Lost Before Gone

Rats!,  a flash fiction Christmas story by Eduard Meinema.

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Lost Before Gone

Synopsis:
Rules and regulations. Creativity helps if you want to pass the gatekeepers without violating the law.


nother Cosmic Christmas


Genre: Young Adult / Science Fiction (Christmas)

Type: Short Story

Words: 15,000

Released: December, 10, 2022

Manuscript finished: November, 20227

Inspiration: 

As Santa and his helpers had moved to another planet (see book 1), I questioned myself what might have happened to his old Workshop on the North Pole?
As I was finishing a thriller story, I was "in the mood" to add a little crime into this episode of Santarctica. Enjoy another great Christmas Tale. Fun and exciting for the young ones
and, as a matter of fact, fun for the old ones too!


List of characters

Characters alphabetical by last name. Nicknames and characters only known by their first name or their last name, are given underneath this list. Unnamed characters are not listed!


  • Jessica "cookie" Claus - Mrs. Claus
  • Manny Lazano - private
  • Mikhail von Bellinghausen - Captain
  • Nick / Nicholas - Santa Claus / protagonist


  • Alfar - Elf
  • Bocuse - Elf / cook

  • Heckler NP team 1
  • Barillo - NP team 2
  • Cody Hager - NP team 3
  • Mitch Bellinger - NP team 4
  • Chompski - NP team 5
  • Sumpton - NP team 6
  • Ray Williams - NP team 7
  • Launchbury - NP team 8
  • Darnell Clary - NP leader
  • Durville - alien
  • Joan - daughter of Freya
  • Joel - son of Freya
  • Freya - spouse of Yule
  • Yule K...- sergeant + spouse of Freya [*]


  • [*] last name hidden while this may be a spoiler


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