A Long December is a collection of short stories written by Richard Chizmar and published in 2016. The collection is rather long, 489 pages, but it is a page turner. I either started reading this on Friday or Saturday and I finished it last night. At the end of the collection are story notes that give a little background information about the stories. I had never read anything by Chizmar, or so I thought, but it turns out "A Capitol Cat Crime" was published in the treasury of Cat Mysteries (see last post). This particular story was one I didn't care for.
I did like: "The Tower", "Brothers", "Devil's Night", "The Sinner King", "Midnight Promises", "Only the Strong Survive" (features werewolves), and the novella that gives this collection its title, "A Long December".
Many of the stories have a nostalgic, wholesome, clean-cut overtones, but the dark undercurrent is never far. The stories are a mix of suspense, thriller, mystery, and crime.
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