Christmas Horror

Something festive is growing in the sewer... After last year’s tragedy, Douglas’ parents are ignoring Christmas. But when Douglas finds an eerie strand of lights slithering through the sewer, he unwittingly unleashes merry terror upon his neighborhood’s tacky lights contest. String lights spread like invasive kudzu, turning festive decorations into surreal, predatory nightmares.

“Terrific. A wild ride….I loved it. It hooked me and I couldn’t put it down.” —Mike Mignola, creator of Hellboy ""Brom is that rare breed: a person who is skilled in more than one area of artistic expression. Here's hoping that he will continue to share his dark and often beautiful...

Hugo Award-winning editor, and horror legend Ellen Datlow presents a terrifying and chilling horror anthology of original short stories exploring the endless terrors of winter solstice traditions across the globe, featuring chillers by Tananarive Due, Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu, and many more. This anthology of all-new stories invites you to huddle around the fire and revel in the unholy, the dangerous, the horrific aspects of a time when families and friends come together—for better and for worse.

★★★★★ “Atmospheric, unsettling, and wickedly clever — the perfect Christmas ghost story.” ★★★★★ “A chilling blend of folklore, grief, and gothic horror.” Bodmin Moor, December 1811. Snow falls. Hunger bites. And something old has awoken at Jamaica Inn. Delivers automatically to your Kindle on release — ready for Christmas Eve Be careful what you wish for. Be very careful... Jamaica Inn, Bodmin Moor. December 1811. 'I have seen him. He came in the night. His face was blackened with peat, his eyes like the hollows of the earth. Diabolus incarnatus. First as a ...

This Christmas, love is the most valuable data of all In the radioactive ruins of a dying city, Christmas still flickers like an old memory with the faint hope that love can survive the end of the world. Della scavenges the wastelands for bio-luminescent fungus to trade for medicine. Jim performs outlawed surgeries with trembling hands and stolen tech. Together, they’ve built a fragile life among the wreckage, still clinging to the idea of giving, of sacrifice. But when each secretly bargains their body to buy the other a gift, they fall prey to a deeper horror: the corporation that ...

Paint your toes. Pick up the wrong coffee and bagel order. Drive from Brooklyn to Jersey in traffic so slow you want to tear your hair out. It’s amazing all the useless things I can accomplish while on hold for three hours with customer service. Three hours when I should be getting the Date-in-a-Box website ready to launch at the big business expo in a few days. Except my shiny new website is glitching, and my inner rage-monster is ready to scorch some earth...when he finally picks up. Not the robot voice I expected but a real live human named Kal.

It is 1890, and in the days before Christmas, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are visited at Baker Street by a new client. Eve Allerthorpe, eldest daughter of a grand but somewhat eccentric Yorkshire-based dynasty, is greatly distressed, as she believes she is being haunted by a demonic Christmas spirit. Her late mother told her terrifying tales of the sinister Black Thurrick, and Eve is sure that she has seen the creature from her bedroom window. What is more, she has begun to receive mysterious parcels of birch twigs, the Black Thurrick’s calling card.

Twelve nights. Twelve stories. One season of goodwill gone horribly wrong. From horror author Kevin Lintner comes a chilling Christmas collection where cheer curdles into terror and every light on the tree casts a shadow of its own. Under the Mistletoe of Madness unwraps the quiet horrors hiding behind holiday tradition—family dinners, nativity plays, viral kindness, and corporate gifts that bite back. When the carols fade and the snow begins to whisper, you’ll meet: 🎅 The Santa Games — desperate men compete for a mall Santa job, but only the last one standing earns the red suit. ...

The lights are strung. The gifts are wrapped. But for these families, the guest at the door wasn't Santa Claus. For most, December is a season of warmth, reunion, and joy. But for homicide detectives, the winter break is often a time of high stress, simmering resentments, and tragic outcomes. In TRUE CRIME - Holiday Horror, author Logan Carter pulls back the curtain on the dark side of the festive season. From frozen rural fields to the neon-lit panic of modern cities, this collection documents twenty of the most harrowing cases ever opened under the cover of the season. Inside, you will ...

Silent Night. Not Calm. Not Bright. Reggie was alone for Christmas. He liked it that way. But when he goes to a secluded cabin in the woods, he encounters something sinister among the trees. A strange red velvet sack waits for him along his hiking path. Inside is the gift of terror. Soon, Reggie finds himself thrust into a bizarre and horrifying world where the trappings of Christmas are deadly perversions of what he's always known. The only question is: will he escape with his life, or will he become fuel for a dark entity's fire and sustenance for its meal? Walking in a Winter Terrorland ...

