Cold Snap

In this chilling novella, a mother and son struggle to survive Christmas in a remote mountain cabin in Pennsylvania, haunted by sinister spirits lurking in the frozen woods. Perfect for fans of The Only Good Indians, The Shining, and The Babadook.

Format: Hardback
Length: 128 pages
Publication date: 15 October 2024
Publisher: Titan Books Ltd

A grieving mother and son, Christine Sinclaire and her fifteen-year-old son, hope to survive Christmas in a remote mountain cabin in Pennsylvania, in this award-nominated chilling novella of dread, isolation, and sinister spirits lurking in the frozen woods. Perfect for fans of The Only Good Indians, The Shining, and The Babadook.

Two weeks ago, Christine Sinclaire's husband slipped off the roof while hanging Christmas lights and fell to his death on the front lawn. Desperate to escape her guilt and her grief, Christine packs up her fifteen-year-old son and the family cat and flees to the cabin they'd reserved deep in the remote Pennsylvania Wilds to wait out the holidays. It isn't long before Christine begins to hear strange noises coming from the forest. When she spots a horned figure watching from between frozen branches, Christine assumes it's just a forest animal—a moose, maybe, since the property manager warned her about them, said they'd stomp a body so deep into the snow nobody'd find it til spring. But moose don't walk upright like the shadowy figure does. They don't call Christine's name with her dead husband's voice.

As the days pass, Christine and her son become increasingly isolated and paranoid. The cabin's isolation only adds to their sense of dread, and they begin to hear more and more strange noises. One night, Christine wakes up to find her son missing. She searches the cabin frantically, but he's nowhere to be found. She eventually finds him in the woods, sitting by a tree with a strange symbol carved into its trunk.

As the days pass, Christine and her son become increasingly isolated and paranoid. The cabin's isolation only adds to their sense of dread, and they begin to hear more and more strange noises. One night, Christine wakes up to find her son missing. She searches the cabin frantically, but he's nowhere to be found. She eventually finds him in the woods, sitting by a tree with a strange symbol carved into its trunk.

Christine and her son begin to investigate the symbol, and they discover that it is a symbol of a pagan god. They also discover that the cabin is haunted by the spirit of a woman who was murdered there years ago. The spirit is angry and vengeful, and it begins to haunt Christine and her son.

As the days pass, Christine and her son become increasingly desperate. They try to leave the cabin, but the spirit won't let them. They begin to hear more and more strange noises, and they begin to see more and more strange things. One night, Christine sees a figure in the woods that looks like her dead husband. She screams, and the figure disappears.

Christine and her son eventually realize that they need to confront the spirit of the woman who was murdered in the cabin. They gather together and perform a ritual to cleanse the cabin of the spirit. The ritual is successful, and the spirit is gone.

However, Christine and her son are left with the memory of the woman who was murdered in the cabin. They are haunted by her spirit, and they are unable to move on. They decide to stay in the cabin for the rest of their lives, hoping that the spirit will never return.

In conclusion, "The Cabin in the Woods" is a chilling novella of dread, isolation, and sinister spirits lurking in the frozen woods. It is perfect for fans of The Only Good Indians, The Shining, and The Babadook. Christine Sinclaire and her fifteen-year-old son hope to survive Christmas in a remote mountain cabin in Pennsylvania, but they are haunted by the spirit of a woman who was murdered there years ago. They gather together and perform a ritual to cleanse the cabin of the spirit, but they are left with the memory of the woman who was murdered. They decide to stay in the cabin for the rest of their lives, hoping that the spirit will never return.

Weight: 192g
Dimension: 206 x 139 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781835410080