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Someone is keeping a Deadvent Calendar. A series of bizarre murders, one for every day of December, with only one thing linking them: all the victims hated Christmas. Hard to believe, especially for the police, who won't listen to the men who think they have uncovered it, Albert Williams and his friend Shilo Coombes. This can only mean that it's going to be up to them to stop it. But will Shilo's crazy obsession with Sherlock Holmes be a help or a hindrance? And are they ready for the weird plot they uncover as they open the doors on this Deadvent Calendar?

When a magician (second class) chooses to do Christmas duty in the City of London, it's because he's hoping for a nice, quiet , seasonal time; not for ancient magic to break loose, and the enchanted city to be filled with ghosts, monsters, wonder and danger. Not on his watch. Not when he's going to have to deal with it all on his own. That would be an all too magical Christmas. An all too magical Christmas is a seasonal adventure story of magic, mayhem and mystery, told in 24 instalments. Written by Tobias Sturt and read aloud by Jon Millington.

Alone and loving it one Christmas Eve, the selfish and unfriendly Benedict Nail finds himself shrunk into miniature and lost in the wilderness of his own living room, which turns out to populated by the ghosts of long-dead Londoners. To reverse the enchantment, he must set out on weird expedition through the knick-knacks and mementoes of his past, presents from long-ago Christmasses, and, in the course of a long midwinter night, discover a whole new Benedict Nail.

When Alfie takes a holiday job at the Stocking Christmas warehouse, he's simply hoping to earn a little Christmas money. He's certainly not expecting to discover that there's someone living in the warehouse, scavenging everything they need from the shelves of Europe's largest warehouse. And that's just the start of it, as Alfie learns far more than he ever expected about the man living there, the business he's working for and about the true magic of Christmas.

Timothy Hope, desperate to impress the beautiful but disdainful Lady Misericordia, stows away on Lord Daunt's expedition to the North Pole, and finds himself caught up in an adventure of high seas, deep crevasses, slavering wolves, reindeer sleigh rides and much, much more, with only his wits and inventiveness to keep him and his friends alive.

When the enchanted animals of Hexwood discover they soon won't be magical anymore, they have to concoct an unlikely plan to save their village and themselves.