EC Shiver SuspenStories 2 #1

by Ben H. Winters, Melissa Flores, George Northy

AS IF THE HOLIDAYS WEREN’T HORRORIFIC ENOUGH?! EC Comics and Oni Press are BACK to stab your stocking for the second year running with all-new, all-terrifying tales of holiday horror and Christmastime catastrophe as SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES slays again! In this year’s giant-sized, 56-page tome of gruesomely gift-wrapped We’re tying perpetual naughty-listers David M. Booher (Canto), Melissa Flores (Biker Mice from Mars), George Northy (Yuletide), and Ben H. Winters (Benjamin) to the dried-out Christmas tree in the family parlor . . . and gathering ‘round as artistic Tormentors-in-training Sami Kivelä (Abbott), Dan McDaid (Shazam!), and more surprise guests throw a few lit matches their way to get this old-fashioned solstice sacrifice started in style! Yes, we It smells like dinner might be getting a little overdone! Never fear, because EC’s newest annual tradition also comes complete with an extra-added EC Comics classic—newly restored back to its authentic original coloring! As you sift through the charred remains, just SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES is here to bring the horror back to the holidays . . . and we wouldn’t want it any other way!

Genres: Comics, Horror

Kindle Edition

Published December 10, 2025

About the author

Ben H. Winters is the author most recently of the novel The Quiet Boy (Mulholland/Little, Brown, 2021). He is also the author of the novel Golden State; the New York Times bestselling Underground Airlines; The Last Policeman and its two sequels; the horror novel Bedbugs; and several works for young readers. His first novel, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, was also a Times bestseller. Ben has won the Edgar Award for mystery writing, the Philip K. Dick award in science fiction, the Sidewise Award for alternate history, and France’s Grand Prix de L’Imaginaire.

Ben also writes for film and television. He is the creator and co-showrunner of Tracker, forthcoming on CBS. Previously he was a producer on the FX show Legion, and on the upcoming Apple TV+ drama Manhunt.

He has contributed short stories to many anthologies, as well as in magazines such as Lightspeed. He is the author of four “Audible Originals”– Stranger, Inside Jobs, Q&A, and Self Help — and several plays and musicals. His reviews appear frequently in the New York Times Book Review. Ben was born in Washington, D.C., grew up in Maryland, educated in St. Louis, and then grew up a bunch more, in various ways, in places like Chicago, New York, Cambridge, MA, and Indianapolis, IN. These days he lives in LA with his wife, three kids, and one large dog.

Reviews

[Gregory · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this Horror Christmas comic book. Although it has a holiday theme to it, the message still remains and it’s relevant as well which is ALWAYS BE KIND TO OTHERS and how you treat them will come back to you.

The other 3 stories are primarily examples. Real Horror is not about Blood and Gore, a commentary on the human condition and our society which the reason why I love Horror.
I highly recommend this comic for those who love horror and want to celebrate the holiday season in a non traditional way.

[Connor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Top notch christmas horror stories to read by the log fire. A bullied jewish boy uses the eight nights if Horrorkah i mean Hanukkah to get a little pay back. When the mistletoe comes into play, you best pucker up. Be nice to your neighbours this year because those nice little old biddies might just snap. Bad Santa? yeah that's right Santa can also find himself on the naughty list and to cap it all off we get a little tale of wrong place at the right time with 1952s The Execution.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not as good as last year’s holiday issue, but still a great issue. The Johnny Craig story was the icing on my Christmas cupcake. I also enjoyed Krampus making a cameo appearance and the photo spread that matched from the earlier one was amusing.

[Alberto · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.5