Recs if you like The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty 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

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…