***LATEST UPDATE 12/16/20 9:39AM EST***
- Today’s Reading: “Krampus” by Matt Shaw
- Today’s Discussion: “Grandma Got Hungover On A Brain Gear” by Patrick Kill
Hey all! This is very active time of the year for horror stories during the holidays. And for us horror readers, what’s the best digital stocking stuffer out there! Yes indeed it’s more horror fiction.
During the past couple of seasons, when I ran my own blogger site, we ran an official 12 Horror Stories of Christmas. This was my very own Yuletide book club each year where my readers and I got together to discuss 12 Christmas stories.
During my 12 Horror Stories of Christmas 2020, I have 12 different horror short stories lined up to read this year. These all look to bring the joy of dread back into the holiday!
I’m inviting IndieMuse readers to my annual short story read-a-thon to support indie authors and publishers. This is the perfect place to begin my tradition anew!!!!!
Anyone who wants to join me is welcome and I will always keep it as cheap as possible. All of the stories below are available in Kindle and are part of the Kindle Unlimited program (so they can be borrowed for free). Also, buying or reading these will benefit indie authors and publishers.
It’s simple: there is one short story to be read each day and will be discussed on the forum (or through the comments on this page). Both which will lead to IndieMuse’s official Disqus forum that I had the web developer install today (thanks, Shane!). 😉
So here are the 12 stories for 2020. Some may be your new favorite Christmas classic, others might be a bust, and some you may have already read (and are all ready to discuss). I haven’t read any of them just yet, but I did choose stories from only authors that I have read before and enjoyed their work.
More information will be on the forums. Join me!!!!!!!
“Naughty” by Shane McKenzie
This is available in the anthology Christmas Horror, Volume 1.
“Grandma Got Hungover On A Brain Gear” by Patrick Kill
This is available in the collection A Very COVID Christmas.
“Krampus” by Matt Shaw
This is available in the collection A Christmas Cackle: F*cked Up Festive Shorts.
“Wishmaster 2000” by JG Faherty
This is available in the collection 12 Scares For Christmas.
“The Merry Makers” by Paul Finch
This is available in the collection The Christmas You Deserve.
“Loving Angels” by Gary McMahon
This is available in the anthology Bah Humbug.
“Beyond the Gates of Toyland” by Edward Lorn
This is available in the collection War on Christmas.
“The Christmas Wolf” by W.D. Gagliani
This is available HERE.
“Christmas, The Hard Way” by John Everson
This is available in the collection Vigilantes of Love.
“The Nativity of the Living Dead” by Rick Wood
This is available in the collection Twelve Days of Christmas Horror, Book 1.
“Santa Claus Comes Tonight!” by Jack Beaumont
This is available HERE.
“I Saw Santa” by Steve Rasnic Tem
This is available in the anthology Christmas Horror, Volume 2 published by Dark Regions Press.
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Kendra is a professional book blogger and now works full-time for IndieMuse. She has worked for several publishing companies over the years, on staff as a copy editor and assistant editor. She used to spend her days in a boring 9-5 cubicle and her nights in her comfy pjs and herbal tea as she devours her favorite reads. Now she does the latter more frequently. 😉
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