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Bad Elf and The Krampus: A Twisted Christmas Tale
Being nice is freakin’ hard…”Couldn’t put it down. Great read for both children and adults…” –Lisa S.
A Goth-elf, Jack is not like most other elves at The Pole. He hates the cold. Hates making toys. And he thinks Santa might be just a little bit too stingy with the coal.
Afraid he might belong to a darker side of Christmas, Jack dreams of running away while Santa is out delivering presents. He steals the Naughty List, planning to use it as a map to find his Christmas demon idol, Krampus, who travels the world Christmas Eve to punish all the Naughty Children.
But Jack’s dream sets him on an adventure that turns nightmarish. Using Goth-kids as bait, Jack finally meets his idol and discovers that he is on Krampus’ Naughty List. And Krampus doesn't play nice. At all. As a matter of fact, Krampus is downright evil…attacking Santa and dragging Jack’s kinda-sorta girlfriend, Candi, into the underworld. Can Jack rescue them and the Naughty Children in time to save Christmas?
If he pulls it off, Jack just might get a Christmas surprise bigger than anything he could have ever wished for. But as he would say, this holiday is just…so…extra.
Bad Elf and The Krampus is a humorous Yuletide tale. If you enjoy unlikely heroes, wild rides, and a splash of dark fun, then you’ll love John Rae’s rollicking adventure.
Buy Bad Elf and The Krampus today, or you just might end up on Krampus’ Naughty list!
Previously published as Bad Elf. This updated edition is bigger, badder, and...elfier?
A Goth-elf, Jack is not like most other elves at The Pole. He hates the cold. Hates making toys. And he thinks Santa might be just a little bit too stingy with the coal.
Afraid he might belong to a darker side of Christmas, Jack dreams of running away while Santa is out delivering presents. He steals the Naughty List, planning to use it as a map to find his Christmas demon idol, Krampus, who travels the world Christmas Eve to punish all the Naughty Children.
But Jack’s dream sets him on an adventure that turns nightmarish. Using Goth-kids as bait, Jack finally meets his idol and discovers that he is on Krampus’ Naughty List. And Krampus doesn't play nice. At all. As a matter of fact, Krampus is downright evil…attacking Santa and dragging Jack’s kinda-sorta girlfriend, Candi, into the underworld. Can Jack rescue them and the Naughty Children in time to save Christmas?
If he pulls it off, Jack just might get a Christmas surprise bigger than anything he could have ever wished for. But as he would say, this holiday is just…so…extra.
Bad Elf and The Krampus is a humorous Yuletide tale. If you enjoy unlikely heroes, wild rides, and a splash of dark fun, then you’ll love John Rae’s rollicking adventure.
Buy Bad Elf and The Krampus today, or you just might end up on Krampus’ Naughty list!
Previously published as Bad Elf. This updated edition is bigger, badder, and...elfier?
212 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 27, 2022
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December 10, 2025
Great, fast paced, action packed story! I had so much fun reading this book.
December 25, 2022
Really like this book as a great holiday read, I was looking for something heartwarming, different and that didn’t feel like a Hallmark movie. It definitely fit the bill.
mWould love it as a movie or even holiday series(animated and like the old school claymations). I hope there will be a sequel to the book it has great leadings for some more questions to be answered and for the world to be expanded. It pulls in a lot of story elements from other cultures Yule/ Christmas stories and again could be a fun series.
Hope to see more
mWould love it as a movie or even holiday series(animated and like the old school claymations). I hope there will be a sequel to the book it has great leadings for some more questions to be answered and for the world to be expanded. It pulls in a lot of story elements from other cultures Yule/ Christmas stories and again could be a fun series.
Hope to see more
December 7, 2022
Zany adventure full of Christmas cheer
Bad Elf and the Krampus manages to be both heartwarming and dark, while never neglecting the Christmas spirit. Jack, the bad elf, is naughty and nice and never boring.
Bad Elf and the Krampus manages to be both heartwarming and dark, while never neglecting the Christmas spirit. Jack, the bad elf, is naughty and nice and never boring.
December 18, 2023
This book was such a treat and gave cheesy 80s horror vibes without being over the top despite everyone’s names
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