Conversations in a dead language / Thomas Ligotti -- Monsters / Stewart O'Nan -- The Halloween man / William F. Nolan -- The young tamlane / Sir Walter Scott -- Pork pie hat / Peter Straub -- Three doors / Norman Partridge -- Auntie Elspeth's Halloween story / Esther M. Friesner -- Struwwelpeter / Glen Hirshberg -- Hallowe'en in a suburb / H.P. Lovecraft -- On the reef / Caitlin R. Kiernan -- The sticks / Charlee Jacob -- Riding bitch / K.W. Jeter -- Memories of El dia de los muertos / Nancy Kilpatrick -- Halloween Street / Steve Rasnic Tem -- Tricks & treats: one night on Halloween Street / Steve Rasnic Tem -- Memories / Peter Crowther -- Ulalume: a ballad / Edgar Allan Poe -- Mask game / John Shirley -- By the book / Nancy Holder -- Hornets / Al Sarrantonio -- Pranks / Nina Kiriki Hoffman -- Pumpkin night / Gary McMahon -- The universal soldier / Charles de Lint -- Night out / Tina Rath -- One thin dime / Stewart Moore -- Man-size in marble / E. Nesbit -- The great pumpkin arrives at last / Sarah Langan -- Sugar skulls / Chelsea Quinn Yarbro -- On a dark October / Joe R. Lansdale -- The vow on Halloween / Lyllian Huntley Harris -- The October game / Ray Bradbury -- The November game / F. Paul Wilson -- Tessellations / Gary Braunbeck.
Summary:
"Shivers and Spirits...the mystical and macabre...our darkest fears and sweetest fantasies...the fun and frivolity of tricks, treats, festivities, and masquerades mixed with the deepest and most profound of frights. Halloween is a holiday filled with both delight and dread, beloved by youngsters and adults alike. Celebrate the most magical season of the year with this sensational treasury of seasonal tales--spooky, suspenseful, terrifying, telling, and teasing--harvested from a multitude of master storytellers."--P. [4] of cover.
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