I’m just back from our family vacation, which was a trip to Disney World. As I’m sure you know, Disney World is located in Florida, which is much warmer than the Midwest even in winter, and now that it’s June, the heat and humidity are practically unbearable. Did I mention there’s not much shade at Disney World?
Even with my mistrust of Disney in general, I will say we had a good time. Of course, it’s a lot easier to look back on it and say that now, when I’m no longer dragging two sweaty kids through 98 degree heat only to find that the Haunted Mansion is ‘temporarily unavailable’. It is a relief to be back in cooler temperatures (relatively speaking– it was in the high 80s here yesterday). When it’s this hot, all you can do is flop down with a good book. Looking for chills? Here’s a list of books that take place at least in part in cold or frozen climates. I can’t guarantee quality or availability, but you should find a title here that will give you the shivers.
Cool Reads for Summer Heat: Chilling Tales of Horror
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe
The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood
Lovecraft Unbound edited by Ellen Datlow
Dead of Winter by Brian Moreland
Wood by Robert Dunbar
The White Faced Bear by R. Scott McCoy
The Perils and Dangers Of This Night by Stephen Gregory
A Winter Haunting by Dan Simmons
December by Phil Rickman
The Well by Jack Cady
Ghost Story by Peter Straub
Dead White by Alan Ryan
The Island by T.M. Wright
30 Days of Night: Rumors of the Undead
30 Days of Night: Immortal Remains
30 Days of Night: Eternal Damnation
Thing from Another World: Climate of Fear by Chuck Pfarrer
The Shining by Stephen King
Misery by Stephen King
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Harbor by John Ajvide Lindqvist
The Final Winter by Iain Rob Wright
Blizzard by Michael C. Norton
Sun Bleached Winter by D. Robert Grixti
White and Other Tales of Ruin by Tim Lebbon
Midsummer by Matthew Costello
Icebound by Dean Koontz
The Terror by Dan Simmons
Blood and Ice by Robert Masello
Who Goes There? by John Campbell
The Ice Limit by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Terminal Freeze by Lincoln Child
Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
Carnivore by Leigh Wright
Winter Wake by Rick Hautala
White by Tim Lebbon
Midnight Sun by Ramsey Campbell
Ice by Anna Kavan
Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon
Icefire by Robert C. Wilson
The Ice King by Michael Scott Rohan
Frankenstein: The Legacy by Christopher Schildt
Underworld by Mike Farren
Deep Current by Benjamin Miller
Cold Skin by Albert Sanchez Pinol
Hive by Tim Curran
Deadfreeze by Anthony Giangregorio
Blood Farm by Sam Siciliano
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