This holiday season, the wind whistles around the windows and a chill creeps down your spine. It’s winter noir — moody and pensive, in the Gothic tradition of "something's not quite right."

A Dark and Stormy Holiday offers twelve contemporary tales where ordinary people come face to face with the darker undercurrents of the season, from broken promises to desperate gambits that put everything at stake. Festive facades hide secrets, the falling snow conceals hidden risks. Sometimes touching, sometimes suspenseful, these stories take us over the river and through the dark woods into unsettling situations in stark contrast to the usual festivities.

And yet, they celebrate anyway...

Contains stories by Annie Reed, Lauryn Christopher, Dayle Dermatis, Brenda Carre, Karen Abrahamson, B.A. Paul, Meyari McFarland, K.M. Rockwood, Merrilee Robson, L.J. Hilse, Robert J. McCarter, and Fulvio Gatti. Edited by Lyn Worthen

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