Haunted Nights

Here are sixteen never-before-published chilling tales that explore every aspect of our darkest holiday, Halloween, coedited 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, Hallows Eve also offers terrifying and mind-bending explorations of related holidays like All Souls Day, Da de los Muertos, and Devils Night.With Graveyard Weeds and Wolfbane Seeds by Seanan McGuire Dirtmouth by Stephen Graham JonesA Small Taste of the Old Country by Jonathan MaberryWicks End by Joanna Parypinski The Seventeen Year Itch by Garth NixA Flicker of Light on Devils Night by Kate JonezWitch-Hazel by Jeffrey FordNos Galen Gaeaf by Kelley Armstrong Were Never Inviting Amber Again by S. P. MiskowskiSisters by Brian EvensonAll through the Night by Elise Forier Edie A Kingdom of Sugar Skulls and Marigolds by Eric J. GuignardThe Turn by Paul KaneJack by Pat CadiganLost in the Dark by John LanganThe First Lunar Halloween by John R. Little