Charles Dickens Watches
The Muppet Christmas Carol

He is not entirely displeased. He appreciates Kermit’s Bob Cratchett and wonders, would he have made his characters puppets, if he had known what was to come? His novel was a success as is, but his children would have certainly preferred a Dickensian frog. Perhaps he’d have been less bleak.







Jennifer Fliss is a New York raised, Wisconsin schooled, Seattle based writer. Her writing has appeared in The Citron Review, Brain Child Magazine, and elsewhere. When not writing, she can be found running, practicing yoga, reading, trying to keep up with her toddler, and occasionally swinging on the flying trapeze.

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