Introduction

Every Christmas, we must tell a good story, one that we may learn from, or share, or use to make for a better existence. This story could be about truth, or justice, or the origin of Santa Claus. Maybe that story could be about the uncovering of truth in a restaurant full of liars, or perhaps about a game where the winner wins a million dollars and the losers rot in their cells for Christmas, or maybe that story could even tell us how Santa really got his start. Maybe it can be about all three. Maybe "The Fountain of Truth" is all three.

Yes, "The Fountain of Truth" is all three.

It is a compilation of three short fables, beginning with "The Fountain of Truth," the flash story the collection is named after, about families who discover shocking truths and the person responsible for getting those truths out into the open, "Christmas Log," the story of four guys who compete in a puzzling radio contest for a million dollars on Christmas Day and the consequences they encounter when losing, and "St. Nick's Gym," the "real" story of how Santa Claus's private gym went from a fitness center to a toy-making factory, and how he went from a buff curmudgeon to the jolly fat guy we know of today, and, essentially, how he went from being a nobody to becoming Santa Claus. Each fable is meticulously crafted to have a message while also inserting itself into the growing body of Christmas stories worth telling year after year, generation after generation. Each entry into "The Fountain of Truth" super collection ("super" in importance, if not in size) strives to do one thing and one thing only: To give you a Christmas story unlike anything you've read before.

If you want to read a Christmas story unlike any other, then check out "The Fountain of Truth," even if you've already read something similar just a few minutes ago.