A snowed-in cabin. A group of old friends. A holiday tradition that's about to unravel.
Every year, just after Christmas, six friends retreat to a remote cabin in the woods for one last dose of nostalgia before the New Year hits. It’s supposed to be bad snacks, worse whiskey, no phones, no pressure. Just three days of inside jokes and barely-concealed emotional damage.
But this year, the snow is falling harder. The group feels off. And Denny—missing for the last two trips—is back with a camera, a new edge, and an idea for a game none of them remember agreeing to.
When the storm seals them in, stories start to surface. Holiday horror tales, each darker than the last. The fire crackles. The lights flicker. The line between fiction and memory begins to blur.
Because in this cabin, nothing stays buried for long. Not the past. Not the truth. And definitely not whatever’s watching from the woods.
Darkly funny, razor-sharp, and unsettling in all the right ways, Midwinter Pact is a found-footage-inspired horror novel about friendship, fear, and the stories we tell to survive.