Halloween is the night the monsters come out to play. Long before its traditions became defined by mass-produced masks, blood-soaked horror films, and carved pumpkins, the murky origins of All Hallows' Eve lay rooted in dark festivals and black magick, in old fables of diabolical tricksters and murderous pranks, and in tales of cursed souls lost in purgatory, of vengeance and changelings. From sly modern narratives to haunting traditional stories, from the brutal tot he experimental, these sixteen stories brilliantly and terrifyingly explore the many facets, cultures, and traditions of our most provocative holiday.
Record details
ISBN:9781101973837 (trade pbk.)
Physical Description:print xii, 352 pages ; 21 cm
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York :Blumhouse Books :2017.
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With graveyard weeds and wolfsbane seeds / Seanan McGuire -- Dirtmouth / Stephen Graham Jones -- A small taste of the old country / Jonathan Maberry -- Wick's end / Joanna Parypinski -- The seventeen-year itch / Garth Nix -- A flicker of light on devil's night / Kate Jonez -- Witch hazel / Jeffrey Ford -- Nos Galan Gaeaf / Kelley Armstrong -- We're never inviting Amber again / S.P. Miskowski -- Sisters / Brian Evenson -- All through the night / Elise Forier Edie -- A kingdom of sugar skulls and marigolds / Eric J. Guignard -- The turn / Paul Kane -- Jack / Pat Cadigan -- Lost in the dark / John Langan -- The first lunar Halloween / John R. Little.
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