Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Publishing News: "First Contact" in Santa Rage: A Killer Claus Compendium Editor Jay Hartman


Today is Publication Day for the new anthology, Santa Rage: A Killer Claus Compendium. Edited by Jay Hartman, published by White City Press, it includes my short story, First Contact. It is currently available at the publisher in both digital and paperback versions and will appear at other platforms soon.

 

Publisher Description:

**WARNING!** If you’re triggered by…well…virtually anything…these stories pretty much have it all This anthology is not recommended for readers under the age of 18.

 

Inspired by a suggestion from legendary book reviewer, author and multi-term Short Mystery Fiction Society President Kevin R. Tipple, here’s the holiday anthology that’s definitely not filled with Christmas cheer. It will, however, be sure to entertain the darker side of your imagination.

Christmastime is a season full of stress. Cooking, decorations, trying to find the perfect gift for people you barely know. It’s enough to make anyone snap. Now, imagine you’re Santa Claus and you’ve got the entire world to take care of.

Yeah, cookies and milk isn’t going to make that kind of pressure go down any easier. Add in flippant reindeer, elves who slack and Mrs. Claus nagging that you never spend enough time with her during the holidays and it’s enough to make your Kris wanna Kringle, if you know what we mean.

Welcome to Santa Rage: A Killer Claus Compendium in which Mr. North Pole himself finally snaps and gets his just desserts…and we’re not talking gingerbread. Within these ten stories Claus dishes out his own brand of justice to nonbelievers, kidnappers, meth and other drug dealers while protecting strippers and doling out some of the best doses of karma Santa ever dealt that did not involve coal.

These ten stories of grindhouse-level revenge, horror, and action come courtesy of Kevin R. Tipple, Alexander Bayliss, KM Rockwood, Dante Bilec, Kurtis RupĂ©, MJ McClymont, E. Catherine Tobler, Erica Barnes, Justin Hunter and Leon Peter Blanda. 

2 comments:

  1. Congratulations! Nice to see an idea come to life.

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  2. It sure is...thank you!

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