with her daughter.