Merry Dreadmas

By Nicole J. Simms

Enjoy eight Christmas-themed horror flash fictions that’ll make you see Christmas differently this year.

In this collection, you’ll find the following spooky tales:

A woman meets her boyfriend’s parents for the first time and unknowingly brings the perfect Christmas gift.

A young man learns that no wish, not even a Christmas one, comes without consequences.

A young couple discovers that a Christmas Instagram challenge can be fatal.

A real Christmas tree doesn’t give a family the perfect Christmas they hoped for.

Santa and his reindeers are missing. And when Mrs Claus tracks them down, what she discovers is worse than she could ever have imagined.

A woman discovers the real meaning behind the nickname her boyfriend calls her when she visits his home for the first time.

A young boy gets more than he bargained for when he attacks an intruder on Christmas Eve.

A woman has an idea to kill her boss with poisoned mince pies, but her plan doesn’t give her the results she was expecting.

The characters in this collection are all different, but they have one thing that unites them: they all learn that not everyone has a Merry Christmas; some have a Merry Dreadmas.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nicole J. Simms
• Release date: Dec 7, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005016944

Nicole J. Simms

Nicole J. Simms is a UK horror and fantasy writer.So far her stories have been published in magazines (e.g. Firewords Quarterly - Issue 4), websites (e.g. Flash Flood Journal 2015 & 2018) and anthologies (e.g. The Dark Bard edited by Catherine May). She also won the Nine Voices’ 2016 50-Word Halloween Competition with her story titled ‘Meeting the Parents’. And, you can also download her Christmas horror e-book Merry Dreadmas for FREE.Nicole is a contributor to the Horror Tree website — this is a resource for writers, which provides industry news, publishers with open markets and writing advice. Her column is called ‘Setting Self Doubt on Fire’, and here she writes blog posts aimed at writers who are struggling with self-doubt.Some of her favourite authors include Sharon Bolton, Stephen King, Kelley Armstrong, Charlaine Harris, Mira Grant, J. K. Rowling and, new to the list, G. X. Todd.When she’s not writing, she loves to bake, knit, paint and watch her favourite television programmes, such as The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Grimm, The 100, Supernatural and Charmed (old and new). She also enjoys exploring nature reserves, historic buildings and places or any place that can inspire a story.Surprisingly, her favourite colour is pink, which many find odd considering her love for all things horror.

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MERRY DREADMAS

A Christmas Horror Flash Fiction Collection

By Nicole J. Simms

Published by Nicole J. Simms at Smashwords

Copyright 2020 Nicole J. Simms

Book cover design by Nicole J. Simms

Stock images from Pixabay

Skull illustration by Wilderminds

All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

An Angel for His Christmas Tree

Oh No! Where's Santa?

A Christmas Treat Won't Hurt

I Shouldn't Have Killed the Christmas Intruder

The Last Kiss Under the Mistletoe

My Christmas Wish Came True

The Perfect Gift

A Real Christmas Tree for His Family

About Nicole J. Simms

Other Books by Nicole J. Simms

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Acknowledgements

Writing and publishing a book isn’t easy—unfortunately, it never gets any easier—but it helps to have a supportive team of people around you, and I’m lucky to have such support.

Firstly, I would like to thank my mom (my number one fan) for always supporting and encouraging me with my writing. You always believe in me even when I don’t believe in myself.

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