Reviewer: Shannondoah (Signed) · Date: 30/03/09 04:45 PM · On: December 2018

That's the best Christmas gift a Winchester could ask for (aside from skinmags and whiskey).

A fabulous collection!  I'm so glad I stumbled upon them!!

Author's Response: Well, I'mm glad you did, too. And very happy you liked them :) You totally made my day, reviewing each on. Thanks for that! :)

Reviewer: Shannondoah (Signed) · Date: 30/03/09 04:41 PM · On: December 2007

Hmmm.... this one really made me stop and think.  Glad I wasn't one of Sam's tastebuds.

Author's Response: Yeah, cigs and egnog can't be nice. I just always liked the idea of Meg's posession leaving a physical trace. I figured you can't have somebody smoking in your body for a week and not develop a weakness for the things...

Reviewer: Shannondoah (Signed) · Date: 30/03/09 04:38 PM · On: December 2005

Fantastic!  this piece was so visually and emotionally descriptive.  I had no idea what could cause such upheaval until the end when he remebers Jessica's plate full of love.

Author's Response: Yeah, for some reason, I've been fixating on those damn cookies since the pilot... finally got it out of my system:) Thanx for the r'n'r :)

Reviewer: Shannondoah (Signed) · Date: 30/03/09 04:34 PM · On: December 2003

Hauntingly lonely.  Beautifully written.

Author's Response: I'm glad you liked it. It gave me no end of trouble. Just wouldn't come together....

Reviewer: Shannondoah (Signed) · Date: 30/03/09 04:33 PM · On: December 2001

Great!  I feel the lump of terror in my throat.  I can imagine how horrifying it was to watch his son leave and yet be too damn stubborn to call him home.

Author's Response: Thanks... poor John's really backed himself into a corner with the whole thing I guess...

Reviewer: Shannondoah (Signed) · Date: 30/03/09 04:29 PM · On: December 2000

Woo hoo!  I live in Iowa!  I love that it's mentioned so frequently on the show!

Okay, story, review.  Tragically beautiful!  We all know what happens yet everytime we see the pain it causes Dean, our hearts break.

Author's Response: Heheh, you're not the first Iowan to make this exact comment :) I've never been to the states, but I just really like the word Iowa... is that weird?

Reviewer: Shannondoah (Signed) · Date: 30/03/09 04:24 PM · On: December 1998

Fabulous!  Another awful Christmas for the Winchesters.  The ambulance being compared to Christmas lights was a clever idea.

Author's Response: Thanks for that :)

Reviewer: Shannondoah (Signed) · Date: 30/03/09 04:20 PM · On: December1996

Hee!  Apparently not the most pleasant Christmas.  I liked Dean's thought concerning Sam's attempt at cheering him. 

Author's Response: Yup, I'd say more creepy than comforting :)

Reviewer: Shannondoah (Signed) · Date: 30/03/09 04:17 PM · On: December 1994

Eww!  My stomach clenched as I realized what Dean is about to do.  Not something I could do.  I'd end up passed out on the floor.

Author's Response: Yeah, me too. One of the more twisted aspect of the Winchester family, I'd say :)

Reviewer: Shannondoah (Signed) · Date: 30/03/09 04:14 PM · On: December1992

How very touching!  It's so sad that John has lost his faith and his connection to a god in whom he once believed.  I was fascinated by the way you explained how he viewed prayer now. 

"But he can pray like this, now, with fighting words in dead languages, telling evil he'll kick it's ass. His Amen is “Go to hell”, and it really does keep the dark away."  This last passage really had punch---so well written and perfectly expressed.

Author's Response: Thanks for that. I think it's so fascinating how Dean has so much trouble believing in God, while using what are essentially very old prayers on almost a daily basis and watching it work. I mean, if there isn''t a god, then why would demons flinch at his name? Where would that power come from?

Reviewer: Shannondoah (Signed) · Date: 30/03/09 04:10 PM · On: December 1990

You've takne a moment that is generally referred to off screen and brought it into the forefront of the Winchesters' lives where it actually was.  Kudos!

Author's Response: Thanks... mostly I was very cold and very tired when I wrote that... :-/

Reviewer: Shannondoah (Signed) · Date: 30/03/09 04:06 PM · On: December 1988

Funny!  Just like a typical big brother to have the last word.

Author's Response: Thanks. I was surprised how much fun I had writing them as kids... I had kinda been dreading it :)

Reviewer: Shannondoah (Signed) · Date: 30/03/09 04:04 PM · On: December 1986

Very good!  A view inside John Winchester's secretive, tricky mind.

Author's Response: Thanks muchly... it is a tricksy mind to try andpeek into :)