Christmas In July? Not Without Zombies!

Some Christmas traditions are so time-honored, so revered, they've found their way into our collective culture and are passed on from grandfather to grandchild, from parent to child, from family to family.  One such tradition is reading, viewing, or seeing some dramatization of the most beloved of Charles Dickens' Christmas books, the one and only A Christmas Carol.

Perhaps it's the unremitting heat of summer talking here, but I can fondly recollect spending time in a library in December just soaking up the pages of Dickens' lively tale, a narrative so rich in simplicity and virtue that it resonates with any but the hardest of hearts.

Side note: Yes, Dickens did write more Christmas books, as you probably know.  Dickens wasn't stupid and knew success when he saw it, but from what I've read A Christmas Carol is the best of these tales.

Enter author Rebecca Brock, who in the spirit of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, with maybe just a touch of Anne of Green Gables: Pixie Slayer  thrown in, has decided that there aren't quite enough undead spirits fluttering in Dickens' beloved classic.  After all, what would Christmas be without Marley's ghost, the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, and, naturally, zombies?  Never fear. A Christmas Carol of the Living Undead: a zombie holiday tale is available on Kindle, pictured with an older cover below.

Ms. Brock's Amazon product description is brief, but speaks to the point:

"Because every classic needs a little more zombie action, here's the story of Ebenezer Scrooge and his Christmas Eve visits from the three ghosts...with a surprising twist thrown in.

Written in the spirit of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies." Make this story a new Christmas tradition for your family."

Zombies and Christmas?  For me, it just doesn't work quite as well and Santa and elves.  But for any who are interested, here's a link to the Kindle version, which is just $0.99: Amazon.com.