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Congrats Penumbra, who won Santa, Actually (That’s Entertainment #2) by Clare London! Santa, Actually was released on December 16 by JMS Books.

Congrats to Ria H, who won Chase the Ace by Clare London! Chase the Ace was released on December 16 by Amber Allure.

Congrats to sylvan65, who won Naked Tails by Eden Winters! Naked Tails is being released today by Dreamspinner Press.

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today is the (apparently) annual Baddest Santa Guy holiday special post. Check out the original Baddest Santa Guy post from last year to find out how he got his name. (That post is not recommended for people who actually eat candy canes.)

Said Baddest Santa Guy, “This year,

was

working as

during

,

with a little

in his own

way while I was at

for

to celebrate

,

. We were laughing about

(

) when we realized with dismay that

, who’d been

and left with a

, no longer led

and would be

,

and

, like maybe

and to come

(but not get

) unless we could avoid

, practice our

, and celebrate some

.”

The not-very-conclusive end.

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“Once again this doesn’t make any sense, Mom, because Santa Claws is a kitty, not a naughty boy!” -Mayhem

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Congrats to Shelley, who won When Love Flue In by Lillian Francis! When Love Flue In was released by Silver Publishing on December 1.

Congrats to Lori S, who won Eight Days by Cardeno C! Eight Days was released on December 1 by Dreamspinner Press as part of their 2012 Advent Calendar collection.

Congrats to Stacia H, who won Snowbound in Nowhere by Andrew Grey! Snowbound in Nowhere was also be released on December 1 by Dreamspinner Press as part of their 2012 Advent Calendar collection.

Congrats to Judi P, who won An Isolated Range (Stories from the Range #5) by Andrew Grey! An Isolated Range is being released today by Dreamspinner Press.

Congrats to Josieb1 and Marie A, who won the Oh, Come All Ye Kinky anthology, courtesy of  Kim Dare and Ava March! O Come All Ye Kinky is being released by Riptide Publishing today.

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be checking in on Baddest Santa Guy…

was able to convince himself that only the

of

with

, could pay off

to a

, who had been heard exclaiming

, “

! Ah,

as you

with those

y,

s* my need to go on a

to discover which you prefer –

“

*Apologies for that bit of disturbing alliteration. And… pretty much for the rest of this Misadventure, too! 🙂

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“My name is Mayhem and I disapprove of this post.” -Mayhem

Not sure exactly how May’s left eye is going to look in the end. Not only did it get scratched during the Chaotic Misadventure, but after she developed the abscess in the back of her mouth, the left side of her face was all swollen… the point where she couldn’t completely close her left eye the morning the vet drained the abscess. From back when Chaos scratched his eye, I know it will take her a while to get used to holding that eye completely open again, so hopefully the pirate thing is temporary. But while her left pupil reacts to light ok, it also seems to stay slightly larger than the right. Still! She’s alive and getting back to herself, which is the biggest thing.