A little Christmas present from me to you – the chance to share Christmas 1679 with Master Mercurius.

His grandmother has died, so Mercurius has no-one to share Christmas with, and nowhere to go. In company with a few others at the University he makes some plans to celebrate Christmas quietly. But the theft of food from the University kitchens needs investigating…

You can download the story in PDF format – completely FREE! – from the link below:

If you would prefer a Kindle version, please email me and I’ll send it to you in .mobi format.

And thanks to my friends at Sapere Books who provided the cover art and prepared the final versions.