Christmas at Wheeldale Inn is a holiday themed Gothic horror novella, written by Gemma Amor. A novel that opens during a Christmas Inn snowstorm, with the carriage where Mr and Mrs Wilcox are travelling through the moors, trying to escape from London and their debtors.

Early enough into the novella, Amor shows clearly how the Wilcox marriage is broken, with Mr Wilcox just suffering the consequences of his lavish lifestyle; meanwhile, Mrs Wilcox is grieving for a much worse loss, taking all over her. When the blizzard finally hits hard enough, and the carriage is forced to stop, the Wilcox marriage seeks refuge in the Wheeldale Inn.
However, in the Wheeldale Inn, the innkeeper and his silent son are lamenting their own tragedy, being accompanied by a third resident, a corpse they have to postpone its burial, waiting a better weather. With these conditions, the Wilcox marriage has to pass the Christmas Eve, in a situation that will make them to confront the reality of their relationship and how their many problems are an obstacle for a future together. The isolation will be the last nail which leads to a really tense situation.

In this small novella, Amor uses the best elements of the Gothic horror while doing a thorough analysis into the psychology of our two main characters, slowly creating the perfect conditions for a climax that was announced from the start. Prose marvelously captures the gravity of the situation and the pressure created by the isolation in the minds of our troubled characters.

Christmas at Wheeldale Inn is an excellent Gothic horror novella, which is a perfect fit for these festive season; if you like classic horror with a character focus, you should totally pick this novella.