Description: Christmas, with its long dark nights, wintry forest walks and visceral memories, teases at the imagination in stories brought together here in a companion volume to the Christmas Gothic collection.
The time of cheer and goodwill to all... Or is it? For many, Christmas falls in the bleak midwinter, in the long dark hours where cold icy fingers ever encroach upon the fire valiantly struggling in the hearth. Time-honoured literary tradition leaves us with bountiful stories of gothic chills and festive fear, tales of the dark, moody, ghastly and ghostly. This collection gathers together classics such as Dickens' A Christmas Carol, alongside stories from writers working today, exploring many ways in which this holiday can become dark and horrifying, from ancient Yuletide demons and vengeful Christmas trees to haunted baubles and a different side to Santa... The Flame Tree Gothic Fantasy, Classic Stories and Epic Tales collections bring together the entire range of myth, folklore and modern short fiction. Highlighting the roots of suspense, supernatural, science fiction and mystery stories the books in Flame Tree Collections series are beautifully presented, perfect as a gift and offer a lifetime of reading pleasure.Brief description: Created and developed at Flame Tree Publishing, independent publisher and creator of fine books, journals, notebooks and art calendars, with a focus on myths, gothic fantasy and great works.