First published 2011
Seven years have passed since three spirits transformed Ebenezer Scrooge's heart. Now the reformed miser has partnered with his former clerk Bob Cratchit, though their roles have reversed completely. Scrooge radiates kindness while Cratchit seethes with anger. Tiny Tim has grown into a drunk who spends his time behind bars. On Christmas Eve, exactly seven years after his first supernatural encounter, Scrooge receives another otherworldly visitor. But this time the threat comes not from above but from below. In the local graveyard, corpses claw their way up through frozen earth. Blackened hands press against snow-covered ground. Rotting bodies arch upward from their graves, mouths frozen in silent screams. The cemetery itself seems to be rising from the dead. Scrooge must navigate this nightmare landscape where every corner reveals another horror emerging from the soil. Vincent's satirical sequel transforms Dickens' beloved redemption tale into a zombie apocalypse, exploring what happens when Christmas miracles go horribly wrong.
Genres: satire, fantasy, horror, 21st-century, 19th-century, apocalyptic
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, supernatural-visitation
Setting: Graveyard
Period: Christmas Eve, Seven Years Later
215 pages · Hardcover · John Blake
Content warnings: body-horror, death, gore, graphic-violence