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One of My Favorite Christmas Stories...

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Somehow, I never considered "The Odessa File" a Christmas story...ahhh--okay. Mouse malfunction.
 
Get it...you'll like it! BTW, in my quick-ish search, I couldn't find the story itself, just the book (comes in audio tape, too).
 
Never seen the story as a stand-alone, but it's been anthologized--I remember reading it years (and years and...) ago, possibly in "Phantom Regiments"...time to go look again.
 
Ah yes, one of the few stories in season for both Holloween and Christmas. (Of course they are the same day, afterall, Oct 31=Dec 25.) I have(had?) a hardcover copy of The Shepard that is illustrated with black and white sketches, which fit the mood of the story perfectly. If you ever get the chance, also read No Comebacks, which is an anthology of shorts by Forsythe, each with a twist at the end.
 
Yeah, I love this story too.
 
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