Winter Holiday

by Chad A. Clark

A house in the mountains, the roads to and from it impassable. The perfect place for best-selling author Peter’s annual holiday; a refuge from the pressures of life and an opportunity to recharge his creative batteries in solitude.
A dream location.
Except this year, something else has taken residence on the snow-covered slopes, something filled with malignant intent and a desire to kill. Driven by impulses beyond its ken, it seeks out the house in which Peter is staying and the writer soon finds himself in a battle with the deadliest of foes, a creature born of nightmares…

Genres: Horror

126 pages, Paperback

Published January 18, 2018

About the author

Chad A. Clark is an author of dark-leaning fiction, born and raised in the middle of the United States. His road began in Illinois, along the banks of the Mississippi and from there he moved to Iowa, where he has lived ever since. From an early age, he was brined in the glory that is science fiction and horror, from the fantastical of George Lucas, Gene Roddenberry and Steven Spielberg to the dark and gritty tales of Stephen King and George Romero. The way from there to here has been littered with no shortage of books and movies, all of which have and continue to inform his narrative style to this day. Chad has written horror, science fiction and non-fiction. He has been published by Crystal Lake Publishing, Dark Minds Press, Shadow Work Publishing, EyeCue Productions, Darker Worlds Publishing and Sirens Call Publications. His books have received critical praise from the Ginger Nuts of Horror, Ink Heist, Confessions of a Reviewer, Horror DNA and This is Horror. For more, check out www.cclarkfiction.net

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Reviews

[Duncan Bradshaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Dark Minds novella series has been top notch, from the outstanding covers to each story, which have all been excellent. Winter Holiday keeps the tradition going, and to me, harked back to the first book in the series, Ben Jones' Slaughter Beach. This book does not let you rest for a minute, after a short setup, you're dumped into the action, of man versus monster. There is absolutely no messing about, no filler, no preamble or nonsense, just quick paced action, and a pretty decent story. I've read a couple of Clark's books and enjoyed them immensely, this is no exception. If you like your books like you dig an evening film, then this will be right up your street. A testament to this, is that I finished it in two sittings, which are my lunch breaks at work.

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very entertaining and had a nice twist. Nice winter horror novella!

[Lydian Faust · Rating 4 out of 5]

Winter Holiday is the story of a prominent writer who retreats to his secluded mountainside vacation home to let his imagination run wild- and it certainly does. I found this novella to be an entertaining monster tale with plenty of guts and a sick little twist towards the end. An enjoyable, fast-paced horror read on a winter's day.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow! This was surprisingly good! I admit, when I read the description I thought the author was trying to write a newer version of "The Shining' and I wondered why anyone would think they could compete with The King. It's not that kind of novella at all. It made my jaw drop, a couple of times. I want more. A want a sequel and I'll check in case there is one. If you like horror, this is worth it!

I enjoyed the "Author's notes" at the end. I'm going to check out more of his writing. The audiobook narrator was okay.

[Lancejen · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story had a good tension between peter and his breaking mind and the monster stalking him from a far. I liked the ambiguity of the monster and the monster relation to peter. After the first instance of encountering the monster I would have ran away thinking it was a bear. The inclusion of Brendan seemed a bit strange that side story was only there to fuel Peters psychosis. It didn’t add much. It was cool don’t get me wrong but seems more of something that was thrown on after the story was planned out. I liked it more then it may seem and will be checking out more of Chads books.

[Deedra · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was good!Short but good.

[timj26 · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic monster horror
An isolated author fighting his own creativity
Well narrated and highly recommended
I received a free review audiobook and voluntarily left this review