A brilliant Halloween anthology of both new and classic novellas, short 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 R. Koontz * Stephen Graham Jones * Ray Bradbury * Robert McCammon * Robert Bloch * Whitley Strieber * Stewart O'Nan * Brian James Freeman * Ronald Malfi * Lisa Morton * Kealan Patrick Burke * Glen Hirshberg * James A. Moore * Michael McBride * Gemma Files * Nancy Holder * Tim Waggoner * S.P. Miskowski * Karen Heuler * Ian McDowell * Richard Gavin * M. Rickert * Benjamin Kane Ethridge * Joe R. Lansdale * Matthew Costello * James Newman * Melanie Tem * Roberta Lannes * Harry Shannon * Nate Southard * Nicole Cushing * Ray Garton * Lisa Morton * Al Sarrantonio * Tim Curran * John Skipp * Orrin Grey * Elizabeth Massie * Al Magliochetti * Bev Vincent * Richard Gavin * Ronald Kelly * James Newman * Tina Callaghan * Sèphera Girón * Michael Kelly