Merry Fuckin’ Christmas And Other Yuletide Shit

Kevin J. Kennedy — 2021

Kevin J. Kennedy has brought the horror world three bestselling Christmas horror anthologies. Now, for the first time ever he collects his own tales of Christmas madness between these pages. You will find a mix of extreme, comedy, gross and bizarro Christmas horror, and there is even a few drabbles thrown in. WARNING: This book isn't for everyone. If you are easily offended, it's not going to be for you. "With each Kevin J. Kennedy story, the reader is gifted another dark look into the mind of somebody who takes great care in making you love the worlds he's conjured but also makes sure you'll never forget what lurks in the shadows." Steve Stred, author of Ritual and Of Witches.

Reviews

C. J. Daley @cjdscurrentread

Dec 14, 2023

Grabbed this one/was drawn in 100% for the title. Keeping my Christmas horror streak going too is a plus.

This is a gruesome and no holds barred collection. The author takes you through a murder-fueled nightmare and does not slow down for a second. As the blurb claims, this really is a multi-sub genre horror collection, with varying lengths that made it go by pretty easily.

My personal favorite was the self titled story. A man loses his family to a drunk driver accident. Now, this Christmas, he’s out for revenge, and he’s taking more with him than you think. Out at all the revenge stories I’ve read, this one definitely had me feeling for the guy. It’s kind of strange that revenge stories in fantasy have you rooting for them, but this being in the real world still felt wrong. Maybe it’s just how extreme it was.

Personally a 3/5* for me. Great horror Christmas cheer.