The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories: Terrifying Tales Set On the Scariest Night of the Year! (2018)
(a) Skyhorse Publishing/A Herman Graf Book,
USA • tp • $14.99
ISBN 978-1-5107-3643-6
Twenty-six terrifying tales set on the scariest night of the year! Treat yourself to some very tricky stories! Hallowe’en . . . All Hallows’ Eve . . . Samhain . . . Día de Muertos . . . the Day the Dead Come Back . . . When the barriers between the worlds are at their weakest, and ghosts and grisly things can cross over into our existence, then for a short period each year, the natural becomes the supernatural, and nobody is safe from their most intimate and terrifying fears. The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories brings you a dark feast of frightening fiction by some of the most successful and respected and horror writers working today, including Ramsey Campbell, Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale, Helen Marshall, Richard Christian Matheson, Robert Shearman, Robert Silverberg, Angela Slatter, Steve Rasnic Tem, and many more, along with a very special contribution by award-winning poet Jane Yolen. Here you will encounter witches, ghosts, monsters, psychos, demonic nuns, and even Death himself in this spooky selection of stories set on the night when evil walks the earth . . .
INTRODUCTION: WHEN CHURCHYARDS YAWN | Stephen Jones |
OCTOBER IN THE CHAIR | Neil Gaiman |
REFLECTIONS IN BLACK | Steve Rasnic Tem |
THE HALLOWEEN MONSTER | Alison Littlewood |
THE PHÉNAKISTICOPE OF DECAY | James Ebersole |
MEMORIES OF DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS | Nancy Kilpatrick |
FRAGILE MASKS | Richard Gavin |
BONE FIRE | Storm Constantine |
QUEEN OF THE HUNT | Adrian Cole |
THE OCTOBER WIDOW | Angela Slatter |
BEFORE THE PARADE PASSES BY | Marie O’Regan |
HER FACE | Ramsey Campbell |
A MAN TOTALLY ALONE | Robert Hood |
BLEED | Richard Christian Matheson |
THE ULTIMATE HALLOWEEN PARTY APP | Lisa Morton |
THE FOLDING MAN | Joe R. Lansdale |
I WAIT FOR YOU | Eygló Karlsdóttir |
DUST UPON A PAPER EYE | Cate Gardner |
NOT OUR BROTHER | Robert Silverberg |
THE SCARIEST THING IN THE WORLD | Michael Marshall Smith |
THE NATURE OF THE BEAST | Sharon Gosling |
THE BEAUTIFUL FEAST OF THE VALLEY | Stephen Gallagher |
IN THE YEAR OF OMENS | Helen Marshall |
THE MILLENNIAL’S GUIDE TO DEATH | Scott Bradfield |
WHITE MARE | Thana Niveau |
PUMPKIN KIDS | Robert Shearman |
LANTERN JACK | Christopher Fowler |
HALLOWEEN TREATS | Jane Yolen |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | |
ABOUT THE EDITOR |
Reviews
- “This book is perfect for lovers of the unusual, not just on All Hallow’s Eve, but any time of the year really.”— Trevor Kennedy
PHANTASMAGORIA MAGAZINE, Issue #10, Summer 2019
- “The veteran anthologist Steve Jones has just brought out The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories . . . You may be amazed how many variations Halloween conjures up, and how many surprises it springs.”— Ramsey Campbell
BIG ISSUE NORTH No.1259, November 4, 2018
- “Packs twenty-six stories into nearly 500 pages, so every reader is sure to find new seasonal favorites in this “mammoth book.”— Lisa Morton
THE READERS’ ADVISORY GUIDE TO HORROR, October 31, 2018
- “Wonderful.”— John DeNardo
KIRKUS, October 24 2018