WHEN THE LIGHT RETURNED TO MAIN STREET is a collection of stories that explores the meaning of Christmas from different angles and perspectives. From the traditional settings of “Just What They Wanted” and “Crossing Christmas,” and the wonder of “The Helpers” and “The Christmas Angel,” to the folktale imaginings conjured by “When the Light Returned to Main Street,” these stories will challenge you to consider what Christmas means to you, and to answer the question, “From where comes the true light of the season?”

When the Light Returned to Main Street: A Collection of Stories to Celebrate the Season

Literature & Fiction

Hampton, Jeff

Genre Fiction

Jeff Hampton, Writer

When Sam Barnes’ high-flying life in Dallas falls apart, he flees to the coastal town of Port Aransas and fades into the life of a reclusive beach bum. But things start to change when he meets Dave, a young widower working through his own loss; Shelly, owner of the Dream Bean coffee shop; Bo, a crusty old shrimper; and Allie, Bo’s free-spirited daughter. Together they are tested and forced to confront their own issues. In doing so they discover family and community.

Aransas Morning

Literary

The Sequel to Aransas Morning: Life in Port Aransas was looking breezy and bright for Sam and his friends at the Dream Bean coffee shop. Shelly and Dave were talking marriage, Allie and Bo were tightening their family ties, and Sam was welcoming newcomers to town and falling for a new singer at the Sea Garden. But storms are never far away on the Texas Gulf Coast and there would be none more destructive than Hurricane Harvey. Would Sam and his friends survive Harvey's awful fury? And would life in Port Aransas ever be the same again?

Aransas Evening

A collection of short stories that explores the meaning of Christmas from different angles and perspectives.

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Books by Jeff Hampton, Writer

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When the Light Returned to Main Street: A Collection of Stories to Celebrate the Season

Aransas Morning

Aransas Evening

When the Light Returned to Main Street: A Collection of Stories to Celebrate the Season