Haunted Nights

Sixteen never-before-published chilling tales that explore every aspect of our darkest holiday, Halloween, co-edited 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, Dia de los Muertos, and Devil's Night.

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-With Graveyard Weeds and Wolfbane Seeds- by Seanan McGuire

-Dirtmouth- by Stephen Graham Jones-

-A Small Taste of the Old Countr- by Jonathan Maberry

-Wick's End- by Joanna Parypinski

-The Seventeen 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

Genre
horrorghostparanormalfantasysupernatural thriller
Setting
halloweenchristmas
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 352 pages
Form
short stories

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