Christmas Trees and Monkeys: Collected Horror Stories

by Daniel G. Keohane

Three young boys on a deadly dare. A giant ape swinging atop radio towers in New Hampshire. The end of the world as we know it. Eavesdropping on the dead. Deadly Christmas trees. From the deepest corner of the Congo to your own backyard, strange things are rolling up your street, hiding in the dog house, or lurking in your own mind. Christmas Trees and Monkeys brings together for the first time fifteen tales of horror and the bizarre from Daniel G. Keohane. Don t waste any more time. Pull the sheets close to your chin, turn down the lights, turn the lights back up because you can t see the pages, and jump right in.... All author royalties for this collection are being donated to the Central New England Multiple Sclerosis Society.

236 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Daniel G. Keohane's first novel, Solomon's Grave (2009), was a finalist for the international Bram Stoker Award. Since then he has released the critically-acclaimed Margaret's Ark (2011) and Plague of Darkness, (2014), Plague of Locusts (2022) and the upcoming Stories from the Psalms, Volume 1 (2023). Under the pseudonym G. Daniel Gunn he has published Destroyer of Worlds (2012) and Nightmare in Greasepaint (written with L.L.Soares). His short stories have been published in a number of major horror magazines and anthologies over the years, including , Cemetery Dance, Apex Digest, Shroud Magazine, Borderlands 6, Fantastic Stories and many others, and have received multiple Honorable Mentions in the annual Year's Best Fantasy and Horror / Best Horror of the Year.

Reviews

[Amanda Keohane · Rating 5 out of 5]

yes, this is the first novel of my father's that I have read - well it's not really a novel it's a collection of short stories he has written. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it! This is mainly because I am just dipping my toe into the horror genre and really don't know what to expect. I have this thing where book just don't seem to scare me, not like the movies do, so I wasn't surprised by my lack of nightmares. Though frequently throughout the novel I had to pretend that it wasn't my loving, mellow father righting these completely messed up sick stories or I might have been scared to return home from school ;). The use of language and imagery was fantastic and I am proud be the daughter of such a wonderful writer. I hope to one day walk in his footsteps as well :D

[Kevin Lucia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid. Early stories, but solid.