It’s been years since the blizzard pummeled the town of Coventry but it still haunts the community. They didn’t just lose their roads for a couple days or electricity- they lost loved ones in the snow itself. Supernatural, rugged, and character-heavy, Snowblind has a grasp on the traditional but a desire to modernize the ghost … 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
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
I feel like 30 Days of Night is often overlooked when it comes to winter horror/holiday horror. It’s the epitome of seasonal depression come on. 30 days of NIGHT? Fuck. I’m already feeling that grind at home. It’s impossible to fully wake up when it’s overcast every gd day. This graphic novel may have the … Continue reading
Flint Maxwell is a fellow Ohioan and described every town I’ve lived in to a tee in his short story compendium. There’s five wintery tales of horror in this little diddy that are succinct and down right creepy (and gory). From inanimate objects destroying lives to eerie accounts of the strange, there’s a channel for … Continue reading
Alone in a big, empty house by a smoldering fire is probably one of the most haunting feelings. Mistletoe imitates it perfectly. And you bet your sweet ass this is another Gothic, Neo-Victorian ghost story. Suffering from grief, a widow purchases a new home in time for snow fall and finds herself tormented by beings … Continue reading
A combination of insanity and claustrophobia is the shortest way to describe Misery. A lot of King’s novels are set during the winter, which I think is a great setting for conveying a sense of hopelessness. The snow and ice are brute forces that hold you down but when the brute is human, in the … Continue reading
