Ghosts Goblins Murder & Madness

<p>Featuring twenty-one different voices hailing from five different countries and eleven states<em>Ghosts Goblins Murder and Madness </em>is certain to strike a chord with every horror aficionado.  </p><p>Devil’s Night Day of the Dead and Halloween have been celebrated around the world in one form or another beginning with the Ancient Celts over two-thousand years ago. For some revelers it’s a time for <em>guising</em> or dressing up in elaborate costume; for others it’s a time for practical jokes and mischief and for some it’s a reverent occasion to acknowledge the thin line between earth and the spirit world. </p><p>In this same vein the stories in this collection provide a wide-angle lens at what comprises the unique expanse of horror fiction today. From hobgoblins and apparitions to haunted dwellings andcursed possessions to good intentions gone awry and evil ones turned on the perpetrator these twenty tales will unsettle frighten tickle and caution and in the end readers may take heed before ever again accompanying their children trick-or-treating striking up conversations in anonymous chat rooms or fortifying their homes in an attempt to prevent Halloween vandalism. </p><p> </p><p>Featuring the following stories and authors: Asking for It (JR Pepper) Tenants (George Plank) Foul Treats (Jon Steffens) The Boatman’s Rhyme (Neil May) Gate Night (Nick Manzolillo) Dear Dead Jenny (Ian McDowell) Alone on Halloween (Michael Gore) Home (Lewis Crane) The Bathroom Mirror (Kenneth Stephenson) Small Bites (Rebecca Rowland) The Hermit of Singer’s Creek (J. Tonzelli) Three Spirits (Daniel Loubier) Not This Girl (Michel Sabourin) The Dark (Jacquelynn Gonzalez) Trapped (Alice La Roux) The Residents (Tyson Hanks) Clutch of Death (Danielle Bailey) bad.dreamer84 (Louis Stephenson) October Surprise (David Grove) Masks (David Garrote & Jean Cleaver).</p>