Surviving Christmas

A BWWM Holiday Horror Rom-Com: Meeting the Parents during the Zombie Apocalypse

By: Katie Williams

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Meeting the parents is hard. Surviving them during the zombie apocalypse is a whole different level of holiday stress.

Amara Banks is a professional crisis manager. She has a spreadsheet for everything: supply chain collapses, PR disasters, and most importantly, introducing her white, landscape-architect boyfriend, Evan, to her formidable Black family. The plan is simple: Navigate the "Potato Salad Protocol," survive her father’s interrogation, and get through Christmas dinner without a single hair out of place.

Evan Miller just wants to fit in. He’s practiced his handshake, memorized the "No Raisins in the Potato Salad" rule, and studied Amara’s family dossier like it’s the bar exam. He’s ready to prove he’s more than just a guy who plants shrubs.

But the Krampus Strain has other plans.

When a contaminated batch of eggnog turns the neighbors into "Carolers"—shuffling, light-sensitive monsters that hibernate in the cold and wake up hungry—the Banks family fortress goes into lockdown. Now, Amara’s carefully color-coded itinerary is replaced by a desperate fight for survival.

Trapped in a house with no power, a bitten patriarch, and a front lawn full of frozen zombies, Amara and Evan must forge an unlikely alliance. To get her family to the CDC safe zone, they’ll need more than just firepower. They’ll need Evan’s landscaping tools, Amara’s project management skills, a reinforced Ford F-150, and the ear-splitting power of Mariah Carey.

Can they survive the undead, the cold, and the Spades table? Or will this be their last Christmas?