"Inceku Emnyama Yikho konke okujabulisayo okufanele kube yikho—okuthusayo, okwangempela nokuheha ngempela!”
- Wendy Corsi Staub, New York Times umbhali wokuthengisa

“Yakhiwe kahle futhi yakhiwe ngobuchule, ekaMatt Manochio Inceku Emnyama ithathe inganekwane ye-esoteric ngaphambi kukaKristu futhi yayibeka emhlabeni wesimanje wentsha egcwele abezindaba—ukudala indlela yokwesaba ehlanganisa uFreddy Krueger kanye neBrothers Grimm! Kunconywe kakhulu!”
- Jay Bonansinga, New York Times umthengisi we-bestselling The Walking Dead: Ukuwa Kombusi

“Uhambo olusheshayo oluya enganekwaneni kaKhisimusi engacacile kodwa ethusayo. Kungaba khona uhlangothi olumnyama ku-Santa? Futhi uma kunjalo, wayezokwenzani kulezo zingane ezigangile? UMat Manochio unikeza impendulo eluma izinzipho nge Inceku Emnyama. "
- UJohn Everson, Umbhali owine indondo ye-Bram Stoker we Amehlo we-Violet

“Ngesikhathi esifanele sesizini ye-Good Will Toward Men, incwadi yokuqala ka-Matt Manochio iletha umthamo omusha we-Holiday Horror, ephefumula impilo ebhaliwe ibe isibalo esinganakiwe senganekwane esilungele ukuphuma ethunzini lika-Santa. Kulungiselelwe ukujatshuliswa ngendlela entsha, eyisidala.”
- UHank Schwaeble, Umbhali owine indondo ye-Bram Stoker we Damnable, kaSathane futhi Ingelosi yakwalasha

 

 

Inceku Emnyama

U-Santa akuyena yedwa oza edolobheni ...

Idala kunoKristu futhi isihlukumeze izingane zaseYurophu amakhulu eminyaka. Manje iMelika ibhekene nolaka lwayo. Izingane ezingaqaphile ziyashabalala njengoba isiphepho esishisayo sichoboza iNew Jersey. Okusele kuyizimpawu zokubhujiswa—nezinselo ezinegazi ezinyathele eqhweni. UBilly Schweitzer oneminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa uvusa u-December 5 ezizwa ecindezelekile. Ubevele exabana nobaba wakhe omkhulu wamaphoyisa kanye nomfowabo omdala ongumfana wegolide, uBilly uphatheke kabi lapho intombazane yakhe yamaphupho imala. Lapho isidalwa esingapheli singena edolobheni lakubo, sifaka umndeni nabangane bakhe engozini, uBilly kumele anqobe amademoni akhe ukuze aqonde ukuthi kungani ontanga yakhe basesikoleni esiphakeme okuthiwa bamsulwa behlwithiwe, nokuthi angabakhulula kanjani kumngane ononya kasanta odumile—okungenakuvinjelwa.

U-Matt Manochio ungomunye wezingane ezintsha ebhulokhini. Hhayi u-Joey, u-Jordon, u-Jonathan, u-Danny, noma u-Donnie…cha, uyinsizwa entsha ye-AC/DC lovin' e-Samhain Horror. Awujwayelekile? Hhayi-ke, kufanele ukulungise lokho NGOKUSHESHA. Ngemuva kokwenza amanoveli amabili obugebengu angashicilelwe (eyodwa ayithengise emkhunjini ocwilayo waseDorchester, kodwa engakaze akhishwe), uMatt wezwa indaba kaKrampus.

I-Krampus?

Vumela iWikipedia isisize lapho:

I-Krampus isidalwa esifana nesilwane esivela e- i-folklore of Alpine amazwe acatshangwa ukujezisa izingane ngesikhathi Christmas isizini ababeziphethe kabi, ngokuphambene USanta Nicholas, ovuza abaziphatha kahle ngezipho. UKrampus kuthiwa ubamba ikakhulukazi izingane ezigangile esakeni lakhe aziyise elawini lakhe.

Wenzani uKrampus ngalezi zingane ezigangile ngemva kokuba eziyisa elawini lakhe? Inceku Emnyama, Isiqalo sikaMatt selinye lamagama athembeke kakhulu ngokwesabekayo, sinikeza imininingwane embi.

UMatt wenza umsebenzi omuhle kakhulu wokuthola ukunaka komfundi ku-bat. UKrampus wenza ukuba khona kwakhe kuzwakale kusenesikhathi futhi kaningi. Kunesiphepho esiza eNew Jersey, izingane zisendleleni eya esikoleni. Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka le noveli, isikhulu samaphoyisa nabafana bakhe ababili, kanye nedlanzana labanye abafundi, bangeniswa futhi badonswe, belandelana, ukuze kukhululwe uKrampus isijeziso nokuzisola. Ubani ozophenduka? Futhi ingabe kuyobe sekwephuze kakhulu?

Ngenkathi Inceku Emnyama iqukethe ingxenye yayo efanele yegazi nokwesabeka, futhi inomyalezo obalulekile nobalulekile. Itimu egeleza ngaphansi kwendawo esolisayo yenoveli eyokuthatha kukaMatt mayelana nobuxhwanguxhwangu. Ubuxhwanguxhwangu yinto edlula amathani ezingane (nabanye abantu abadala) nsuku zonke. Kuyinkinga enkulu emphakathini wethu, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi seziqhwaga ze-inthanethi. Ngokombiko we-ABC News, u-30% wabafundi ungaba iziqhwaga, noma izisulu zeziqhwaga. Amashumi ezinkulungwane zezingane ahlala ekhaya engafundi usuku ngalunye ukuze agweme iziqhwaga zazo. UMatt usebenzisa izibonelo ezimbalwa kuyo yonke indaba ukuze agqamise ezinye zezinhlangothi ezimbi kakhulu zesimo somuntu ezibonakala ezinganeni zethu (izinto eziletha uKrampus edolobheni). UMatt uphatha indaba ngokucophelela, futhi ngomphumela omuhle.

Inkhulumomphendvulwano inamandla, abalingisi bakhiwe kahle futhi bakholeka, okusiza ukukwenza babe ukwazi ukuthi kwenzekani nokuthi ngayinye yalezi zingane yenziweni ukuze ifanelwe isijeziso ezisitholayo. Kukhona ngisho nokujaha imoto yeqhwa (noma ukubaleka...kodwa ingabe bayabaleka?), futhi isiphetho sidlalwa ngendlela emangalisayo.

Inoveli yokuqala kaMatt Manochio isifanele isikhathi sakho nemali. Futhi akukho lutho olungcono ongalufunda ngoKhisimusi kunendaba enhle kaKrampus.

Izinkanyezi ezi-4 kwezingu-5 ezinhle. Hamba uyothatha ikhophi yakho namuhla!

 

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