Stories of Queen's Day 2012 — Mark Miller

Queen's Day is the most special holiday in all of Empyrean. Once a year, Father Odin returns to celebrate the victory of the first queens over the Forgotten Evil.

Author Mark Miller brings you holiday themed stories from the land of Empyrean. You can see more of these characters in The Empyrical Tales novels. Book I: The Fourth Queen, Book II: The Lost Queen and Book III: The Secret Queen are available now. Book IV: The First Queen is coming soon from Helping Hands Press. Miller also has a great selection of family friendly and young reader stories currently available from Trestle Press.

For 2012, “Sylvan's Wish” takes inspiration from the Christmas classic, “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” by E.T.A. Hoffmann. Olena and her small, wooden friend Sylvan go to bed on the eve of Queen's Day and wake up in a magical world. Before Sylvan's wish can be granted, they must face the frightening rat-like Tylomites. The message of this take on the Nutcracker Prince shares the joy of the holiday season.