The Two Auteurs (short story)

The Two Auteurs was the twelfth short story exclusively published in The Book of the Snowstorm on 27 December 2023"Coloth" Series Launches with Arcbeatle Press Anthology, "The Book of the Snowstorm"! on arcbeatlepress.com by Arcbeatle Press, and was written by Aristide Twain.
== Plot ==
Covioll, a Gendar child, prays to three statues of Auteur - specifically the thirteenth incarnation known as "Papa Noël" (or Santa). He asks for several things including a bugle, so that his father Jeliv can teach him how to play, and for his mother Jecriss not to have so much work on Christmas Eve. His final request is for the Auteur to return to Gendar - as the final wish is granted a robed skeletal body is dumped somewhere far in the desert.
== Characters ==
* Covioll
* Auteur
* Frankenstein's Monster
* Jecriss
* Aalvalvi
* Martian tourist
* Driver
* Virtuoso
* Minister for Media
* Minister for Demographics
== Worldbuilding ==
* Covioll writes his letter to Santa in French, which he calls the "Holy Tongue", as his mother Jecriss told him that Santa doesn't like receiving mail in Gendar.
* Covioll's extended family included Ada, Ostyia, Belviassa, Tarevol and Ra'ka'kak'a'ta.
== Notes ==
to be added
== Continuity ==
to be added
== Footnotes ==
Category:The Book of the Snowstorm short stories