When Jonathon asked his mother why everyone wore costumes to go trick-or-treating, she said the costumes allowed little kids to walk harmlessly among the real ghouls and goblins that lurked on Halloween night. But this year one of those Halloween terrors might have followed him home, long after the costumes and candy had been put away. His mother’s boyfriend once warned of a giant living pumpkin that would attack children in their beds on Halloween night, and now something has thumped against the side of the house…
This year Cemetery Dance Publications is gathering a collection of the horror genre’s finest authors to pay tribute to our favorite holiday. Watch for the other stories in the series by Stewart O’Nan, Joe R. Lansdale, Norman Prentiss, Kealan Patrick Burke, Graham Masterton, Lisa Morton, and many others!