The Spirits of Christmas — Sarah Wynde

Akira's plans are simple: write wedding invitations, bake Christmas cookies, and eat red meat. (The last surprises her, too.) But when Rose, the ghost who haunts her house, asks for a favor, Akira can't say no. Although she's faced danger before, even death, a toddler who doesn't like peanut-butter-and-jelly might be her worst nightmare.

For fans of the Tassamara series, this short story (15,000 words) takes place after the events of A Gift of Thought but before the epilogue, and before the events of A Gift of Time. It takes place at Christmas, but doesn't actually have anything to do with the holiday. One reader says it “will make you smile!”