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Silent Nightmares: Haunting Stories to Be Told on the Longest Night of the Year

by Chuck Palahniuk

Winter darkness, Victorian ghost-story tradition

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Winter darkness, Victorian ghost-story tradition

Edited by Chuck Palahniuk and Michael Bailey, this horror anthology brings contemporary writers into conversation with the Victorian tradition of seasonal ghost stories. Its tales are framed by the longest nights of the year, where holiday settings and winter stillness provide the backdrop for haunted places, vengeful spirits, and other lurking threats. The lineup includes Josh Malerman, Alma Katsu, Joe R. Lansdale, Ramsey Campbell, Cynthia Pelayo, and Gabino Iglesias. The collection’s central contrast—festive cheer set against hidden menace—gives its stories a shared seasonal frame while leaving room for different authors’ approaches to horror.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in multi-author horror anthologies.
  • Those drawn to winter-set supernatural fiction and Victorian ghost-story traditions.
  • Readers who follow contributors such as Alma Katsu, Josh Malerman, or Chuck Palahniuk.

Themes

Seasonal horrorVictorian ghost-story traditionFestive settings and hidden menaceHaunted places and vengeful spirits

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Book overview

For fans of Out There Screaming and Never Whistle at Night, a chilling anthology of tales centered around the longest nights of the year, with modern horror authors like Alma Katsu and Josh Malerman paying homage to the time-honored Victorian tradition of ghost stories, edited by Chuck Palahniuk and Michael Bailey.

Great writers of centuries past like Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton, and Bram Stoker understood that darkness is always hiding amid the holiday cold and cheer, revealing sinister secrets. That in the stillness of winter, when the world is wrapped in a blanket of snow, the festive spirit masks the lurking horrors that dwell beneath the surface.

From haunted halls to malevolent delights, from vengeful spirits of the past to creatures lurking in the shadows, expect to encounter beings that celebrate the season in frightful ways in this Victorian-inspired horror anthology.

Join Chuck Palahniuk, Michael Bailey, Josh Malerman, Joe R. Lansdale, Alma Katsu, Ramsey Campbell, Cynthia Pelayo, Gabino Iglesias, and more for stories that promise nostalgia and dread, reminding us that sometimes the most silent nights can be the deadliest.
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