Christmas with the Dead (short story)

Christmas with the Dead
	Artwork by Glen Chadbourne
Author	Joe R. Lansdale
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Horror
Publisher	PS Publishing
Publication date	1 December 2010
Media type	Print (Chapbook)
Pages	25
ISBN	978-1-848631-11-3

Christmas with the Dead is a zombie apocalypse short story by author Joe R. Lansdale. It's a story about a man named Calvin who is bound and determined to celebrate Christmas despite being the only human left in a town inhabited by Zombies. This short story is published as a limited edition chapbook^[1] and has been adapted to film.^[2]

Plot summary[]

Calvin (no last name given) is the lone survivor of a zombie apocalypse in the East Texas town of Mud Creek. He has converted his home into a fortress and is lonely and bored since a freak lightning storm turned his wife and daughter and everyone else in town into zombies some two years ago. So he decides to celebrate Christmas and ventures out to gather decorations. That's when things turn ugly.^[3]

Film adaptation[]

The short story was adapted into a film in 2012. It was shot in the East Texas area in the summer of 2011. The film starring Brad Maule, Damian Maffei, and Kasey Lansdale is currently showing on the film festival circuit and at private screenings. It has just been released on DVD and is available online.^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2013-03-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "404 Not Found - UK genre publisher of SF, Horror & Fantasy fiction". {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Christmas with the Dead (2012) - IMDb". IMDb.
^ "Quick Snaps: A Sneak Peek at 'Christmas with the Dead' | Slackerwood".

External links[]

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2013-03-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "404 Not Found - UK genre publisher of SF, Horror & Fantasy fiction". {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Christmas with the Dead (2012) - IMDb". IMDb.

[5] "Quick Snaps: A Sneak Peek at 'Christmas with the Dead' | Slackerwood".

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v t Works by Joe R. Lansdale
Hap and Leonard series	Savage Season (1990) Mucho Mojo (1994) The Two-Bear Mambo (1995) Bad Chili (1997) Rumble Tumble (1998) Veil's Visit: a Taste of Hap and Leonard (1999) Captains Outrageous (2001) Vanilla Ride (2009) Devil Red (2011) Hyenas: a Hap and Leonard Novella (2011) Dead Aim (2013)
Novels	Act of Love (1981) (1983) Dead in the West (1986) (1986) (1987) Cold in July (1989) Tarzan: The Lost Adventure (1995) The Boar (1998) Freezer Burn (1999) Waltz of Shadows (1999) The Big Blow (2000) (2000) The Bottoms (2000) A Fine Dark Line (2002) Sunset and Sawdust (2004) Lost Echoes (2007) Leather Maiden (2008) All the Earth, Thrown to the Sky (2011) Edge of Dark Water (2012) (2012) The Thicket (2013) Paradise Sky (2015) Fender Lizards (2015) Hell's Bounty (2016)
Novellas	On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks (1989) Bubba Ho-Tep (1994) Something Lumber This Way Comes (1999) (2010) Christmas with the Dead (2010) (2012) The Ape Man's Brother (2013) Hot in December (2013) Prisoner 489 (2014) Black Hat Jack (2014)
Short story collections	By Bizarre Hands (1989) Stories by Mama Lansdale's Youngest Boy (1991) Bestsellers Guaranteed (1993) Electric Gumbo: A Lansdale Reader (1994) Writer of the Purple Rage (1994) The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent (1996) Private Eye Action, as You Like It (1998) The Long Ones (1999) Triple Feature (1999) High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale (2000) For a Few Stories More (2002) A Little Green Book of Monster Stories (2003) Bumper Crop (2004) Mad Dog Summer and Other Stories (2004) The King and Other Stories (2005) The God of the Razor (2007) The Shadows, Kith and Kin (2007) Sanctified and Chicken Fried (2009) Unchained and Unhinged (2009) The Best of Joe R. Lansdale (2010) Deadman's Road (2010) By Bizarre Hands Rides Again (2010) Trapped in the Saturday Matinee (2012) Bleeding Shadows (2013) A Pair of Aces (2014) The Tall Grass and Other Stories (2015) Dead on the Bones: Pulp on Fire (2016)
Graphic novels	Crawling Sky (2013) Jonah Hex: Shadows West (2014)
Anthologies edited	Retro-Pulp Tales (2006) Son of Retro Pulp Tales (2009)
Essays and Memoirs	Miracles Ain't What They Used To Be (2016)

Artwork by Glen Chadbourne
Author	Joe R. Lansdale
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Horror
Publisher	PS Publishing
Publication date	1 December 2010
Media type	Print (Chapbook)
Pages	25
ISBN	978-1-848631-11-3