The Longest Night (Angel novel)

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Canonicity warning: The following is not considered canonical in the Buffyverse.''

The Longest Night is a collection of short stories based on the U.S. television series Angel.

Note: Not to be confused with the Angel episode, "Long Day's Journey", or the Angel comic, "Long Night's Journey"

Contents

Book Description

[Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow.

It's December 21, and hour by hour Angel and his crew must survive the longest night of the year.

The House Where Death Stood Still

Written by: Pierce Askegren

Setting: December 21, 2002, 6pm-7pm

A quest for a missing child taken by his father leads Angel to a house where the father has made a pact. In return for a human sacrifice each solstice, both father and son could live forever.

A Joyful Noise

Written by: Jeff Mariotte

Setting: December 21, 2002, 7pm-8pm

A group is killing Santas and replacing them with their own people so that the sound of their bells can open a rift in space-time and allow a demon to eat the Earth.

I Still Believe

Written by: Christopher Golden

Setting: December 21, 2002, 8pm-9pm

Angel needs help from Cordelia - 4 days before Christmas and he still hasn't done his shopping. But he really is planning a surprise gift for her. They must deal with demonic chaos.

It Can Happen to You

Written by: Scott Ciencin and Denise Ciencin

Setting: December 21, 2002, 9pm-10pm

Wesley meets two ghosts from the early Hollywood era who lead him to a better understanding of his life.

Model Behaviour

Written by: Emily Oz

Setting: December 21, 2002, 10pm-11pm

Cordelia is invited to become a model, but there is a catch.

Have Gunn, Will Travel

Written by: Nancy Holder

Setting: December 21, 2002, 11pm-12pm

Trivia: The title is a pun on Have Gun — Will Travel, a popular Western TV series which ran in the 1950s and 1960s.

Gunn is hired to act as a body double for a prince. It's a pity they don't realize he's a djinn.

Generous Presence

Written by: Yvonne Navarro

Setting: December 21, 2002, midnight-1am

Having Lilah Morgan send presents was a good idea. Lilah sends Christmas presents to all, but of course she is not playing nice - it's a ploy to test their resolve.

The Anchoress

Written by: Nancy Holder

Setting: December 22, 2002, 1am-2am

A group of wannabe Druids builds a stone circle to sacrifice a virgin. Time-traveling adventures ensue.

Bummed Out

Written by: Doranna Durgin

Setting: December 22, 2002, 2am-3am

Something is killing the down-and-outs, and Angel and Co. go undercover to save the day (or night in this case).

Icicle Memories

Written by: Yvonne Navarro

Setting: December 22, 2002, 3am-4am

An ice demon shows up in the hotel and plays with people's memories.

Yoke of the Soul

Written by: Doranna Durgin

Setting: December 22, 2002, 4am-5am

Christmas carolers are being taken as hosts for a demon race. After freeing the singers and defeating the demons, Angel feels like singing - and does.

The Sun Child

Written by: Christie Golden

Setting: December 22, 2002, 5am-6am

The creatures of the night are trying to prevent the new day from starting, and only Angel can ensure the new dawn.

Trivia

Tagline: 'Evil arrives on the hour.'
Characters include: Angel, Cordelia, Wesley, Gunn, Fred, and Lorne.
The book is unique, the only anthology of Angel short stories. The book is labeled 'Vol. 1', suggesting further volumes were a possibility, but none were released. There is also an anthology of Buffy short stories in the form of How I Survived My Summer Vacation (which also was labelled Volume 1 despite further installments never appearing).
Jeff Mariotte explained why the stories do not reference each other:

:We didn't get to read each other's stories, we just knew a tiny bit about what would happen in the ones before and after ours. So, for instance, I mentioned in the very end of mine that Angel knew he had to go do some last-minute shopping. But we knew it wouldn't flow exactly right, because if it did then it would be a novel by a buncha different writers, and not a collection of short stories. [1]

Continuity

Supposed to be set early in Angel Season 3 - more specifically, December 21, 2002, between 6pm and 5am the next morning.

Canonical issues

Buffy/Angel books such as this one are not usually considered by fans as canonical. Some fans consider them stories from the imaginations of authors and artists, while other fans consider them as taking place in an alternative fictional reality. However unlike fan fiction, overviews summarising their story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and Joss Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as officially Buffy/Angel merchandise.

Timing

Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:

Location, time (if known)	Buffyverse chronology: Fall 2001 - December 2001 (non-canon = italic)
L.A., 2001	Buffy/Angel novel: Cursed (Buffy/Angel novel)>Cursed
L.A., 2001	A3.01 Heartthrob (Angel episode)>Heartthrob
Sunnydale, 2001	Buffy UPN promos: Buffy Season 6 UPN promos>Scooby Gang talk about Buffy
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.01 Bargaining, Part One (Buffy episode)>Bargaining, I
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.02 Bargaining, Part Two (Buffy episode)>Bargaining, II
L.A., 2001	A3.02 That Vision Thing (Angel episode)>That Vision Thing
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.03 After Life (Buffy episode)>After Life
L.A., 2001	Angel book: Sanctuary (Angel novel)>Sanctuary
L.A., 2001	A3.03 That Old Gang of Mine (Angel episode)>That Old Gang of Mine
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.04 Flooded (Buffy episode)>Flooded
L.A., 2001	A3.04 Carpe Noctem (Angel episode)>Carpe Noctem
Sunnydale, 2001	Buffy comic: Reunion (Buffy comic)>Reunion
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.05 Life Serial (Buffy episode)>Life Serial
L.A., 2001	A3.05 Fredless (Angel episode)>Fredless
Sunnydale, 2001	Buffy graphic novel
Sunnydale, 2001	Buffy book: Blood and Fog (Buffy novel)>Blood and Fog
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.06 All the Way (Buffy episode)>All the Way
Sunnydale, 2001	Buffy graphic novel: Note from the Underground (Buffy comic)>Note from the Underground
L.A., 2001	A3.06 Billy (Angel episode)>Billy
L.A., 2001	Angel anthology book:The Longest Night (Angel novel)>The Longest Night
Sunnydale, L.A., Monster Island, 2001	Buffy/Angel novel: Monster Island (Buffy/Angel novel)>Monster Island
L.A., 2001	Angel book: Endangered Species (Angel novel)>Endangered Species
L.A., 2001	Angel book: Impressions (Angel novel)>Impressions
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.07 Once More, with Feeling (Buffy episode)>Once More, with Feeling
L.A., 2001	A3.07 Offspring (Angel episode)>Offspring
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.08 Tabula Rasa (Buffy episode)>Tabula Rasa
L.A., 2001	A3.08 Quickening (Angel episode)>Quickening
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.09 Smashed (Buffy episode)>Smashed
L.A., 2001	A3.09 Lullaby (Angel episode)>Lullaby
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.10 Wrecked (Buffy episode)>Wrecked
L.A., 2001	A3.10 Dad (Angel episode)>Dad
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.11 Gone (Buffy episode)>Gone
L.A., 2001	A3.11 Birthday (Angel episode)>Birthday
Sunnydale, 2001	Buffy graphic novel: Creatures of Habit (Buffy comic)>Creatures of Habit
Sunnydale, 2001	Buffy graphic novel:
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.12 Doublemeat Palace (Buffy episode)>Doublemeat Palace
L.A., 2001	A3.12 Provider (Angel episode)>Provider

References

[1 The Bronze Forum]]

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