Stranger in the Snow

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Genres

Psychological Horror, Gothic Horror, Christmas, and Novellas

Trigger Warnings

None

Type of Ending

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Publication Date

Oct 1, 2026

Page Length

111 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Stranger in the Snow

Published Copy

Blurb

On Christmas Eve, a blank book leads a grieving mother into a story she may not survive.

On Christmas Eve, Elise, a 49-year-old aspiring writer haunted by her son's overdose and a failed marriage, sets out to write something hopeful for once. But when a hooded stranger leaves a blank book in the Little Free Library outside her suburban home, the night turns strange and consuming. Drawn from the comfort of her fireplace into the bleak streets of Seattle, Elise finds herself confronting the ghosts of her past and the raw truth that some stories can't be written until they're survived.

Details

Genres

Psychological Horror, Gothic Horror, Christmas, and Novellas

Trigger Warnings

None

Type of Ending

AI Usage^Beta

Series

Not part of a series

Author Prefers A Review On

Amazon

Reader Spots Remaining

Number of days to read

Publication Date

Oct 1, 2026

Page Length

111 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Author

David Massengill's latest work of fiction is the Christmas gothic novella Stranger in the Snow (Grendel Press). He is the author of the horror novella Virulent (Demain Publishing) and three novels—Grave Regrets, The Skin That Fits, and Red Swarm (all published by Montag Press). He has also written the short story collections Extermination Days (Demain Publishing) and Fragments of a Journal Salvaged from a Charred House in Germany, 1816 (Hammer and Anvil Books). His short works of literary and horror fiction have appeared in numerous literary journals, including Eclectica Magazine, Pulp Metal Magazine, Word Riot, The Literary Hatchet, and The Raven Chronicles, among others. He lives in the Seattle area.

Publisher

Grendel Press