Surviving New Year’s regrets: 14 Tales of Holiday Horror
“These stories range from the supernatural to the bizarre.”
The countdown has begun, but the only thing striking at midnight will be terror...
New Year’s Eve isn’t all champagne and confetti—for some, it’s filled with regrets, the changing of the day dragging them kicking and screaming into a year for which they aren’t prepared. This year, some people will be screaming, but they may not make it to the New Year at all.
For the anthology Year’s End: 14 Tales of Holiday Horror, join more than a dozen horror authors as they reveal the dark side of our end-of-year celebrations. This anthology of a holiday gone horrifyingly wrong contains stories by James S. Dorr, Leah Givens, Richard Godwin, Nicky Peacock, Kathryn Ohnaka, John Stewart Wynne, Steve Shrott, George Seaton, Betsy Miller, Jeremy K. Tyler, Byron Barton, Ali Maloney, Steve Bartholomew, and Foxglove Lee.
Year’s End: 14 Tales of Holiday Horror
Various Authors
Untreed Reads Publishing
Review
“These stories range from the supernatural to the bizarre, and I think that’s what makes them so thrillingly frightening. Paranormal and horror readers will enjoy this anthology and what its talented contributors have to offer.”—Alesha L. Escobar: Fantasy, Mash-ups, and Mayhem
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