
Haunted Nights
A Horror Writers Association Anthology
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Here are 16 chilling, never-before-published tales that explore every aspect of our darkest holiday, Halloween, coedited by Ellen Datlow, one of the most successful and respected genre editors, and Lisa Morton, a leading authority on Halloween.
In addition to stories about scheming jack-o'-lanterns, vengeful ghosts, otherworldly changelings, disturbingly realistic haunted attractions, masks that cover terrifying faces, murderous urban legends, parties gone bad, cult Halloween movies, and trick-or-treating in the future, Haunted Nights also offers terrifying and mind-bending explorations of related holidays like All Souls' Day, Día de los Muertos, and Devil's Night.
- "With Graveyard Weeds and Wolfbane Seeds" by Seanan McGuire
- "Dirtmouth" by Stephen Graham Jones
- "A Small Taste of the Old Country" by Jonathan Maberry
- "Wick's End" by Joanna Parypinski
- "The 17-Year Itch" by Garth Nix
- "A Flicker of Light on Devil's Night" by Kate Jonez
- "Witch-Hazel" by Jeffrey Ford
- "Nos Galen Gaeaf" by Kelley Armstrong
- "We're Never Inviting Amber Again" by S. P. Miskowski
- "Sisters" by Brian Evenson
- "All through the Night" by Elise Forier Edie
- "A Kingdom of Sugar Skulls and Marigolds" by Eric J. Guignard
- "The Turn" by Paul Kane
- "Jack" by Pat Cadigan
- "Lost in the Dark" by John Langan
- "The First Lunar Halloween" by John R. Little
Narrated by Gabra Zackman, Erin Spencer, James Patrick Cronin, Michael Kramer, Gerard Doyle, Kevin Kenerly, Amy Landon, Carrington MacDuffie, Andrew Eiden, Tom Taylorson, Suzanne Elise Freeman, Alana Kerr Collins, Luis Moreno, Keith Szarabajka, Emily Sutton-Smith, Malcolm Hillgartner, and Hillary Huber.
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Great Halloween read! 🎃
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So many swings, and almost all misses
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For years I've seen words like "chilling" and "eerie" used to describe stories that weren't. But each of these Halloween-themed offerings gave me a quiet chill and a lingering eerie feeling. Those are the very feelings I look for in horror stories. I'll never again hear the phrase, "It's Halloween!"without remembering this collection.
A Moist Sinewy Collection of Tales
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Several stories are great, the others are worth skipping
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I thought I would go through and give you a *spoiler free* review of the collection.
1 With Graveyard Weeds and Wolfbane seeds: 6/10
Not a bad "Let's go Wreck Haunted House story, with foreseeable results
2 Dirtmouth: 5/10 Wives, you can't live with them and you can't *live* with them. [Sic] Pretty Gross and sad.
3 A Small Taste of the Old Country: 10/ 10. "We were just following orders" Possibly the best in the book.
4 Week's End : The First of 2 Stories in the book to primarily deal with the "Legend of Jack Of The Lantern" Predictable but fun 7/10
5 The 17 Year Itch. 4/10 What if Fear was a Fungus.... Gross.
6 A Flicker of Light on Devils Night. Parenting can drive you mad. Probably the Worst in the collection. Gross and sad... Yet strangely identifiable. 2/10
7 Witch hazel: A tale of Witchery and madness (and maybe Zombies?) 5/10
8 Nos Colin Gahoff (sp?) I fell OUT of a burning ring of fire!... Based on the Legend of the Cutty Black Sow. 6/10
9 We're Never Inviting Amber Again!!!
Party games on Halloween Night summon others through the Veil. 8/10
10 Sisters: What it's like to be a ghost (or demon) getting ready for Halloween. Odd 6/10
11 All Through the Night: Rumpelstiltskin... Kinda. Sad. 7/10
12 A Kingdom of Sugar Skulls and Marigolds. Regrets on the Day of the Dead in Mexico. CORRECTION: THIS IS THE WORST. R-Rated content the whole way through (and the "scary" stuff is the least of it) Would not read again, and RECOMMEND YOU SKIP... Unless you like stories about Mexican gangs attacking LGBTQ folks... While portrayed as bad, it goes on for quite a while... Though "Saint"does remind me of Skully from the Wizard Game...
13 The Turn. 9/10 One of the best. "The Suspense is Terrible.... I hope it will last." Despite what some may see as a bad ending (which imo is actually very good) this Story is a banger.
14 Jack : Another take on the "Jack Of the Lantern" tale. GHOSTBUSTERS! 8/10
15 Lost in the Dark : The Longest and possibly best story in the collection. Think of it as Before, During, and After the Making of the BLAIR WITCH / AS ABOVE SO BELOW if it (basically) really happened. The only story with "Chapters" and clearly broke the length rules the editors set out with, but who cares?! Great story and I want a movie!! It would kind of need to be a movie within a movie and it would be odd. But it could be great in the right hands. (Mine lol) 12/10
16 The First Lunar Halloween: The only entry not to take place on Earth and (maybe) involve Aliens. Not great but short 6/10...
(Side note *slight spoiler*): This actually reminds me of the last track on the "Disney's Chilling Thrilling sounds of THE HAUNTED HOUSE album from the 1960s "Mmm that was delicious! I wonder what it was!!“
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Overall a great collection of Original stories and worth your time and credit.
A delightful collection of Halloween Treats... and 2 Tricks.
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pretty good stories
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Not wasted time
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Great collection of spooky tales!
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Just Ok
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Really enjoyed it
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