40 short stories of Christmas and ghosts. Published by the Australian Horror Writers Association. Cover art and layout by Greg Chapman. Copyright © AHWA 2016. Table of Contents: Tradition ~ Martin Livings The Christmas Before Night ~ Neil Cladingboel When All Goes Cold ~ David Schembri Oh Christmas Tree ~ Jason Nahrung Christmas Spirit ~ Chris Mason Ever Near To Us ~ Bernie Rutkay I’ll Be Home For Christmas ~ Greg Chapman The Gift ~ Mark Smith-Briggs Three Doors Down ~ Cameron Trost Hairy Plopper and the Half-Blood Pudding ~ Keith Williams When This You See, Think Of Me ~ Deborah Sheldon A Christmas Carillon ~ Joy Loggie Christmas Past ~ Anthony Ferguson Do Not Open This Gift ~ Chris Ferdinands Propeller ~ C S Hughes Feeding The Fire ~ Barb Ettridge All I Want ~ Angela J Maher Grandmother Rina ~ Geneve Flynn Strange How Potent Cheap Music Can Be ~ Rob Barden Santa’s Slay ~ Louise Zedda-Sampson Home For Christmas ~ Trevor Cleland The Carol Singer At The Back ~ Rebecca Fraser Christmas Morning ~ Steve Paulsen Alone ~ Steve Herczeg The Thought That Counts ~ Christopher Pulo Roland’s Merry Christmas ~ Gerry Huntman Bitterness Of Brugmansia ~ Helen Stubbs Old Man Christmas ~ Andy Cull Christmas Presence ~ Matthew R Davis Yellagonga ~ Shane Jiraiya Cummings Rescue By Santa ~ Noel Osualdini A Hellish Christmas ~ Onyx D’Castro-Noack A Christmas Retribution ~ Silvia Brown Ghosts Of Christmases Past ~ Darren Gore The Daughter Of Clay ~ Shaun Taylor Three Little Words ~ Steve Dillon The Covenant Guarantee ~ Adam Bertram Living With Loss ~ Alan Baxter In A Perfect World ~ Michael Claudius Deck The Walls ~ Claire Fitzpatrick