This year, the holidays are FUCKED! This is not a children's happy family Christmas book you're looking at right now. Oh no. There is blood. Guts and Garland. Brutality. Faustian wraiths. Patricide. Soul-sucking shrunken heads. Entire wars unfolding at the North Pole. Aliens. Mutant streptococcus. Evil Christmas bread. Badly behaved elves. Twelve brain-fritzing days of Christmas. Oh. And werewolves, not to mention dryads. Also...someone put a hit out on Santa! Within these 24 stories, no one is safe, no, not one, and nothing is sacred...especially Christmas. So much for Jesus' birthday! We're crashing that party. Bring whatever you want!

Contributors: Alison Armstrong, Thomas R. Clark, J. Rocky Colavito, Dawn Colclasure, Thomas Folske, Jason R Frei, Lindsey Goddard, Mawr Gorshin, Megan Guilliams, Kasey Hill, David Owain Hughes, Rhys Hughes, J.L. Lane, J.C. Maçek III, John Reti, Cassandra O'Sullivan Sachar, Neil Sanzari, Matthew Jon Smith, Rob Tannahill, Jacek Wilkos, and Walter Wiseman

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Alison Armstrong
Alison Armstrong is the author of three literary horror novels (Revenance, Toxicosis, and Dark Visitations), a novella (Vigil and Other Writings), and a collection of writings addressing women and horror archetypes (Consorting with the Shadow: Phantasms and the Dark Side of Female Consciousness). Her work focuses on inner terror, stealthily lurking, solipsistic dread and nightmare flash epiphanies. Having obtained a Master of Arts in English, she has taught composition and literature at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn. In addition to her novels and novella (available on Amazon and other online retailers), she has edited and contributed writings to Nature Triumphs: A Charity Anthology of Dark Speculative Literature and has had writings published in The Sirens Call as well as other horror anthologies. Further information is available on her website: https://horrorvacui.us

Thomas R. Clark
Thomas R. Clark is a musician, graphic designer, author, journalist, and critic. You can find Tommy’s articles and stories in outlets like Rue Morgue, This is Infamous and more. As a fiction writer, Tommy has published several novels, including The Death List and Summerhome, along with a plethora of short stories. He has also been nominated for Splatterpunk awards for his novellas Fireflies & Apple Pies and Bella’s Boys, both of which can be found in the collection The God Provides. Tommy lives in Central New York with his wife and their Jack Russell fur kids.

J. Rocky Colavito
J. Rocky Colavito (aka Dr. Damned or The Plague Prof) is transitioning from a forty-plus-year teaching career into retirement. He aspires to give credence to his brand: “all the genres of the dark,” producing writing ranging from quiet to screaming loud extreme horror. He’s the one they warned you about, and damn proud of that.

 
Dawn Colclasure
Dawn Colclasure is a writer who lives in Eugene, Oregon, with her husband and teen son. She writes poetry, essays, articles, short stories and books. She is the author and co-author of over five dozen books. She is also a book reviewer and columnist. Her stories have appeared in magazines, newspapers, websites and anthologies. She publishes the free monthly newsletter for writers, the SPARREW Newsletter. Her websites are 
https://dawnsbooks.com/ 
https://www.dmcwriter.com/
Twitter: @dawnwilson325 
Instagram: dawn10325

Thomas Folske
Thomas Folske lives in Minnesota with his wife, four kids, and three black cats. He has had over 20 short stories published or in the process of being published, with new stories to be featured in upcoming anthologies by Jersey Pines Ink, British Fantasy Society, Hiraeth Publishing and House of Loki Press. See more at

https://tfolske1987.wixsite.com/mysite 

Jason R. Frei
Author Jason R. Frei is a therapist for children and adolescents. In addition, Mr. Frei has been publishing dark tales of zombies, killer spiders, monsters and all manner of things to make you scream in a number of anthologies. His music-based stories have appeared in the collections Dismembering the Coop, Vinyl Cuts, Heavy Metal Nightmares, and Symptom of the Universe: A Horror Tribute to Black Sabbath. Jason is currently busy finalizing his first ever anthology of all his own work. Stay tuned!

