Oh Come All Ye Fearful by Carietta Dorsch & Sarah DeRosa
Think the Grinch, if he let the intrusive thoughts win.
So there I was, excited to NOT read any Xmas horror in December, full Scrooge mode. Then you guys started dropping all these awesome sounding holiday horror stories with equally awesome covers and twisted my fucking arm. Especially after I saw Carietta Dorsch & Sarah DeRosa collabing, I knew that dynamic duo would bring us a tale we would need deep therapy to forget.
Quick Synopsis:
To say Marshall loathes Christmas would be an understatement. He’s everything the Grinch wishes he could be. Just a lot less passive-aggressive and a lot more “baptize you in battery acid” & “wear your skin” with it. Meanwhile, Heather is not having the best holiday. What’s already a rough time for her turns homicidal as she crosses paths with Mr. BahHumbug himself. Only one of them will have a holly, jolly Xmas but it’s going to be a close call. 😰
If you want scathing detail & buckets of gore, you go to Sarah DeRosa. If you want insidious trauma & unfathomable death scenes, you go to Carietta Dorsch. Put them together & what have you got? A fucked up, yet festive killing spree that might make you rethink what Christmas decorations you put out next year and how much damage those sharp-edged ornaments could dole out. 👀 Marshall is a loathsome, crazed animal with a fucked up origin story that makes you “get it,” but also like….ok maybe 2-3 bodies? We could look the other way. But uhhh, I’m sure he broke some kind of records here. Then we have Heather who we are all rooting for, but YEESH does she have her work cut out for her. If you want some visceral cheer or perhaps a slashery seasons greetings, this is one for you. You won’t necessarily come out loving the holidays more but…you’ll be grateful you survived them. 🎁
Passive-aggressively Yours,
Phrique 🖤