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Post by billdemo2 on Oct 10, 2009 4:14:00 GMT
Ray Bradbury - The October Game
Al Sorrento - Pumpkin Head
Dean Koontz - The Black Pumpkin
Richard Laymon - Boo
Robert Bloch - Pranks
Robert Bloch - The Cloak
Basil Copper - The Candle in the Skull
Lewis Shiner - The Circle
Peter Straub - Porkpie Hat
Peter Tremayne - The Samhain Feis
Charles L. Grant - Eyes
There seem to be surprisingly few Halloween-themed horror stories...
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Post by dem bones on Oct 10, 2009 7:07:43 GMT
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Post by Johnlprobert on Oct 10, 2009 12:27:14 GMT
My favourite (ie scariest) Halloween story is 'The Halloween Man' by William F Nolan, which paperback fans can find in Dark Voices 2
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Post by dem bones on Oct 10, 2009 13:22:53 GMT
haven't had a crack at a DIY anthology in ages, so .... Al Sarrantonio - Pumpkin Head
Sydney J. Bounds - The Mask
Basil Copper - The Candle In The Skull
Dorothy Macardle - The Vow On Hallowe’en
Julian Hawthorne - Ken’s Mystery
Tod Robbins - Cock-Crow Inn
David Sutton – The Fetch
Charles L. Grant - Eyes
Elliott Capon - Fun And Games At The Whacks Museum
Peter Tremayne - The Samhain Feis
Robert Grant - Halloween Girl
Lewis Shiner - The Circle
Ray Bradbury - The October GameBubbling under. Exclusive to this board and possibly others. “Automatic writing,” mused Pendennis. “I was thinking about Kalyani, and my hand just reached out, picked up a pen and wrote your address. Remarkable. For a minute I thought someone from the spirit world was going to revive my writing career, and I was about to dash off a torture-porn or paranormal romance classic, but it was not to be.- The Return of Gregory Pendennis in Halloween Serial - maybe by Mr. Franklin Marsh, Master of the Macabre. Watch it unfold here (you'll have to be logged in) ah, and if you're after some sounds to play in the background, take your pick between Horror Hits on here and the nostalgia-dripping Halloween on Vault Mk I. |
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Post by shaun Jeffrey on Oct 11, 2009 9:25:56 GMT
i thought i'd read all of Laymon's short stories, but i don't remember any Boo!. where did you find that one? Boo appeared in Cemetery Dance's: October Dreams:: A Celebration of Halloween. It's also due to appear in Cemetery Dance's, In Laymon's Terms. |
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Post by Chuck_G on Oct 19, 2011 18:20:10 GMT
I hope no one minds that I bumped this topic back to the top, but since it's that time of year I thought it would be fun. Besides, I love Halloween themed stories.
Two that I would include:
He'll Come Knocking At Your Door by Robert McCammon
Yesterday's Witch by Gahan Wilson
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