With 18 stories sure to chill you to the bone written by critically acclaimed authors Scott Smith, Michael Koryta, Seanan McGuire, Sarah Pinborough, among many others, Hark! The Herald Angels Scream will be available in both paperback and Kindle editions on October 23rd from Blumhouse Books/Anchor Books.
"HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SCREAM, edited by bestselling author and editor Christopher Golden will be available on October 23rd. A Blumhouse Books/Anchor Books paperback original, HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SCREAM is a fantastic collection of 18 horror stories from bestselling, acclaimed authors including Scott Smith, Seanan McGuire, Josh Malerman, Michael Koryta, Sarah Pinborough, and many more.
Publishers Weekly gave a positive review to HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SCREAM and said, “This lineup proves that the Christmas season can have plenty of thrills and chills.” Booklist said, “Golden curates another sure-bet horror anthology.” HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SCREAM dives deep into the dark side of the season with tales of commercialism and desire run amok, hauntings and ghostly revenge, and pure terror.
ABOUT THIS BOOK...
Eighteen stories of Christmas horror from bestselling, acclaimed authors including Scott Smith, Seanan McGuire, Josh Malerman, Michael Koryta, Sarah Pinborough, and many more.That there is darkness at the heart of the Yuletide season should not surprise. Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is filled with scenes that are unsettling. Marley untying the bandage that holds his jaws together. The hideous children--Want and Ignorance--beneath the robe of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The heavy ledgers Marley drags by his chains. In the finest versions of this story, the best parts are the terrifying parts.
Bestselling author and editor Christopher Golden shares his love for Christmas horror stories with this anthology of all-new short fiction from some of the most talented and original writers of horror today.
ABOUT THE EDITOR...
Christopher Golden is the New York Times #1 bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of such novels as Snowblind, Ararat, Of Saints and Shadows, and Tin Men. He co-created (with Mike Mignola) two cult favorite comics series, Baltimore and Joe Golem: Occult Detective. As an editor, he has worked on the short story anthologies Seize the Night, Dark Cities, and The New Dead, among others, and has also written and co-written comic books, video games, screenplays, and a network television pilot. A frequent lecturer and speaker at libraries, schools, and conferences, Golden is one-half of River City Writers (with James A. Moore), providing writing workshops, seminars, and editorial services, and one-third of the pop culture podcast Three Guys with Beards (with Moore and Jonathan Maberry). He was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family.