Christmas may come but once a year but evil, intrigue and malevolence are everyday events.Within this volume Christmas is a time when these dark forces form and coalesce to take life and liberty from people who may and who may not deserve the spin of its wheel.Some are merely evil, others have the beginnings of a conscience that displays itself in a dialogue with the devil, or perhaps only themselves.But, in this volume Christmas takes a ringside seat to the horrors of the human heart.1 - Christmas. Stories from the Dark Side - An Introduction2 - Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson3 - The Burglar's Christmas by Willa Cather4 - The Beggar Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree by Fyodor Dostoevsky5 - Vanka by Anton Chekhov