October Dreams : A Celebration of Halloween

by Chizmar, Richard; Morrish, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781587670114
• ISBN10: 1587670119
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Cemetery Dance Pubns

Summary

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 * Thomas Ligotti * Gary A. Braunbeck * Jack Ketchum * Thomas F. Monteleone * Hugh B. Cave * Simon Clark * Christopher Golden * Ray Bradbury * Jack Ketchum * Alan M. Clark * Gahan Wilson * Paula Guran * John Shirley * Tom Piccirilli * Jack Cady * David B. Silva * Robert Morrish * William F. Nolan * Michael Cadnum * Richard Laymon * Douglas Clegg * Douglas E. Winter * Stanley Wiater * Caitlfn R. Kiernan * Lewis Shiner * Yvonne Navarro * Tim Lebbon * Kim Newman * F. Paul Wilson * Owl Goingback * Dennis Etchison * Stephen Mark Rainey * Charles L. Grant * Kelly Laymon * Dominick Cancilla * Kristine Kathryn Rusch * Michael Marshall Smith * Wayne Allen Sallee * Ramsey Campbell * Ed Gorman * Stefan Dziemianowicz * Peter Crowther

Table of Contents

The Black Pumpkin	11	(24)
Dean Koontz
My Favorite Halloween Memory	35	(6)
Elizabeth Engstrom
Lantern Marsh	41	(14)
Poppy Z. Brite
My Favorite Halloween Memory	55	(8)
Rick Hautala
My Favorite Halloween Memory	63	(8)
Steve Rasnic Tem
Conversations In A Dead Language	71	(16)
Thomas Ligotti
My Favorite Halloween Memory	87	(2)
Gary A. Braunbeck
My Favorite Halloween Memory	89	(2)
Jack Ketchum
Yesterday's Child	91	(14)
Thomas F. Monteleone
My Favorite Halloween Memory	105	(4)
Hugh B. Cave
The Whiteby Experience	109	(20)
Simon Clark
My Favorite Halloween Memory	129	(4)
Christopher Golden
In-Between (Poem)	133	(2)
Ray Bradbury
Gone	135	(8)
Jack Ketchum
My Favorite Halloween Memory	143	(6)
Alan M. Clark
Yesterday's Witch	149	(10)
Gahan Wilson
A Short History of Halloween	159	(14)
Paula Guran
My Favorite Halloween Memory	173	(4)
Poppy Z. Brite
Mask Game	177	(36)
John Shirley
My Favorite Halloween Memory	213	(8)
Tom Piccirilli
My Favorite Halloween Memory	221	(6)
Jack Cady
Out Of The Dark	227	(16)
David B. Silva
My Favorite Halloween Memory	243	(6)
Robert Morrish
Heavy Set	249	(12)
Ray Bradbury
My Favorite Halloween Memory	261	(6)
William F. Nolan
My Favorite Halloween Memory	267	(4)
Michael Cadnum
Boo	271	(22)
Richard Laymon
My Favorite Halloween Memory	293	(4)
Douglas Clegg
My Favorite Halloween Memory	297	(2)
Ray Bradbury
Masks	299	(16)
Douglas E. Winter
My Favorite Halloween Memory	315	(4)
Stanley Wiater
A Redress for Andromeda	319	(14)
Caitlin R. Kiernan
My Favorite Halloween Memory	333	(8)
Richard Laymon
The Circle	341	(10)
Lewis Shiner
First Of All, It Was October	351	(30)
Gary A. Braunbeck
My Favorite Halloween Memory	381	(4)
Yvonne Navarro
Pay The Ghost	385	(28)
Tim Lebbon
My Favorite Halloween Memory	413	(10)
Kim Newman
Buckets	423	(24)
F. Paul Wilson
My Favorite Halloween Memory	447	(4)
Owl Goingback
My Favorite Halloween Memory	451	(2)
Dennis Etchison
Orchestra	453	(26)
Stephen Mark Rainey
My Favorite Halloween Memory	479	(4)
David B. Silva
Eyes	483	(12)
Charles L. Grant
My Favorite Halloween Memory	495	(8)
Kelly Laymon
My Favorite Halloween Memory	503	(2)
Simon Clark
Deathmask	505	(12)
Dominick Cancilla
My Favorite Halloween Memory	517	(6)
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Some Witch's Bed	523	(4)
Michael Marshall Smith
My Favorite Halloween Memory	527	(4)
Wayne Allen Sallee
The Trick	531	(20)
Ramsey Campbell
My Favorite Halloween Memory	551	(4)
Ed Gorman
Pork Pie Hat	555	(76)
Peter Straub
Trick-Or-Read	631	(20)
Stefan Dzieminowicz
My Favorite Halloween Memory	651
Peter Crowther