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October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween

October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween

Douglas E. Winter
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A winner of the International Horror Guild Award, October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween is undoubtedly the grandest horror anthology ever compiled on the genre's signature holiday, and unlikely to be supplanted in that position. Weighing in at almost 650 pages, this intelligently selected compendium contains work from nearly every contemporary bestselling author, cult favorite, and hot up-and-comer in horror. The volume mixes a generous amount of well-written new fiction with classic reprints, several "Favorite Halloween Memories," an informative "Short History of Halloween" by Paula Guran, a well-chosen "Overview of Halloween Films" by Gary A. Braunbeck, and an equally useful "Reader's Guide to Halloween Fiction" by Stefan Dziemianowicz. Many of the authors contribute both a story and a Favorite Memory, and Ray Bradbury, to whom the volume is rightfully dedicated, contributes these and a poem. No review can do justice to an anthology whose table of contents crowds three pages. But perhaps a taste of three stories will suggest the breadth and depth of the whole. Ray Bradbury's subtle "Heavy Set" considers what it might be like to be the mother of a muscular, disturbed, and exceptionally attached son. In the West Coast gothic "A Redress for Andromeda," Caitlin R. Kiernan presents a beautifully written consideration of the costs of a hidden secret. Artist Gahan Wilson proves himself also talented at fiction with "Yesterday's Witch," in which trick-or-treaters find the neighborhood witch isn't any such thing ... or is she? October Dreams is highly recommended to all fans of horror and dark fantasy. --Cynthia Ward

Contents
Gone • • shortstory by Jack Ketchum
A Redress for Andromeda • [Dandridge Cycle] • shortstory by Caitlín R. Kiernan
The Black Pumpkin • • shortstory by Dean R. Koontz [as by Dean Koontz ]
Lantern Marsh • • shortfiction by Poppy Z. Brite
Conversations in a Dead Language • • shortstory by Thomas Ligotti
Yesterday's Child • • shortstory by Thomas F. Monteleone
The Whitby Experience • • shortstory by Simon Clark
In-between • • poem by Ray Bradbury
Yesterday's Witch • • shortstory by Gahan Wilson
A Short History of Halloween • • shortfiction by Paula Guran
Mask Game • • shortfiction by John Shirley
Out of the Dark • • shortfiction by David B. Silva
Heavy Set • • shortstory by Ray Bradbury
Boo • • shortstory by Richard Laymon
Masks • • shortstory by Douglas E. Winter
The Circle • • shortstory by Lewis Shiner
First of All, It was October • • shortfiction by Gary A. Braunbeck
Pay the Ghost • • novelette by Tim Lebbon
Buckets • • novelette by F. Paul Wilson
Orchestra • • shortfiction by Stephen Mark Rainey
Eyes • • shortstory by Charles L. Grant
Deathmask • • shortfiction by Dominick Cancilla
Some Witch's Bed • • shortfiction by Michael Marshall Smith
The Trick • • novelette by Ramsey Campbell
Pork Pie Hat • • novella by Peter Straub
Trick-or-Read • • shortfiction by Stefan Dziemianowicz
My Favorite Halloween Memory • • shortfiction by William F. Nolan
Language
English
Pages
660
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Cemetery Dance Publications
Release
October 13, 2000
ISBN
1587670119
ISBN 13
9781587670114

October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween

Douglas E. Winter
0/5 ( ratings)
A winner of the International Horror Guild Award, October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween is undoubtedly the grandest horror anthology ever compiled on the genre's signature holiday, and unlikely to be supplanted in that position. Weighing in at almost 650 pages, this intelligently selected compendium contains work from nearly every contemporary bestselling author, cult favorite, and hot up-and-comer in horror. The volume mixes a generous amount of well-written new fiction with classic reprints, several "Favorite Halloween Memories," an informative "Short History of Halloween" by Paula Guran, a well-chosen "Overview of Halloween Films" by Gary A. Braunbeck, and an equally useful "Reader's Guide to Halloween Fiction" by Stefan Dziemianowicz. Many of the authors contribute both a story and a Favorite Memory, and Ray Bradbury, to whom the volume is rightfully dedicated, contributes these and a poem. No review can do justice to an anthology whose table of contents crowds three pages. But perhaps a taste of three stories will suggest the breadth and depth of the whole. Ray Bradbury's subtle "Heavy Set" considers what it might be like to be the mother of a muscular, disturbed, and exceptionally attached son. In the West Coast gothic "A Redress for Andromeda," Caitlin R. Kiernan presents a beautifully written consideration of the costs of a hidden secret. Artist Gahan Wilson proves himself also talented at fiction with "Yesterday's Witch," in which trick-or-treaters find the neighborhood witch isn't any such thing ... or is she? October Dreams is highly recommended to all fans of horror and dark fantasy. --Cynthia Ward

Contents
Gone • • shortstory by Jack Ketchum
A Redress for Andromeda • [Dandridge Cycle] • shortstory by Caitlín R. Kiernan
The Black Pumpkin • • shortstory by Dean R. Koontz [as by Dean Koontz ]
Lantern Marsh • • shortfiction by Poppy Z. Brite
Conversations in a Dead Language • • shortstory by Thomas Ligotti
Yesterday's Child • • shortstory by Thomas F. Monteleone
The Whitby Experience • • shortstory by Simon Clark
In-between • • poem by Ray Bradbury
Yesterday's Witch • • shortstory by Gahan Wilson
A Short History of Halloween • • shortfiction by Paula Guran
Mask Game • • shortfiction by John Shirley
Out of the Dark • • shortfiction by David B. Silva
Heavy Set • • shortstory by Ray Bradbury
Boo • • shortstory by Richard Laymon
Masks • • shortstory by Douglas E. Winter
The Circle • • shortstory by Lewis Shiner
First of All, It was October • • shortfiction by Gary A. Braunbeck
Pay the Ghost • • novelette by Tim Lebbon
Buckets • • novelette by F. Paul Wilson
Orchestra • • shortfiction by Stephen Mark Rainey
Eyes • • shortstory by Charles L. Grant
Deathmask • • shortfiction by Dominick Cancilla
Some Witch's Bed • • shortfiction by Michael Marshall Smith
The Trick • • novelette by Ramsey Campbell
Pork Pie Hat • • novella by Peter Straub
Trick-or-Read • • shortfiction by Stefan Dziemianowicz
My Favorite Halloween Memory • • shortfiction by William F. Nolan
Language
English
Pages
660
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Cemetery Dance Publications
Release
October 13, 2000
ISBN
1587670119
ISBN 13
9781587670114

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