In the silence of the night,
How we shiver with affright
— Edgar Allan Poe, “The Bells”

Congratulations to the winners of our first Very Ghostly Christmas contest, as chosen by Sara Crocoll Smith of Love Letters to Poe!

Read the winning entries below:

1st Place: “The Bodegraven Man” by Clyde Davis

2nd Place: “It’s Later Than You Think” by R.L. Summerling

3rd Place: “Sister Agnes” by H.B. Diaz

Runners Up:

“Red Satin and Pearls” by Sharmon Gazaway

“The Shades of Midwinter” by Andrew Lyall

Thank you so much to everyone who entered. For more spooky Christmas stories, please look out for our first Very Ghostly Christmas anthology coming in November 2022!