Why are ghost stories more popular at Christmas than Halloween?
It’s a serious question. I’m legitimately asking. This isn’t a ploy to get more engagement (though, that would be nice, lol).
As a ghost horror author, my sales tend to double towards the end of November, rather than at Halloween, which makes me curious.
I’ve Googled it and the results are mixed. What do you guys think? Anyone got any theories?
Since we’re on the topic, apart from my Christmas ghost novel, The Fairy Lights, which is entirely set at Yuletide, another of my books features a grim chapter set at Christmas. Here’s a sample reading from Matthew’s Twin:
What happens to starving soldiers trapped in a castle at Christmas time?
Who is the mysterious man claiming to be Matthew’s long lost Twin? What about the ghostly soldiers, sinister witch and visions of a past life in medieval Ireland, 700 years ago?
Matthew’s Twin is standalone Book 3 of my Belfast Ghosts trilogy.
Paperback available for £8.99:
If you’re cash strapped this Christmas, you can borrow/read for free from the following libraries:
- Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford
- Cambridge University Library
- The National Library of Scotland
- The Library of Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin
- The National Library of Wales.
- Libraries NI
Happy reading!
Leilanie Stewart 