A Where the Pines Still Stand Novella
by Kelly Schweiger
The world may have gone dark, but Christmas still shines bright at the Callahan Lodge. Told through the eyes of twelve-year-old Lily and her ten-year-old cousin Fiona, A Light in the Dark: A Callahan Christmas is a heartwarming glimpse into the first Christmas after the lights went out. With no electricity, store-bought gifts, or glittering lights, the Callahan family learns to celebrate the season the old-fashioned way—by firelight, with laughter, music, and handmade treasures. As snow falls over their mountain homestead, Lily fills the pages of her journal with stories of family and faith, while Fiona sketches scenes of warmth and wonder— baking cookies, Pop reading, and Gran crocheting by the fire. It’s a Christmas unlike any they’ve ever known, but one they’ll remember forever. A gentle, hopeful tale set in the Where the Pines Still Stand universe, A Light in the Dark reminds us that even when the world grows quiet, love, laughter, and family can keep the spirit of Christmas glowing bright.
A lifelong lover of quiet places and fierce characters, her fiction explores resilience and family.
Kelly Schweiger lives tucked among the hills, fields, and trees of upstate NY, where stories grow wild and the seasons write their own poetry. A lifelong lover of quiet places and fierce characters, she writes fiction that explores resilience, family, and the unbreakable thread between land and heart. When not writing, Kelly can be found relaxing with her loving husband, Fred, playing with her grandchildren, foraging for ‘lawn salad’, reading, or drinking too much coffee with her cats curled at her feet. Where the Pines Still Stand novels are her first, although she has published several non-fiction books, cookbooks, and children’s books in the past.
