Our initial account is that of a group of travelers who are stuck in the middle of a snow-covered deserted highway. It seems innocuous enough, though discouraging for those stuck. Snowball, however, is one of those books that takes a sharp left turn on you when you aren't expecting it. There's a snowplow up ahead, but where has the driver gone? And why is there blood in the cab?

As the snow deepens and no other help in sight, the motorists start to focus on coming together to combat the feeling of isolation created by the storm. When they congregate with the elderly Volkman's in their RV, weirdly the older gentleman suggests they all share their "worst winter memory", because this is obviously what you should do while trapped in the middle of a snowstorm on Christmas Eve. Mr. Volkman shares a remarkably disturbing Krampus story of his childhood, Francine's account of the killer known as "The Iceman", and in each and every dark story — shared or unshared. These stories, while shockingly horrible, seem entirely unrelated...until they aren't.

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