A medium gets ready for one of the biggest days in her career speaking to the dead. An elf accepts an unusual assignment and faces his past. Two stories about people tied to holiday-themed professions. Two stories about the reality of life's hardships in the last quarter of the year. Two stories for the holidays. The first story, "Take A Breath": Marisa Bellini has traveled to a tiny town on Halloween to help people contact the dead. She's built an empire on the idea that she can talk to ghosts...but can she really? Sometimes even Marisa isn't sure. The second story, "The Truth About Elves": Curtis, an elf, sets the record straight. No, elves don't have pointy ears, they aren't three feet tall, and they don't live at the North Pole all year long. When Curtis gets a special assignment from the big man himself, though, he learns that Christmas magic has the power to transform everything he's known for the last decade. Come spend the holidays with Marisa and Curtis, and join the Stories in Pairs journey!