The Borrowed Christmas

n Christmas Eve in Blackpine, the dead can come home — for one night, at a price.
A week after losing her family, Leah opens her door at 11:47 to find her mother and brother on the step, smiling. But their boots leave no prints, dinner tastes like ash, and the blind woman at the edge of town warns her: accept nothing. Every gift, every kindness, is paid for in years of their lives.