Tidings of Comfort and Joy (short story)
- Tidings of Comfort and Joy (short story)
Infobox short story |
name = Tidings of Comfort and Joy
title_orig =
translator =
author = Gael Baudino
country = United States
language = English
series = The Magic of Christmas
genre = Fantasy short story
published_in = The Magic of Christmas
publication_type = Anthology
publisher = Roc Books
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pub_date = 1992
english_pub_date =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
"Tidings of Comfort and Joy" is a short story by Gael Baudino. It concerns Julianna, a Wiccan living in Denver, and her otherworldly encounter with Paul, a friend who is a priest, and her undead ex-husband, Bob.
Plot summary
Paul contacts Julianna after years of mutual avoidance to tell her that Bob has died, after a fashion. Trauma from intense abuse as a child caused Bob's marriage to Julianna to fall apart, as he needed too much from her. His second wife, however, was able to provide him what he needed. After she dies in a car crash, he gives up on life but is not able to completely abandon living. When his body dies, he remains conscious, stuck in a rotting shell but too afraid to go into the unknown.
Bob being a parishioner of his, Paul is at a loss about what to do, so he contacts Julianna to see if her religion can help. They hatch a plan to dig up his ex-wife and reanimate her corpse so that the two of them can finally die together. Their plan works, and she and Paul have a new, deeper relationship with each other.
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