The world ended when time traveling vampires brought on the apocalypse and Tempus is the only one that can save it -- if he wants to. Christmas is assaulted by zombies, demons, and even Santa -- will the holiday survive? How slow is death when a succubus falls in love? Throw in a serial killing circus clown turned specter, a pirate forced to reap evil souls so that he might one day reclaim his own, and a paternal demon and you have eight tales of warped horror and fantasy to delight the senses.