Silent Nights: Twisted Tales is a darkly funny, big-hearted holiday collection that peeks behind the tinsel to where love, loss, and chaos all mingle. From a grandmother's Christmas village that begins rewriting a grieving town, to a wish-resetting snow globe (and an ominously opinionated gravy boat), to an Elf on the Shelf that turns the season into a full-blown surveillance state-these stories skewer our December madness while landing on something true and tender. You'll survive an office Secret Santa that detonates reputations, count down "12 Days of Christmas Chaos" (featuring weaponized fruitcake), and watch a tyrannical HOA face its very own Christmas Carol. Smart, fast, and deliciously twisted, this is holiday fiction for readers who like their cocoa spiked and their endings earned-perfect between parties, on red-eye flights, or anytime you need to laugh so you don't cry. Fans of David Sedaris-style satire, Black Mirror-adjacent whimsy, and heartfelt contemporary short fiction will feel right at home-messy, merry, and a little bit haunted.