Lindsey Goddard
Lindsey Goddard is an author of dark fiction, poetry, and true crime, living in Missouri, whose short stories have been published in magazines such as Gamut and online in e-zines such as Carnage House, as well as in anthologies such as Error Code (Riverfolk Books). Her work has been performed on popular podcasts like CreepyPod and Chilling Tales For Dark Nights. She is the author of four short story collections, a poetry book, and a novel, Ashes of Another Life. Lindsey also runs www.WeirdWideWeb.org, where she hosts a podcast, paid writing contests, and blogs aimed at entertaining fellow weirdos. For more information on her writing, visit: 
www.LindseyBethGoddard.com

Mawr Gorshin
Mawr Gorshin was born Martin Gross in 1969 in Timmins, Ontario. He moved to ROC Taiwan in the summer of 1996, where he's lived ever since, teaching English as a second language. In his spare time, he has composed and recorded music, which can be found on the Jamendo website under both his birth and pen names, and he has written poetry, prose, and analyses of literature, film, and music, typically with a Marxist and/or psychoanalytic perspective, on his blog, 'Infinite Ocean.' 
https://mawrgorshin.com/
https://www.facebook.com/mawrgorshinwriter/
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Megan Guilliams
Megan Guilliams is an Independent Fiction author who specializes in Urban Fantasy and Horror. She is a Franklin County native who lives in Virginia with her husband and two children. When she's not writing Young Adult and New Adult Fiction, she enjoys painting. Filling the walls of her home with colorful lowbrow art and Pop art, Megan enjoys bringing her book's characters to life. As a young child, Megan dabbled in short stories, often entertaining her peers.  While she doesn't hold any specialized degrees that led her to her writing passion, she currently has over twenty novels published on Amazon and Kindle. You can find more of her work in the year to come, as well as read her story “Kroak” in Nature Triumphs: A Charity Anthology of Dark Speculative Fiction and The Devil’s Playground: A Horror Charity Anthology for Drug Addiction.

Kasey Hill
Kasey Hill, owner of Dark Moon Rising Publications, has lived in Franklin County, VA, for most of her adult life and is a versatile writer known for her work in several genres, including urban fantasy, horror, thriller, paranormal romance, and nonfiction metaphysical/New Age topics. Her fiction often dives into the supernatural and the macabre, blending mythological elements with modern storytelling. She has published multiple novels, poetry collections, and short stories. Notable works include her Guardians of Light series in the mythology fantasy genre and her poetry that has received recognition for its depth and emotional resonance. As she grows in the horror genre, she has a particular penchant for Southern Gothic and Appalachian Gothic storytelling, such as her Adult Horror novel Devil’s Claw and her Young Adult horror series, The Whispering Spirits featuring The Haunting at Foxwood Village and Dark Coven. She has several Horror short stories circulating for anthologies and Ezines featuring her unique style of worldbuilding.
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David Owain Hughes
David Owain Hughes is a word-slinger of horror and crime fiction who grew up on trashy b-movies from the age of five, which helped rapidly instill in him a vivid imagination. He's had multiple short stories published in various online magazines and anthologies, along with articles, reviews and interviews. He's written for This Is Horror, Blood Magazine, and Horror Geeks Magazine. Hughes is the author of six horror novels, four short story collections and a plethora of novellas. Although he predominately writes within the bracket of horror and its multiple sub-genres, he's recently branched out into crime fiction and is slowly carving out a superb series of crime/noir thrillers under the umbrella title of South Wales. 

Rhys Hughes
Rhys Hughes began writing at an early age. His first book, Worming the Harpy, was published in 1995, and since that time, he has published fifty other books. He recently completed an ambitious project that involved writing exactly 1000 linked short stories.

J.L. Lane
J. L. Lane is a horror author from Cheshire, England. Her short stories have been featured in many anthologies, and her debut novella, Where The Spiders Meet, was released back in the Spring of 2020 during the apocalypse. The second instalment in the series, When The Spiders Meet, is also available on Amazon, whilst she works on the third book in the series. She runs her own anthologies and has published many authors over the years. She also offers editing and formatting services, as well as cover design and custom art. She is a qualified and experienced artist with a unique style – almost like a gut punch – that reflects her love of horror well. She has always enjoyed telling stories and learned the craft from her father. Spending many nights reading over stories he had written, especially for her siblings and her, with them as the main characters. Jacky and the Robots being her favourite. J. L. Lane lives with her fiancé, their three children and many pets in a small boating town in the Northwest of England, surrounded by canals. She is a retired chef who loves creating new dishes but cannot stand the atmosphere of commercial kitchens any longer. So, she retired early to focus on her family and creative career. She is active on Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Bluesky but has given up on X – formally known as Twitter. You can contact J. L. Lane through her author page on Facebook. 

