Some are new stories, specially commissioned for this volume, such as Basil Copper's chilling Wish You Were Here, in which the postman delivers messages from beyond the grave.
The author of Psycho, Robert Bloch, contributes The Night Before Christmas, a powerful tale not to be read by those of a nervous disposition.
Others are by firm favourites such as Nigel Kneale, author of the classic, Quatermass. His story The Stocking tells of a Christmas visit from the furry, green-eyes, slithery, Minkeys.
W.W. Jacobs, the master of the hair-raising short story, is represented by Jerry Bundler, one of his most compelling tales of terror.
From another time and another place comes Sabine Baring-Gould's Mustapha, set in Egypt, which tells of a man tricked into damnation.
A wide range of stories are included in Horror for Christmas—from the cosily creepy to the truly horrific—to make a treat for Christmas that no one will want to miss.
Foreword (Horror for Christmas) (1992) - Richard Dalby
Christmas Eve (1975) - R. Chetwynd-Hayes
Jerry Bundler (1897) - W. W. Jacobs
Mustapha (1894) - Sabine Baring-Gould
Tarnhelm (1929) - Hugh Walpole
The Crown Derby Plate (1933) - Marjorie Bowen
The Greater Arcana (1992) - Ron Weighell
The Night Before Christmas (1980) - Robert Bloch
The Sinister Inn (1931) - F. S. Smythe
The Spider (1951) - F. McDermott
The Stocking (1949) - Nigel Kneale
The Visiting Star (1966) - Robert Aickman
To Dance By the Light of the Moon (1986) - Stephen Gallagher
Wish You Were Here (1992) - Basil Copper
