winter reads
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A Winter’s Promise: Book One of The Mirror Visitor Quartet
Christelle Dabos
Snow, Glass, Apples
Neil Gaiman
Winner of the 2020 Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel!<br/><br/>A chilling fantasy retelling of the Snow White fairy tale by New York Times bestselling creators Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran!<br/><br/>A not-so-evil queen is terrified of her monstrous stepdaughter and determined to repel this creature and save her kingdom from a world where happy endings aren't so happily ever after.<br/><br/>From the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, Nebula award-winning, and New York Times bestselling writer Neil Gaiman (American Gods) comes this graphic novel adaptation by Colleen Doran (Troll Bridge)!
The Wolf and the Woodsman: A Novel
Ava Reid
The Wood at Midwinter
Clarke Susanna
Midnight in Everwood
M.A. Kuzniar
In The Darkness Of Night, Magic Awaits... The Nutcracker For Adults, Perfect For Fans Of Robert Dinsdale's The Toymakers, Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus And Stephanie Garber's Caraval
The House on Vesper Sands
Paraic O'Donnell
The Thousand and One Ghosts
Alexandre Dumas
The Spirit Engineer
A. J. West
Belfast, 1914. Two years after the sinking of the Titanic, high society has become obsessed with spiritualism. In their collective grief they are attempting to reach their departed through séances. William Jackson Crawford is a man of science and a sceptic, but one night with everyone sitting around the circle, voices come to him seemingly from beyond the veil, placing doubt in his heart and a seed of obsession in his mind. Could the spirits truly be communicating with him or is this one of Kathleen's parlour tricks gone too far? Based on the true story of William Jackson Crawford and famed medium Kathleen Goligher, and with a cast of characters that includes Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini, West conjures a haunting tale that will keep you guessing until the end.
The Kingdom of Sweets
Erika Johansen
The Dead of Winter: Beware the Krampus and Other Wicked Christmas Creatures
Sarah Clegg
Demon in the wood
Leigh Bardugo
Spectacular
Stephanie Garber
The Fright Before Christmas
Jeff Belanger
Christmas and Other Horrors: An Anthology of Solstice Horror
Garth Nix, Josh Malerman, Alma Katsu, Stephen Graham Jones
The Dead of Winter
various authors
A Haunting in the Arctic
C. J. Cooke
At the Mountains of Madness
H.P. Lovecraft
Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries, 10)
Agatha Christie
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
<b>Celebrate the spirit of the season with this complimentary edition of Charles Dickens’ <i>A Christmas Carol</i>–the perfect companion for a cozy night by the fire. Includes an exclusive excerpt from <i>Marley</i>, Jon Clinch’s masterful reimagining of <i>A Christmas Carol</i>:</b><br> <br><b>“In Marley, again Jon Clinch shows his genius, taking Dickens’ <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, and turning it inside out, revealing its contemporary wonder, making the characters and actions of both Scrooge and Marley entirely modern, without losing a beat of Dickens’ Victorian music.” —Robert Goolrick, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>A Reliable Wife</i><br> </b><br><br><i>“I am the Ghost of Christmas Present,” said the Spirit. “Look upon me!”</i><br> <br>Since its publication in 1843, <i>A Christmas Carol</i> has become a cultural touchstone, imparting a message as relevant to our world today as it was in Dickens’ own Victorian age. As it tells the story of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge who is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve, the book reminds us of the true meaning of Christmas. This timeless tale of transformation and redemption makes a perfect gift for anyone who loves great storytelling.
Chill Tidings: Dark Tales of the Christmas Season (Tales of the Weird)
The British Library
Spirits of the Season: Christmas Hauntings (Tales of the Weird)
The British Library
Sunless Solstice (Tales of the Weird)
The British Library
Another festive edition to the Tales of the Weird series, following on from Spirits of the Season and Chill Tidings.<br/><br/>A unique selection ranging from the spooky haunted houses of Victorian Christmastime to experimental twentieth-century horrors. It offers a truly international scope of stories, from the pine forests of Canada to the peaks of the Alps.<br/>Like any other boy I expected ghost stories at Christmas, that was the time for them. What I had not expected, and now feared, was that such things should actually become real.<br/>Strange things happen on the dark wintry nights of December. Welcome to a new collection of haunting Christmas tales, ranging from traditional Victorian chillers to weird and uncanny episodes by twentieth-century horror masters including Daphne du Maurier and Robert Aickman.<br/>Lurking in the blizzard are menacing cat spirits, vengeful trees, malignant forces on the mountainside and a skater skirting the line between the mortal and spiritual realms. Wrap up warm – and prepare for the longest nights of all.
