{"product_id":"christmas-horror-short-stories-8065","title":"Christmas Horror Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristmas, with its long dark nights, wintry forest walks and visceral memories, teases at the imagination in stories brought together here in a companion volume to the Christmas Gothic collection.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe time of cheer and goodwill to all... Or is it? For many, Christmas falls in the bleak midwinter, in the long dark hours where cold icy fingers ever encroach upon the fire valiantly struggling in the hearth. Time-honoured literary tradition leaves us with bountiful stories of gothic chills and festive fear, tales of the dark, moody, ghastly and ghostly. This collection gathers together classics such as Dickens' \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/i\u003e, alongside stories from writers working today, exploring many ways in which this holiday can become dark and horrifying, from ancient Yuletide demons and vengeful Christmas trees to haunted baubles and a different side to Santa...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew, contemporary and notable writers featured are: Colleen Anderson and Tom Johnstone, Christina Bergling, A.G. Bestwick, Rocky Boudreaux, Ramsey Campbell, Catherine Cavendish, Donna Cuttress, Deborah L. Davitt, Marina Favila, Daniel Foley, Marianne Halbert, Mari Harrison, Tim Jeffreys, Christine Lajewski, Damien Mckeating, Gregory Meece, Claudia Romann, Richard M. Sanders, Zach Shephard, N.M. Sirett, Em Starr, DJ Tyrer, and Melissa Ulven. These appear alongside classic work by Mary E. Braddon, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hugh Walpole, Edith Wharton and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eFlame Tree Gothic Fantasy, Classic Stories and Epic Tales\u003c\/b\u003e collections bring together the entire range of myth, folklore and modern short fiction. Highlighting the roots of suspense, supernatural, science fiction and mystery stories the books in Flame Tree Collections series are beautifully presented, perfect as a gift and offer a lifetime of reading pleasure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreated and developed at \u003cb\u003eFlame Tree Publishing\u003c\/b\u003e, independent publisher and creator of fine books, journals, notebooks and art calendars, with a focus on myths, gothic fantasy and great works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader in English Literature and Film at Manchester Metropolitan University. Xavier is co-president of the International Gothic Association and a founding member of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Tom Johnstone\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three novellas: The Monsters are Due in Madison Square Garden, Star Spangled Knuckle Duster, and The Song of Salomé. His fiction has appeared in various publications, including Black Static, Nightscript, Body Shocks and Best Horror of the Year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRamsey Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e has been given more awards than any other writer in the field, including the Grand Master Award of the World Horror Convention, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers Association, the Living Legend Award of the International Horror Guild and the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Zach Shephard\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Washington state, where he dreams up fantasy, science fiction and horror stories. His fiction has appeared in places like Fantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction, the Unidentified Funny Objects anthology series, and several of Flame Tree Publishing's Gothic Fantasy books. For a full list of Zach's stories, check out zachshephard.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xavier Aldana Reyes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67849180578077,"sku":"9781835628065","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9781835628065.jpg?v=1792700517","url":"https:\/\/www.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/christmas-horror-short-stories-8065","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}