Add some horror to your ho ho ho with these 5 gruesome Christmas tales. A boy waits for Santa... with an axe! Who is the man in red and why is he stalking Randy? Sinister reindeer cause trouble for Billy. Santa finds more than presents under the tree. Forget shopping, try to escape the mall alive this Christmas Eve! "Waiting for Santa", "The Santa Murders", "Billy and the Reindeer", "He Knows", and "A Very Zombie Christmas."
Based in Toronto, Ontario, I weave words of horror, mystery, contemporary fantasy, and science fiction. I am the author of the contemporary fantasy series, the Noel Kringle Chronicles featuring the son of Santa Claus working as a private detective in Toronto. Garnering an Honorable Mention in “The Year’s Best Science Fiction” and nominated for numerous Aurora Awards, my work has appeared in Bitter Mountain Moonlight: A Cave Creek Anthology, Promise in the Gold: A Cave Creek Anthology, Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Home for the Howlidays, Unmasked: Tales of Risk and Revelation, the Obsessions Anthology, Fiction River: Superpowers, Fiction River: Visions of the Apocalypse, Fiction River: Sparks, Fiction River: Recycled Pulp, Tesseracts 16: Parnassus Unbound, Ride the Moon, Tesseracts 15: A Case of Quite Curious Tales, TransVersions, and Storyteller, amongst others.
I've read one of these stories (A very zombie Christmas) last year and quite enjoyed it. So when I saw this little collection of stories, I had to get it!
While not perfect, they entertained me very well. I love a book that combines my two big passions: SFF and Christmas!
A lot of stories that do are paranormal romance though, and that's not my cup of tea. So finding this combination of both but with a dark humour, bloody mayhem and a gritty feel was just ideal for me. Some twists were a bit predictable, but still gave me a good smirk or snort. So I'm very satisfied!