Grampus and Other Tales of Holiday Horror

by Peter Fugazzotto

This holiday season escape the endless Christmas music and the frenzied shopping with brand new tales of horror.

For those who want the gift of terror under the Christmas tree, Grampus and Other Tales of Holiday Horror is a collection of short stories sure to hit the spot.

What happens if your dad runs over a reindeer and decides to bring it home to eat?

What if your friend’s grandfather is more than just creepy on Christmas Eve?

What could possibly go wrong when you agree to join your girlfriend’s family for Thanksgiving dinner?

What if your memory begins playing tricks with you before the holiday season?

Grab Grampus and Other Tales of Holiday Horror if you dare. You’ll never look at the festive season the same way again...

Genres: Horror

80 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 26, 2024

About the author

Peter Fugazzotto is a writer of horror, fantasy and science fiction. His short stories have been published in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Grimdark Magazine and Siren's Call. He is an espresso lover and a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

More information about Peter and his writing, including free stories, can be found at www.peterfugazzotto.com

Reviews

[William · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining horror listening 🎉🌙

This kindle ebook novella is from my Kindle Unlimited account

Four short horror stories, each different with interesting characters lots of action, misdirection, and some violence leading to each conclusion.🙄

I would recommend this novella and author to readers looking for a quick horror read. 😮🤓 2025 👒😎

[Jenny Coyne · Rating 4 out of 5]

These short horror stories are loosely based around Christmas. Mostly just taking place at Christmas rather than being Christmas themed.

[NOLA Bert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Holiday Horror

I was in the mood for some holiday-inspired horror stories. Tis the season. And I’ve enjoyed Fugazzotto’s stories before. This was a fun, though uneven short collection of stories (4 short stories. 80 pages total). Worth the ebook price. The Thanksgiving story, “Sweetie,” was the best of the bunch. It’s about food. “The Wizard of Liminal Time” felt like a really good Twilight Zone episode. “War With Santa” and “Grampus” were good but felt a bit rushed at the end.

[Maureen H. Mahon · Rating 5 out of 5]

This a collection of short stories all centered around Christmas. I’ve always been amazed when an author can pull off short stories that are able to give you backstories and make you feel for the characters. This one definitely hits that!

This a horror genre book, so keep that in mind if you pick it up. That being said, I’d call it more a psychological horror (there’s not really any “blood and guts”) The stories are page turners and leave you at the edge of your seat when you get to the end.

This was the first book I’ve read by Peter Fugazzotto, and after finishing it, I’m planning on adding more of his books to my TBR 📚

[Barbara Zoerner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definite holiday terror trove!

As people we appear to have a relative set of shared instances that swiftly flows to terror. This author has taken a few of these topics and molded them into terrifying shorts. Definitely a sweet read for anyone...in the daytime.😨

[Diana · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wasted my time

None of these stories were scary and none made much sense. All the endings were clipped, with no reasoning behind the scenes. So many little details thrown into the story only for it to go nowhere seems like filler text.

[Rose Haskins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very sad stories

These stories are so not what I expected. I was expecting the Krumpys I, but it was Grampus . Quite a spin on the Christmas story. Each story was frightening in its own way.

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting stories, not a lot of Krampus which was kind of what I was looking for but the Grampus was my favorite of the stories

[TIFFY ⭐️🥂 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting short stories on grumpus holidays one weird one after the next in a good way