A chilling new novella from the author that brought you Hunting Snipe: and Other Notes on the East Texas Cattle Mutilations...

"Before there was light, there was a vast emptiness.
That is Mother Cold,
and we will all return to her."

"As Confederate soldier Martin Tomball faces death, freezing overnight on a battlefield, Mother Cold comes to make a deal-a deal that will curse his family for generations to come.

Now, in the winter of 2021, Texas is hit with a state-wide ice storm, leaving millions of households without power. Siblings, Jasper and Autumn Tomball are going to have to find a plan to stay warm until the ice thaws-or until Mother Cold comes to collect her bargain."