I talked about story-related gifts two years ago. My, how things have changed. But perhaps you’re stumped yet again for holiday gift ideas. And we need to shop super-early this year! Look no further. Here are ten more great gifts (plus a few websites to explore) that will fill your winter holidays with the true meaning of story.
Home Décor Gifts
Your friend will make a stunning bath time entrance with this Great Gatsby shower curtain from litographs.com. Or browse the other decorator and clothing items available. Images are formed from the text of classic books. Or a book of your choice!
Literally take comfort in banned books with Society 6’s Banned Literature Internally Comforter. All your favorite subversive and not-so-subversive titles embellish this fluffy blanket.
Who needs another coffee mug? Everyone, if it features Edgar Allan Poe’s most infamous lines. Visit the Unemployed Philosophers Guild for even more cool ideas.
Love history? Literature? Cool graphics? Tidying the kitchen? Look no further than Radical Tea Towel. For example, this Hollywood Ten towel honors blacklisted writers of the 1950s. Not just a purveyor of tea towels, Radical Tea Towel features stylish aprons, wall calendars, and face masks, too.
Hobbies
While some parts of the world are kinda, sorta reopened, many people still need or want to stick close to home. Online classes have ironed out all sorts of kinks over the past two years. For instance, Domestika has wonderful, reasonably priced art and craft classes as well as other technological offerings.
If your friend can’t get enough Jane Austin, perhaps some Jane Austin embroidery? Several books and kits are available, like this highly rated one, Jane Austin Embroidery by Jennie Batchelor and Allison Larkin. (Also listed at Target).
The boardgame Wingspan turned out to be the lockdown “comfort food” for many of us, and it is among the factors inspiring a resurgence of birding. And bird-fancy equipment is a whole new category of gift shopping. From field manuals to bird feeders, feathered friend accessories are sure to please.
Apparel Gifts
Your writer/reader friends can declare their passion with retro aplomb wearing typewriter-bedecked leggings from Writingdelights.com.
I visited Krahe the Raven to check out this cool jigsaw puzzle, but…damn. I think your friend wants all this raven stuff. Huggin and Munnin ring, for example. And I’m your friend.
Patches, pins, and t-shirts from The Midnight Society are just the sort of thing one picks up at a convention, but not everyone has returned to such crowded events as of yet. Like this Arrakis National Park keychain, the items are all adorbs.
Happy shopping! I loved to hear about your great finds or inspired ideas for gift giving. Click the blog title and a comment box will open at the end of the blog. Feel free to share!
And Now a Word from Our Sponsor
Like the blog? Subscribe (form at the bottom of my website) to never miss an issue. Want more? Subscribe to the monthly newsletter for exclusive content. And, of course, I’m selling books. My new novel, The Big Cinch, from Montag Press now has a Christmas release date. Get in the supernatural noir mood with The Resurrectionist and Water of Life. Check out all my stories at Amazon.com. Order my new novella, Wolfhearted, or from Barnes and Noble if you prefer, here. It is also available as an audiobook, here.
Last winter, St. Louis Writers Guild published Love Letters to St. Louis. This adorable letter-shaped volume of short stories, poems, essays, and illustrations included my first science fiction story, “Welcome to Earthport Prime: A Self-Guided Tour.” A perfect gift and profits benefit the guild’s young writers’ program.
If you’ve enjoyed one of my books, tell the world! Consider leaving a short review at Audible, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Goodreads. The direct link to review Wolfhearted on Amazon is here, The Resurrectionist, here , and Water of Life, here, or visit my Shop off the landing page menu to review at Barnes and Noble. Thanks in advance. Reviews put the book in a more prominent position on Amazon.