Dark Yuletide

by Leanbh Pearson

Yuletide is a time of darkness and the veil between living and uncanny is thinnest. Yuletide - stretching from December and the pre-Christian Christmas and into New Year - is full of folklore, magic and the fantastic.



Dark Yuletide contains story-specific images reflecting each tale. From the malevolent Kallikantzaroi, the Yuletide sister witches offering blessings or cures, the child-stealing Krampus and the Icelandic Yule Lads who kidnap badly behaved children for the their troll-witch mother Gryla to eat.



Bring a little of the old magic to your reading with these ten Yuletide inspired tales.

71 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 30, 2025

About the author

Leanbh Pearson (Any) lives on Ngunnawal Country in Canberra, Australia. An award-winning LGBTQI and disability author of horror and dark fantasy inspired by folklore, fairytales, myth, history and climate. Leanbh’s judged numerous awards, an invited panelist and avid book reviewer. Leanbh has been awarded ASA, AHWA and HWA mentorships and 2023 HWA Diversity Grant. Leanbh’s alter-ego is an academic in archaeology, evolution and prehistory. A museum devotee, insomniac and photography enthusiast, Leanbh is always aided by canine assistants | https://linktr.ee/leanbhpearson