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Halloween : magic, mystery, and the macabre / edited by Paula Guran.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: [Rockville, Maryland] : Prime, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 380 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1607014025 (pbk.)
  • 9781607014027 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Thirteen / Stephen Graham Jones -- The mummy's heart / Norman Partridge -- Unternehmen Werwolf / Carrie Vaughn -- Lesser fires / Steve Rasnic Tem & Melanie Tem -- Long way home: a pine deep story / Johathan Maberry -- Black dog / Laird Barron -- The Halloween men / Maria V. Snyder -- Pumpkin Head escapes / Lawrence C. Connolly -- Whilst the night rejoices profound and still / Caitlin R. Kiernan -- For the removal of unwanted guests / A. C. Wise -- Angelic / Jay Caselberg -- Quadruple whammy / Chelsea Quinn Yarbro -- We, the fortunate bereaved / Brian Hodge -- All hallows in the high hills / Brenda Cooper -- Trick or treat / Nancy Kilpatrick -- From dust / Laura Bickle -- All Souls Day / Barbara Roden -- And when you called us we came to you / John Shirley.
Summary: "The farther we've gotten from the magic and mystery of the past, the more we've come to love Halloween - the one time each year when the mundane is overturned in favor of the bizarre, the "other side" is closest, and everyone can become anyone (or anything) they wish... and sometimes what they don't. Introducing nineteen original stories from mistresses and masters of the dark celebrate the most fantastic, enchanting, spooky, and supernatural of holidays"--Cover page [4].
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Science Fiction/Fantasy Guran Paula Available 33111005205840
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The farther we've gotten from the magic and mystery of the past, the more we've come to love Halloween -- the one time each year when the mundane is overturned in favor of the bizarre, the "other side" is closest, and everyone can become anyone (or anything) they wish... and sometimes what they don't. Introducing nineteen original stories from mistresses and masters of the dark celebrate the most fantastic, enchanting, spooky, and supernatural of holidays.

Thirteen / Stephen Graham Jones -- The mummy's heart / Norman Partridge -- Unternehmen Werwolf / Carrie Vaughn -- Lesser fires / Steve Rasnic Tem & Melanie Tem -- Long way home: a pine deep story / Johathan Maberry -- Black dog / Laird Barron -- The Halloween men / Maria V. Snyder -- Pumpkin Head escapes / Lawrence C. Connolly -- Whilst the night rejoices profound and still / Caitlin R. Kiernan -- For the removal of unwanted guests / A. C. Wise -- Angelic / Jay Caselberg -- Quadruple whammy / Chelsea Quinn Yarbro -- We, the fortunate bereaved / Brian Hodge -- All hallows in the high hills / Brenda Cooper -- Trick or treat / Nancy Kilpatrick -- From dust / Laura Bickle -- All Souls Day / Barbara Roden -- And when you called us we came to you / John Shirley.

"The farther we've gotten from the magic and mystery of the past, the more we've come to love Halloween - the one time each year when the mundane is overturned in favor of the bizarre, the "other side" is closest, and everyone can become anyone (or anything) they wish... and sometimes what they don't. Introducing nineteen original stories from mistresses and masters of the dark celebrate the most fantastic, enchanting, spooky, and supernatural of holidays"--Cover page [4].

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