First published 2022
Winter nights have always called for ghost stories, long before Charles Dickens and Henry James made the tradition famous. Eight writers skilled in dark and macabre tales bring this custom back to life with fresh, chilling stories. The collection moves from the frozen Fens to Yorkshire's wild moors, from snow-covered grounds of a haunted estate to a busy London Christmas market. Each story captures readers with vivid settings and supernatural encounters. These tales will stay with you through cold, dark evenings, rekindling the old pleasure of gathering around candlelight to share stories that make the spine tingle. The anthology proves that some traditions never lose their power to thrill and unsettle.
Genres: short-stories, anthologies, horror, ghost-stories, 21st-century
Vibes: atmospheric, chilling, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: supernatural
Setting: Fens, London, Yorkshire
Period: Christmas, Winter
304 pages · Paperback · Little, Brown Book Group