Meet Peter David Smith of Dayton Falls, Nevada.
Every December 1st his parents give him an Advent Calendar. Usually behind each shuttered cardboard window there is nothing more than a small piece of crafted Christmas candy. This year will be different.
For this year Peter David Smith is about to discover not all windows should be opened, and not all Advent Calendar windows lead to smiles and candy.
Sometimes they can lead into... The Twilight Zone!
As soon as Peter opens the window for December 1st there is a whoosh of wind, and he is pulled into the calendar, finding himself drawn into a Christmas scene from mid-50s America. There is a murdered body on the floor, police are snapping pics. A serial killer is at large. "The Christmas Killer". He leaves the victim with a bow wrapped round their neck..
Suddenly Peter is back in the present.
Over the course of the next 3 weeks Peter is transported to other Christmas scenes from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. Each time there is a victim, each time it is the work of "The Christmas Killer".
Peter begins to realise that there is a reason for this "gift" - he has to find the killer before he strikes again, now, here in the "present", on December 24th.
His stays in the past last longer, and he begins to piece the clues together, until eventually he discovers who the killer is...
On December 24th, when Peter opens the final window on his Advent Calendar, he knows he will face "The Christmas Killer", the man who gave him the calendar in the first place, his own father.
Peter David Smith, of Dayton Falls, Nevada. Given the gift to save lives. But at a sacrifice. A sacrifice he chose to make, for no one can resist the allure of an Advent Calendar window. Not even when it leads into... The Twilight Zone.  |