J.C. Maçek III
J.C. Maçek III is the author of the hit true crime novel The Black Dahlia (2024) and the producer of the 2018 film [CARGO], starring Ron Thompson of American Pop fame, as well as the author of the film’s tie-in novel. His other novels include The Antagonist and Seven Days to Die. More recently, the author has found success in shorter stories and novellas, though novels are still his primary focus. An experienced and prolific entertainment journalist and celebrity interviewer, he has written thousands of articles, reviews and interviews. He recently curated and edited Symptom of the Universe: A Horror Tribute to Black Sabbath, an anthology of short stories and novellas inspired by the music and lyrics of every era of Black Sabbath. He resides in Southern California with his wife and family and a veritable zoo of pets.

John Reti
John Reti is an author from the West Coast of Canada with previous stories in Possessions 1, 2 & 3, Dark Holidays, Symptom of the Universe: A Horror Tribute Black Sabbath, The Devil’s Playground: A Horror Charity Anthology for Drug Addiction, as well as an upcoming story with Possessions 4. Other than writing, he also engages in visual arts and dabbles in music. He also writes under the name PJ Scorpian.

Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar
Cassandra O'Sullivan Sachar is a writer and associate English professor in Pennsylvania. Her work has appeared in more than fifty creative publications, including The Horror Zine, The Stygian Lepus, Wyldblood Magazine, and Tales from the Moonlit Path. A member of the Horror Writers Association, she holds a Doctorate of Education with a Literacy Specialization from the University of Delaware and an MFA in Creative Writing with a focus on horror fiction from Wilkes University. She is the author of the Regal Summit Book Award-winning dark suspense novel Darkness There but Something More (Wicked House Publishing), the short horror story collection Keeper of Corpses and Other Dark Tales (Velox Books), the forthcoming horror novella Close the Door (Unveiling Nightmares), the forthcoming middle-grade mystery The Hidden Diary (Bone Chillers), and the forthcoming young adult mystery Lake of Secrets (Horrorsmith Publishing). Read her work at 
https://cassandraosullivansachar.com

Neil Sanzari
Neil Sanzari is a weird fiction author. He attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and the School of Visual Arts. Neil worked as a graphic artist in the advertising field in New York City for many years until he was displaced by the tragic events of 9/11. And now he lives with his wife, Celia, at the Jersey Shore, writing short stories and creating comic books. He is currently writing a novel.

Matthew Jon Smith
Matthew Jon Smith (He/Him) is a 41-year-old web programmer working in public education. He resides in an alternate pocket-dimension version of the mystical American Midwest in a suburb near the Great Lakes. Matthew has always loved stories and wanted to be a writer from early childhood and has finally decided to pursue this passion in earnest. He spent several years in his late 20s experiencing homelessness, living outside, and traveling the country in unconventional ways, such as hitchhiking, gas jugging, and train hopping. During his life, Matthew has had fantastical and often terrifying experiences that were explained by one doctor under the diagnosis of, "Psychosis N.O.S." Matthew has also faced struggles with substance abuse, both on and off the streets. These unique life experiences come through in Mr. Smith's work, where the margins of society and the margins of reality meet.

www.matthewjonsmith.com

Rob Tannahill
Rob Tannahill is an author living in Northern Nevada. His work has appeared in Yale Program of Recovery and Community Health (PERCH #7, Substance), Nature Triumphs: A Charity Anthology of Dark Speculative Fiction, Symptom of the Universe: A Literary Tribute to Black Sabbath, and The Devil’s Playground: A Horror Charity Anthology for Drug Addiction, among other places such as Carnage House. He is also the author of the full-length novel Prince Junkie. He has been in recovery for three years.

Jacek Wilkos
Jacek Wilkos is an engineer from Poland. He's addicted to buying books, loves black coffee, dark ambient music, and riding his bike. His stories and poems were published in numerous anthologies by Black Hare Press, Alien Buddha Press, Black Ink Fiction, Insignia Stories, CultureCult Press, Wicked Shadow Press, and others.

Walter Wiseman
Walter Wiseman, 42, Pisces. Enjoys long walks on the beach and is enjoying his first time being published in this anthology. He's working on a few other projects he hopes to release in 2025. P.S.: don't forget about Dre.