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Classic novellas, never-before-published stories, essays on the history, literature, and films of Halloween, and real-life memories of October 31st-from today's best practitioners of fear: Dean Koontz € Peter Straub € Poppy Z. Brite € Rick Hautala € Steve Rasnic Tem € Elizabeth Engstrom €... read more

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"The most enjoyable horror anthology of the year." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Featuring Dean Koontz, Ray Bradbury, Peter Straub, Richard Laymon, Poppy Z. Brite, Ramsey Campbell, William F. Nolan, Cailin R. Kiernan, and dozens of others.

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  • “The chill, dark street was filled with tots dressed up as Draculas, Frankensteins, Aliens (this was back in the late Fifties).”

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The pumpkins were creepy, but the man who carved them was far stranger than his creations.

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The Black Pumpkin, by Dean Koontz
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Elizabeth Engstrom
Lantern Marsh, by Poppy Z. Brite
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Rick Hautala
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Steve Rasnic Tem
Conversations in a Dead language, by Thomas Ligotti
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Gary A. Braunbeck
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Jack Ketchum
Yesterday's Child, by Thomas F. Monteleone
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Hugh B. Cave
The Whitby Experience, by Simon Clark
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Christopher Golden
In-Between, by Ray Bradbury
Gone, by Jack Ketchum
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Alan M. Clark
Yesterday's Witch, by Gahan Wilson
A Short History of Halloween, by Paula Guran
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Poppy Z. Brite
Mask Game, by John Shirley
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Tom Piccirilli
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Jack Cady
Out of the Dark, by David B. Silva
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Robert Morrish
Heavy Set, by Ray Bradbury
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by William F. Nolan
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Michael Cadnum
Boo, by Richard Laymon
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Douglas Clegg
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Ray Bradbury
Masks, by Douglas E. Winter
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Stanley Wiater
A Redress for Andromeda, by Caitlin R. Kiernan
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Richard Laymon
The Circle, by Lewis Shiner
"First Of All, It Was October ...", by Gary A. Braunbeck
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Yvonne Navarro
Pay the Ghost, by Tim Lebbon
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Kim Newman
Buckets, by F. Paul Wilson
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Owl Goingback
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Dennis Etchison
Orchestra, by Stephen Mark Rainey
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by David B. Silva
Eyes, by Charles L. Grant
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Kelly Laymon
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Simon Clark
Deathmask, by Dominick Cancilla
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Some Witch's Bed, by Michael Marshall Smith
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Wayne Allen Sallee
The Trick, by Ramsey Campbell
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Ed Gorman
Pork Pie Hat, by Peter Straub
Trick-or-Read, by Stefan Dziemianowicz
My Favorite Halloween Memory, by Peter Crowther

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Richard Chizmar (Editor)
  2. Robert Morrish (Editor)

Other Contributors:

  1. James Nelson (Cover Artist) - 2002 Roc Books paperback edition
  2. Dean Koontz (Contributor) - The Black Pumpkin (short story)
  3. Elizabeth Engstrom (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  4. Poppy Z. Brite (Contributor) - Lantern Marsh (short story); My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  5. Rick Hautala (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  6. Steve Rasnic Tem (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  7. Thomas Ligotti (Contributor) - Conversations in a Dead Language (short story)
  8. Gary A. Braunbeck (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay); "First of All, It Was October" (short story)
  9. Jack Ketchum (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay); Gone (short story)
  10. Thomas F. Monteleone (Contributor) - Yesterday's Child (short story)
  11. Hugh B. Cave (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  12. Simon Clark (Contributor) - The Whitby Experience (short story); My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  13. Christopher Golden (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  14. Ray Bradbury (Contributor) - In-Between (poem); Heavy Set (short story); My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  15. Alan M. Clark (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  16. Gahan Wilson (Contributor) - Yesterday's Witch (short story)
  17. Paula Guran (Contributor) - A Short History of Halloween (essay)
  18. John Shirley (Contributor) - Mask Game (short story)
  19. Tom Piccirilli (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  20. Jack Cady (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  21. David B. Silva (Contributor) - Out of the Dark (short story); My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  22. Robert Morrish (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  23. William F. Nolan (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  24. Michael Cadnum (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  25. Richard Laymon (Contributor) - Boo (short story); My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  26. Douglas Clegg (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  27. Douglas E. Winter (Contributor) - Masks (short story)
  28. Stanley Wiater (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  29. Caitlin R. Kiernan (Contributor) - A Redress for Andromeda (short story)
  30. Lewis Shiner (Contributor) - The Circle (short story)
  31. Yvonne Navarro (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  32. Tim Lebbon (Contributor) - Pay the Ghost (short story)
  33. Kim Newman (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  34. F. Paul Wilson (Contributor) - Buckets (short story)
  35. Owl Goingback (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  36. Dennis Etchison (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  37. Stephen Mark Rainey (Contributor) - Orchestra (short story)
  38. Charles L. Grant (Contributor) - Eyes (short story)
  39. Kelly Laymon (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  40. Dominick Cancilla (Contributor) - Deathmask (short story)
  41. Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  42. Michael Marshall Smith (Contributor) - Some Witch's Bed (short story)
  43. Wayne Allen Sallee (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  44. Ramsey Campbell (Contributor) - The Trick (short story)
  45. Ed Gorman (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  46. Peter Straub (Contributor) - Pork Pie Hat (short story)
  47. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz (Contributor) - Trick-or-Read (short story)
  48. Peter Crowther (Contributor) - My Favorite Halloween Memory (essay)
  49. Stacy Drum (Cover Artist) - 2000 Cemetery Dance Publications hardcover edition

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Cemetery Dance Publications
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 1587670119
Page Count: 660

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