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

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...

Horror short story collections and anthologies

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!

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

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…

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