KJK Publishing has released another in its long-running The Horror Collection series, edited by Kevin J. Kennedy, and this time, it's the Christmas Edition II, now available in ebook, with the trade paperback on the horizon. This one features my tale, "Red Rage," which I hope will turn your blood to ice, along with 18 other tales of Yuletide terror (see the table of contents below).
"Red Rage" originally appeared in Christmas Horror Volume 1 (now out of print) from Dark Regions Press in 2015.
From the Publisher:
A child makes thirteen snow angels and waits for an old Christmas tradition to
answer his prayers. A sinister ornament turns a troubled husband into a
killer. Krampus comes to a juvenile detention centre. A grieving mother
discovers that her new home has a terrible Yuletide tradition. A Christmas
reunion brings an old friend back from the dead. In a remote church, an
exorcist faces a demonic evil that may already be among those he trusts.
And that's only the beginning...
Across these nineteen stories, Christmas becomes a season of demons, ghosts, monsters, murderers, ancient spirits, family secrets and supernatural vengeance. There are cursed traditions, impossible visitations, deadly bargains, haunted memories and Christmas Eves that will never be forgotten.
From quiet psychological dread to brutal supernatural horror, from the intimate terror of a family Christmas to nightmares that threaten entire worlds, these stories prove that the most wonderful time of the year can also be the most terrifying.
This Christmas, the ghosts are waiting, the demons are hungry, and something ancient is coming home.
Now all that's left is to survive Christmas.
And that's only the beginning...
Across these nineteen stories, Christmas becomes a season of demons, ghosts, monsters, murderers, ancient spirits, family secrets and supernatural vengeance. There are cursed traditions, impossible visitations, deadly bargains, haunted memories and Christmas Eves that will never be forgotten.
From quiet psychological dread to brutal supernatural horror, from the intimate terror of a family Christmas to nightmares that threaten entire worlds, these stories prove that the most wonderful time of the year can also be the most terrifying.
This Christmas, the ghosts are waiting, the demons are hungry, and something ancient is coming home.
Now all that's left is to survive Christmas.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
• "Good Will Toward Men" by Jeffrey Thomas
• "Krampusnacht in Cell Block J" by Cody Goodfellow
• "Red Rage" by Stephen Mark Rainey
• "The Thirteenth Day of Christmas" by Paul Carro
• "The Christmas Cracker" by Valerie B. Williams
• "This Labyrinth of Absurdities" & "Never Again" by George Daniel Lea
• "When the Elves are no Longer on the Shelves" & "Behind a Painted Smile" by Ian Taylor
• "The Demoniacs" by Nenad Kojčić
• "As the Distant Bells Toll" by Aleksandar Žiljak
• "Last Merrily Encore of Richie Graves" by M.P. Norman
• "Billy Jenkins" by Steve Stred
• "Coming Home" by Mark Morris
• "The Christmas Reunion" by Bill Davidson
• "The Dead of Winter" by Andreas Hort
• "Yuletide Spirit" by Jim Donohue
• "Merry Christmas Kim" by Veronica Smith
• "It’s a Miserable Life" by Ryan Colley
