"A Blumhouse Books/Anchor Books original" -- Verso title page.
Contents
Absinthe & angels by Kelley Armstrong -- Christmas in Barcelona by Scott Smith -- Fresh as the new-fallen snow by Seanan McGuire -- Love me by Thomas E. Sniegoski -- Not just for Christmas by Sarah Lotz -- Tenets by Josh Malerman -- Good deeds by Jeff Strand -- It's a wonderful knife by Christopher Golden -- Mistletoe and holly by James A. Moore -- Snake's tail by Sarah Langan -- The second floor of the Christmas hotel by Joe R. Lansdale -- Farrow Street by Elizabeth Hand -- Doctor Velocity: a story of the fire zone by Jonathan Maberry -- Yankee swap by John M. McIlveen -- Honor thy mother by Angela Slatter -- Home by Tim Lebbon -- Hiking through by Michael Koryta -- The hangman's bride by Sarah Pinborough.
Summary
From chained ghosts to blood-soaked Santas, this collection celebrates another tradition of Christmas-- commercialism and desire run amok; hauntings and ghostly revenge; and pure terror. Have yourself a scary little Christmas!