Shivers

SHIVERS
Christmas Ghost Stories to Read Aloud

By JJ Lee

Twelve haunted tales drawn from CBC broadcasts meant to be read aloud over the holidays.

Ghost stories have been associated with Christmas since Charles Dickens first published A Christmas Carol. Generations of Canadians grew up listenting to “Fireside Al” read beloved stories on CBC radio every Christmas Eve. With a story for each of the twelve days of Christmas, author and broadcaster JJ Lee breathes new life into both traditions.

Originally written for radio, each story in this jewel-like collection can be read aloud in about eight minutes. Audiences of all ages will enjoy this opportunity to reconnect as they turn their attention to spectral trains, incorporeal canines, eerie playmates, and shadows of the past. The relentless pings and buzzes of smartphones will be replaced, at least temporarily, by the voices of restless winter spirits that linger in the static of the radio and the silence of the falling snow.

Whether read alone by a fire or in front of a rapt audience, the Christmas spirits introduced in Shivers will rekindle the Christmas spirit in young and old alike.

• Fiction, 128pp
• ISBN 978-1-990160-71-4 (hardback)
• ISBN 978-1-990160-72-1 (ebook)
• 5″ x 8″
• To be published October 2026
• Hardback: CA $22.95 / US $15.95
• Ebook: CA $15.95 / US $10.95