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title: Gothic Fantasy | Successful Submissions | Christmas Horror
description: We're very pleased to present the list of authors included in our new festive anthology! Following on from our previous anthology, Christmas Gothic, we're now publishing a second collection of yuletide chills in the form of Christmas Horror Short Stories.
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# Gothic Fantasy | Successful Submissions | Christmas Horror
Posted by [Gillian Whitaker](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/author/gillian-whitaker)
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**We're very pleased to present** the list of authors included in our new festive anthology! Following on from our previous anthology, *Christmas Gothic*, we're now publishing a second collection of yuletide chills in the form of *[Christmas Horror Short Stories](https://www.flametreepublishing.com/christmas-horror-short-stories-isbn-9781835628065.html). *Available from August 2026 and with a foreword by Xavier Aldana Reyes, the book is packed full of classic fiction and fresh new Christmas tales from modern authors. Many thanks once again to everyone who submitted stories to this theme, and congratulations to the selected authors below!
*Snow as Soft as Feathers* by [Colleen Anderson](https://colleenanderson.wordpress.com/) and [Tom Johnstone](https://www.facebook.com/tomstalesofterror)
*Demonic Yuletide* by [Christina Bergling](https://christinabergling.com/)
*Hear Them Ring* by A.G. Bestwick
*The Sack Men* by Rocky Boudreaux
*The Fourth Call* by [Ramsey Campbell](https://www.ramseycampbell.com/)
*Turn Left at Sarah Bernhardt *by [Catherine Cavendish](https://www.catherinecavendish.com/)
*The Portrait* by [Donna Cuttress](https://www.instagram.com/donna_cuttress/)
*Jól* by [Deborah L. Davitt](https://www.deborahldavitt.com/)
*Black Aggie* by Marina Favila
*In the Guest's Arms* by Daniel Foley
*Two Lumps of Sugar* by [Marianne Halbert](https://www.halbertfiction.com/)
*The Christmas Collection* by [Mari Harrison](https://bsky.app/profile/javajnkie.bsky.social)
*The Christmas Song* by [Tim Jeffreys](https://timjeffreys.blogspot.com/)
*Christmas Calendar* by [Christine Lajewski](https://christinemlajewski.net/)
*The Last Grave *by [Damien Mckeating](https://skeletonbutler.wordpress.com/)
*Blood Trail* by [Gregory Meece](https://meecetales.com/)
*The House Spirit *by [Claudia Romann](https://claudiaromann.com/)
*Christmas Deadcorations* by [Richard M. Sanders](https://linktr.ee/RichWritesStuff)
*We're Crawling Under There* by [Zach Shephard](https://www.zachshephard.com/)
*Little Christmas Tree* by [N.M. Sirett](https://nmsirett.com/)
*Santa's in the Cellar *by [Em Starr](https://www.emstarr.com.au/)
*White Christmas* by [DJ Tyrer](https://djtyrer.blogspot.com/)
*Mari Lwyd *by Melissa Ulven
These modern authors will appear alongside work by the following classic writers: **E.F. Benson,** **Mary E. Braddon, F. Marion Crawford, Charles Dickens, Amelia B. Edwards, W.W. Jacobs, Henry James, H.P. Lovecraft, Edith Nesbit, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hugh Walpole, and Edith Wharton.**
***This book will be available to buy from August 2026 via book stores, Amazon, and our website page for [Christmas Horror Short Stories](https://www.flametreepublishing.com/christmas-horror-short-stories-isbn-9781835628065.html)!***
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