Synopses & Reviews
At more than 660 pages, this oversized volume is one of the best (and biggest) collections of Halloween material ever published! Contents include: 22 short stories of spooky Halloween fiction -- eleven brand new, never-before-published tales specially-written for
October Dreams and eleven classic reprints; more than 30 "Favorite Halloween Memories" (dozens of authors and artists have contributed short pieces recalling their own favorite and very personal memories of Halloween); essays detailing the "history" of Halloween, Halloween in the movies, and Halloween in literature; and special Halloween artwork scattered throughout the book.
Contributors include: Dean Koontz, Ray Bradbury, Peter Straub, F. Paul Wilson, Poppy Z. Brite, Jack Ketchum, Thomas Ligotti, Richard Laymon, Douglas E. Winter, Gahan Wilson, Charles L. Grant, Ramsey Campbell, Caitlin Kiernan, Simon Clark, Michael Marshall Smith, John Shirley, Ed Gorman, David B. Silva, Tim Lebbon, Lewis Shiner, Thomas F. Monteleone, Hugh B. Cave, Christopher Golden, William F. Nolan, Peter Crowther, Dennis Etchison, Stanley Wiater, Jack Cady, Michael Cadnum, Kim Newman, Mark Rainey, Alan M. Clark, Kelly Laymon, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Gary Braunbeck, Paula Guran, Douglas Clegg, Elizabeth Engstrom, Yvonne Navarro, Dominick Cancilla, Tom Piccirilli, Rick Hautala, Wayne Allen Sallee, Owl Goingback, Steve Rasnic Tem, and even more!