[Flame Tree Publishing] A celebration of the gothic for during the holiday season, a delightful gift, and a real treat to curl up and read in the long Winter nights. The Christmas Gothic (with thanks to author Marina Favila for the suggestion) is a seasonal celebration of the dark and moody, the ghastly, the ghostly and the magical Christmas short story. New stories from open submissions join the classic tales of Algernon Blackwood, James Joyce, E.F. Benson, Elizabeth Gaskell and more. The new, contemporary and notable writers featured are: Ramsey Campbell, Donna Cuttress, James Dodds, JG Faherty, Marina Favila, Kevin M. Folliard, John Linwood Grant, K.M. Hazel, Larry Hodges, E.E. King, Jonathan Robbins Leon, Clare Marsh, Marshall J. Moore, Templeton Moss, Jane Nightshade, Marie O’Regan, Katherine Quevedo, M.C. St. John, Lamont A. Turner, Suzanne J. Willis, and Cassondra Windwalker. Flame Tree Gothic Fantasy, Classic Stories and Epic Tales collections bring together the en