H K Hillman: 12 books

A short story about a future Christmas.The Christmas festival has been overwritten by successive religions over many centuries so it's not surprising that the Cult of the Green God has its own version. Cold and harsh and deadly. Will you see it in your lifetime? Maybe...

What if Santa and his elves didn’t really like their jobs?What if Santa resented the modern march of political correctness and the current frenzy of banning and controlling everything until we are all exactly the same?What if Santa decided to do something about it?In this short story, Santa has had enough. It hasn’t happened yet, but maybe this year...

Nightwatchman at a cemetery is not the most romantic of occupations but you'd think it would be an easy one. It's not as if the residents are going to be any trouble.Not until the night they start demanding room service.

Take two brothers, one smart but physically weak, the other strong but not so bright. While they stick to their own specialities, everything is fine.When they decide to cross into each other's territory, they soon find that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.Especially when it's in strong, determined and easily led hands.

Two articles on horror-writing from Alienskin magazine's Dr. Dume. These are not concerned with the mechanics of writing, they are intended to get the idea gland buzzing.Includes the missing article from the 45-article collection, 'The Articles of Dume'.

Nineteen tales of terror and despair including two previously unpublished stories. Within these pages are tales that will scare you in your kitchen, in your office and in your bed. There is no safe place. From ancient stones to beer cans, from arcane rituals to dishwashers, the monsters are...

When Christianity swept Europe it overwhelmed the older religions. But did those old gods die, or have they been planning revenge? Have they, perhaps, already set that revenge in motion?

A tale for Halloween. Bernie can beat Death if he has all his facts right - but has he missed something? One trivial detail?

*Warning - graphic horror*At the edge of despair, his career in ruins, deserted by his family, Ian takes a job as Santa in a run-down store. He plans vengeance on the happy shoppers and their children and fully expects this Christmas to be his last.But then he discovers that killing can be fun, and embarks on an entirely new career. Just in time for Easter.

What do you do if you escape Hell and return to your body, only to find you’ve been cremated and are stuck as dust in a jar? What are those train loonies really up to? Are there really things in the rain, are there supernatural saviours in alleyways, is it safe to deal with demons and if you choose...

Thirty-two stories by nine authors across a wide range of genres - most of which are certainly not suitable for children. Long stories and very, very short ones and everything in between. Sex, violence, blood, gore, booze, drugs, cowboys and smoking - this book has it all. The first anthology...

The gently psychotic Dr. Dume wrote his first article for the online magazine AlienSkin in November 2003, and continued writing them until the magazine closed in July 2010.The articles dealt with horror writing – not so much the mechanics of writing as the underlying ideas, and where they...