Recs if you like The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights...

Horror short story collections and anthologies

Victorians would tell ghost stories on Christmas Eve, a practice dating back to Yule. This list includes titles perfect to recount over a fire with roasted chestnuts.

Alternative Xmas reading — think downbeat stories, family dysfunction, holiday loneliness, seasonal depression, black comedy. There's a gift from me to you under the tree in the comments.

Other winter-holiday books welcome as long as they're cranky!

Is your cynicism chronic? Check out my list Bleakness Is My Weakness...

A list of vibey winter setting period fiction to read in December, across all genres. From the Classic winter ghost story to Victorian crime fiction to winter castle Gothic romances, this is the ultinate list of snow-covered gas lamps, cups of hot cocoa, sweeping Yule ballgown skirts and flowery language. Make sure to comment your Recs!

a definitely not exhaustive list of books containing ghosts, ghost hunters (professional and amateur) and those that can see them/are haunted by them. this list contains middle grade, YA and adult fiction.

for those of us who grew up loving Casper and never quite moved on.

recs welcome🫶

A butterfly on the windowsill. A rainbow on a drizzling day. A fox glimpsed in the glow of the streetlights. Little moments can change your whole day - as short stories can pack a punch and linger in your mind. So go on, read the read the underdog of the literary world…

books i have read or want to read that give me winter vibes.

It’s true. Might as well find an eerie ghost story for you both…