Read these wintry, dark tales to celebrate Krampusnacht, and hopefully avoid being tossed in a burlap sack and carried off into the German night.
Top Ten Tuesday: Ghostly winter reads
There is a contingent of readers and writers trying to bring back the Christmas tradition of telling ghost stories around the fireplace. After all, A Christmas Carol is really a ghost story, and Christmas does fall during the darkest time of the year. And with the Icelandic tradition jolabokaflod taking hold here too, a good stack of ghastly reads is just the thing for the season.
REVIEW: WINTER PEOPLE by Jennifer McMahon
This book was terrifying. Delightfully so. I rarely get so wholly absorbed. I read all the time, but it is as time allows – a quiet hour on the weekend or a few minutes before bed. With this book, I was making time to read so I could keep up with its breathless pace. I even…
A Winter’s Day in NYC
It is sweltering in the south this time of year. I went back through some of my photos of a subzero day spent in New York City. December 23, 2008. Hope it cools you down. Portrait of Josephine Baker at the Museum of the City of NYFantastic exhibit on Paris / NY of the 1920s…