What if the most festive season of the year was born from a cosmic crisis? For centuries, we’ve cherished the comfort of Christmas, but we’ve forgotten the primal terror that birthed it. Before Santa’s sleigh, before tinsel and mandatory cheer, the deepest part of winter was a war against chaos, isolation, and the chilling possibility that the sun might never return. This is the story of the necessary shadow that gives the holiday light its meaning. Historian Elias Shepherd meticulously uncovers the lost traditions of Europe, revealing why the old ways were so terrifying, yet so vital...

Nine friends meet at Casa D’Amico, a log cabin by Pine Lake, Colorado, for their annual Christmas vacation. One of them is there for a very different reason. Murder and mistletoe mingle in the secluded White River National Park, but Alfie Burstow, a seasoned San Francisco homicide detective, has no time for holiday cheer. His last case before Christmas vacation just happens to be the murder of his former lover, Paige Lo Pinto. With his partner taking the lead on the investigation, Alfie heads off to Colorado for some much-needed R&R, unaware that a sinister figure dressed as an elf is hot...

★★★★★ "Creepy Christmas. I must be a sucker for punishment. I am not a fan of scary stories, but this one hooked me in, and having dealt with my own version of pre-Christmas horror, I'm kinda liking the idea of an anti-Santa dishing out punishment for those on the naughty list." ★★★★★ "His darkness is awake in full garb, down to his bag of skins. Terror grips those who almost expect him. He is well explained in this horror short." 'Before the first child took a breath, he already existed. Not as a man or a beast, but as a shadow swirling around forgotten stars and in ...

Halloween. Thanksgiving. Christmas. Three holidays. Three nightmares. When the seasons of celebration become gateways to something ancient, hungry, and supernatural, ordinary people discover that some traditions were never meant to be celebrated. Holiday Horrors: Seasons of Fear delivers dark, atmospheric horror filled with monsters, demons, family secrets, ancient evil, and terrifying twists- turning America's most beloved holidays into something you'll never look at the same way again.

"Marley was dead to begin with...." These chillingly familiar words begin the classic Christmas tale of remorse and redemption in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Now R. William Bennett rewinds the story and focuses the spotlight on Scrooge’s miserly business partner, Jacob T. Marley, who was allowed to return as a ghost to warn Scrooge away from his ill-fated path. Why was Marley allowed to return? And why hadn’t he been given the same chance as Ebenezer Scrooge? Or had he?

This Christmas, a hero will rise from the trailer park. Earl Frost isn't what most people would call a hero. He's indoorsy. He lives with his grandma in a 1970s single wide in the Misty Pines Trailer Park. He spends most of his time taking care of his pet fish and working nights at Cecil's Gas 'n' Stop. Earl Frost also hates Christmas, which is a cardinal sin up there with pride and greed in Holiday Lake. Holiday Lake is like a town on a Christmas card, or in one of those holiday romance movies that play non-stop on TV. Everyone here loves Christmas. Except for Earl.

The festive spirit of American holidays is twisted into nightmares. Each tale unravels the dark secrets hidden beneath the celebrations we cherish. As the calendar turns, so too do the fates of the characters, each drawn into a web of horror that forces them to confront their deepest fears. In this anthology, every holiday carries a warning: sometimes, the ghosts of our celebrations refuse to stay buried.

Horror Stories For Creepy Christmas is a spine-chilling collection that unveils the untold horrors lurking within the deep woods and remote campsites. These are not your typical ghost stories but real accounts that defy explanation and challenge the boundaries of the known. From the dense canopies of ancient forests to the hushed whispers beneath moonlit pines, each story unfolds like a cryptic map, guiding readers through a landscape teeming with unexplained phenomena. Encounters with mysterious creatures, eerie apparitions, and inexplicable occurrences will leave you questioning the ...

On Christmas Eve in a remote Montana town, a long-forgotten warning siren tears through the snowbound darkness. For decades, Grimlock Island has been off-limits, its old bridge fenced off and marked with signs that winter storms finally rip away. When an unsuspecting couple camps along the island’s quiet shoreline, they cross a boundary that should never have been touched. Their presence encroaches on sacred territory, and the Sasquatch that have guarded the island for decades surge toward the mainland with brutal force. What follows is chaos. Homes are attacked. Families are dragged into...

The gift you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy... maybe. Amber, a young woman working in a small retail store on Christmas Eve, finds herself amid chaos when the hot holiday toy, Scurry Furry, comes to life and begins wreaking havoc. The once-adorable creatures become a horde of vicious monsters, leaving a trail of destruction and gore in their wake. With no outside help, Amber and her employees must take matters into their own hands and fight against the Scurry Furry army. The situation is darkly humorous, as Amber and her team wield anything they can find as a weapon, from baseball bats ...