Negli ultimi due anni Calvin è rimasto solo, dopo che una tempesta elettrica ha ridotto in zombie tutti coloro che l’hanno osservata, comprese sua moglie e sua figlia. Due lunghi, solitari anni trascorsi barricandosi in casa, salvo sporadiche incursioni in città per procurarsi l’indispensabile per sopravvivere… Ma oggi, finalmente, Calvin decide che il Natale sarà festeggiato! Si avventura nel locale supermarket per prendere un nuovo albero e altre decorazioni, trovandosi naturalmente a scontrarsi coi famelici morti viventi che si aggirano ovunque. Sulla via del ritorno, decide di salvare un povero cane che, come lui, sta fuggendo per salvarsi la vita. I due si ritroveranno quindi a lottare assieme contro le orde mostruose, col miraggio di poter poi assaporare, nonostante tutto, la dolce atmosfera del Natale…
Author
Champion Mojo Storyteller Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over forty novels and numerous short stories. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. His work has been collected in more than two dozen short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies. He has received the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker Awards, the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Grinzani Cavour Prize for Literature, the Herodotus Historical Fiction Award, the Inkpot Award for Contributions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, and many others. His novella Bubba Ho-Tep was adapted to film by Don Coscarelli, starring Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. His story "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" was adapted to film for Showtime's "Masters of Horror," and he adapted his short story "Christmas with the Dead" to film hisownself. The film adaptation of his novel Cold in July was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and the Sundance Channel has adapted his Hap & Leonard novels for television. He is currently co-producing several films, among them The Bottoms, based on his Edgar Award-winning novel, with Bill Paxton and Brad Wyman, and The Drive-In, with Greg Nicotero. He is Writer In Residence at Stephen F. Austin State University, and is the founder of the martial arts system Shen Chuan: Martial Science and its affiliate, Shen Chuan Family System. He is a member of both the United States and International Martial Arts Halls of Fame. He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas with his wife, dog, and two cats.
