CHRISTMAS AND OTHER HORRORS
edited by Ellen Datlow
An anthology of solstice horror…
The winter solstice is celebrated as a time of joy around the world—yet the long nights also conjure a darker tradition of ghouls, hauntings, and visitations. This anthology of all-new stories invites you to huddle around the fire and revel in the unholy, the dangerous, the horrific aspects of a time when families and friends come together—for better and for worse.
From the eerie Austrian Schnabelperchten to the skeletal Welsh Mari Lwyd, by way of ravenous golems, uncanny neighbors, and unwelcome visitors, Christmas and Other Horrors captures the heart and horror of the festive season. Because the weather outside is frightful, but the fire inside is hungry…
Featuring stories from: Nadia Bulkin; Terry Dowling; Tananarive Due; Jeffrey Ford; Christopher Golden; Stephen Graham Jones; Glen Hirshberg; Richard Kadrey; Alma Katsu; Cassandra Khaw; John Langan; Josh Malerman; Nick Mamatas; Garth Nix; Benjamin Percy; M. Rickert; Kaaron Warren.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ellen Datlow is a multi-award winning editor of science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction for forty years, initially as fiction editor of OMNI Magazine and SCIFICTION. She currently acquires short stories and novellas for Tor.com. In addition, she has edited about one hundred science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthologies, including the annual The Best Horror of the Year series, The Doll Collection, Mad Hatters and March Hares, Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, and Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles.s, and Body Shocks. She lives in New York.