Pine
Francine Toon
Gallant
V. E. Schwab
The Haunting Season
various authors
The Winter Spirits
various authors
<p><b>FROM THE CREATORS OF <i>THE HAUNTING SEASON</i> COMES A DAZZLING COLLECTION OF NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN GHOSTLY TALES.</b><br> <br> 'Terrific - every bit as good as an MR James collection' ROSIE ANDREWS, author of THE LEVIATHAN<br> <br> Featuring new and original stories from:<br> <br> <b>Bridget Collins</b>, author of <i>The Binding</i><br> <b>Imogen Hermes Gowar</b>, author of <i>The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock</i><br> <b>Kiran Millwood Hargrave</b>, author of <i>The Mercies</i><br> <b>Andrew Michael Hurley</b>, author of <i>The Loney</i><br> <b>Jess Kidd,</b> author of <i>Things in Jars</i><br> <b>Natasha Pulley</b>, author of <i>The Watchmaker of Filigree Street</i><br> <b>Elizabeth Macneal</b>, author of <i>The Doll Factory</i><br> <b>Laura Purcell,</b> author of <i>The Silent Companions</i><br> <b>Susan Stokes-Chapman</b>, author of <i>Pandora</i><br> <b>Laura Shepherd-Robinson</b>, author of <i>The Square of Sevens</i><br> <b>Stuart Turton</b>, author of <i>The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle</i><br> <b>Catriona Ward</b>, author of <i>The Last House on Needless Street</i><br> <br> The tradition of a haunted tale at Christmas has flourished across the centuries. These twelve stories - authored by some of today's most loved and lauded writers of historical and gothic fiction - are all centred around Christmas or Advent, boldly and playfully re-imagining a beloved tradition for a modern audience.<br> <br> Taking you from a haunted Tuscan villa to a remote Scottish island with a dark secret,, these vibrant haunted stories are your ultimate companion for frosty nights.<br> <br> <b>So curl up, light a candle, and fall under the spell of winters past . . .</b><br> <br> 'I absolutely devoured <i>The Winter Spirits</i>. Every story is a gem' <b>LAURA SHEPPERSON</b><br> 'Another dazzling collection. Chilling, moving and incredibly satisfying' <b>AMANDA MASON</b><br> 'Eerily macabre, hauntingly propulsive' <b>JOANNE BURN</b></p>
Krampus: The Yule Lord
Brom
<p>“Terrific. A wild ride….I loved it. It hooked me and I couldn’t put it down.”<br>—Mike Mignola, creator of Hellboy</p><p>"Brom is that rare breed: a person who is skilled in more than one area of artistic expression. Here's hoping that he will continue to share his dark and often beautiful dreams with us for many years to come." Christopher Paolini, New York Times bestselling author of Eragon</p><p>Acclaimed author and artist Brom raised eyebrows and pulse rates with The Child Thief, his grim, brilliantly audacious, gorgeously illustrated reimagining of the Peter Pan legend. So what does this innovative fantasist do for an encore? He tinkers darkly with the beloved mythology of Santa Claus. Set in Appalachia, Krampus the Yule Lord is a twisted fairytale about a failed West Virginia songwriter who gets ensnared on Christmas Eve in an eternal war between a not-so-saintly Saint Nick and his dark enemy Krampus, aka Black Peter, an ancient trickster demon. Krampus the Yule Lord is Gregory Maguire (Wicked) meets Susanna Clarke (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell) in the realm of Guillermo Del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, as Clive Barker (Mr. B. Gone) works his dark sorcery from the shadows. Once again featuring Brom’s chillingly beautiful artwork throughout, Krampus the Yule Lord is a feast of wonder straight from the kitchen of Sweeney Todd.</p>
