Here I ironically post the tropical Christmas novel after it’s finally snowed. I now know what it’s like spending Christmas in LA (no snow) and it blows. Anyways, I’ve been a fan of Christopher Moore for a loooooong time. His vampire series is one of my first favorites and it has wonderful characters I still … Continue reading
Featured by popular demand, the screwiest, most disgusting Christmas story you’ll lay eyes upon is here. The Human Santapede is satirical and fully self-aware of how silly it all is. One reviewer compared this reading experience to watching Scary Movie- you have to have a sense of humor for that kind of blatantly dumb, slightly … Continue reading
The light fades quicker during winter, giving way to the perfect combo of vampires and snow. This is a dark story and not just because of the whole night-lurker thing. Let Me In is a tale of social isolation, anxiety, bullying, and pedophilia, for good measure. A lonely young boy develops morbid fascinations and cures … Continue reading
This fatty is what we call an odyssey. An icy, grisly odyssey. You may have watched the AMC series this is based off of (I haven’t, yet), so you have an idea what this arctic novel entails. Frankenstein and The Thing aren’t the only ones that can chisel out a frozen horror tale. The Terror … Continue reading
There’s only 12 days until Christmas and here’s the first 12 Days of Christmas collection I’ve seen. Excuse me, 12 terrors. Written by Claudette Melanson, with a bonus story by Lynn Lamb, this anthology features those iconic figures of the horror holidays we’ve all come to love. Santa Claws, mischievous elves, homicidal maniacs, and the … Continue reading
This is another novel from McMahon that uses two time periods to tell a startling story. Back in 1908, a woman is found dead behind her house just months after the death of her daughter. Now, a mother of two girls goes missing and it’s up to her oldest to decipher the mystery spiraling out … Continue reading
Victorian ghost stories? Sure, why not? But Victorian CHRISTMAS ghost stories? That’s next level shit right there. Valancourt, the little press that could, brings to life those forgotten pages for the modern society to enjoy and this first book of (3) Christmas collections is the handbook on how to have a very scary holiday. Each … Continue reading
