Gemma Amor

Forget Doctor Who. Forget Eastenders. And forget your favourite sitcom seasonal episode - a Gemma Amor twisted Christmas special is the only tradition worth waiting for at this time of year.

And oh my does this rival last year’s! It’s like some deeply (deeply!) twisted evil Christmas version of Willy Wonkas factory tour meeting Five Nights at Freddie in the depths of wintry Hell, as inventive deaths and horrific creatures take a dysfunctioning family on a sleigh ride to see a Santa beyond show more anyone’s worst nightmare.

Brilliant, sick, revolting, profanity laden, morbidly funny and utterly bonkers. I will never look at a donkey or a Christmas cookie without fear again.

See you for more next year! show less

A short story for Christmas with a nice, heart warming happy ending. As long as you as you stop reading on page 9. If you choose to carry on after that, don’t blame me if you never sleep again!

As one of our foremost horror writers, Gemma is at her most brutal here as she produces a gory, breathtakingly violent story that is well written, pulls no punches on the shock factor and has the audacity to sneak in a moral right at the end. A gripping monster story where you will never look at a show more Christmas tree or a chimney without feeling a chill down your spine, ever again.

There’s even a couple of Easter eggs to her other works as I saw “six rooms” and “cruel works of nature” mentioned in passing.

I probably won’t sleep tonight though. Thanks for that Gemma ;) show less

One of the most gripping books I have read this year so far. The mix of diary extract and interview excerpts worked so well, I genuinely did not want to put it down and as someone with a low attention span, that was a rare but pleasant experience. In the end, I devoured it in a couple of days.

I won’t give away spoilers, but if you are a fan of Gemma’s then this is up there with her best work to date. If you haven’t read her work before, this fantastic piece of horror showcases an show more outstanding writing talent, with the ability to switch between the brooding atmosphere akin to a cosmic horror with some intense, often grotesque imagery. All wrapped up with her wonderful and unique art on the front and inside. show less

Having established herself as one of our premier horror writers, Gemma Amor has turned her talents to the Victorian Christmas ghost story - a particular favourite of mine. When a couple's carriage breaks down and are a lost in a blizzard, their attempts to seek shelter see them stumble across a lone inn upon the snow covered moors. But as they reach the inviting glow of the old building, a fresh impropriety awaits them - a black mourning ribbon upon the door...

Gemma has created the perfect show more atmospheric tale worthy of any Victorian Christmas ghost story anthology. The antagonistic couple, well written to the setting, are accompanied by an additional character which is the Inn itself - a warm, welcoming place which plays its part in soothing the violent emotions that charge the story. A typically Dickensian tale, this plays out in all the right beats and it is refreshing to see an author write in homage to an era with such natural ease.

If you have exhausted all the original collections you can find, then grab a mince pie, stoke up the fire and let yourself be abosrbed in this haunting new Christmas tale from one of our top British horror talents. show less