Spooky Halloween Reading List

 Thirteen eerie HALLOWEEN entries to read if you dare!! Bwahhhhh-ha-ha! 

* Warning: Some of these may be extremely creepy or horrific. I haven't read them all, just sharing what I've come across. (I also have a "lighter" Halloween Books & Collectibles List.)

Anthologies

Behind the Shadows III: Dark Secrets - Eerie, weird tales, includes my story, "Big Al's Revenge." (Paperback, Amz)

Blood on the Page: The Complete Short Fiction of Brian Keene, Vol. 1 - "Stories of zombies, ghosts, serial killers, and the most horrific monsters of all - ourselves." (He also restarted daily blogging here or see his Substack newsletter.)

Flash of the Dead: Halloween '25 - Slashers, folklore and more horror in 73! short short stories.(Paperback)

 

Noncorporeal III: Nightfall - Strange tales of things that go bump in the night. In my story, "Cat's Eyes," a "cat burglar" decides to do one last job... a fateful decision. (Paperback, Amz)

 Acquired Taste, Clay McLeod Chapman - Twenty-five terrifying tales from a strange and terrifying addiction, to something weird in the fireplace, to ghost boyfriends, salamander-worshiping nuns (?) and more...  (I see this is at the library; will put it on my list.)

Terrifying Tales to Tell at Night,  editor Stephen Jones - Ten creepy tales for kids, with creatures, monsters. Dr. Frankenstein and more! 

Weird and Weird Covers 

 

Fifteen Eyes, Tyler Downs - Fifteen sordid tales... Solomon Northcutt enjoys the simple things in life: a nice sweater vest, trivia night with co-workers, and using the eyeballs of the deceased to transcribe horrific deaths for his bosses' reading pleasure.

Scuttle, Barnaby Walter - When an overnight camping trip in the woods on Halloween night goes wrong, and a girl ends up dead with what looks like animal wounds, the whole neighbourhood is shocked. How did it happen? And more importantly what was it that killed her?

Where He Can't Find You, Darcy Coates - Don't walk alone or the stitcher will find you... Don't stay out late or the stitcher will take you...  Abby and her friends have to act quickly when her sister is taken, before too much of her is cut away... 

Puzzles, Quizzes

Test Your Terror: Trivia from the Dark Side of History, Books and Movies, Joe Myndhardt  -  As the description says, "Like Jeopardy!, but with more ghosts, gore, and guillotines."

Zombie

Dating After the End of the World, Jeneva Rose - Recent release with huge ratings! Casey grew up with a prepper father, and until after she's left home and a deadly virus hits, does she realize how right her dad was. Now she's back home to hunker down in a bunker with other survivors, including her hunky arch-nemesis Blake, her teen years' high school bully.

Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter, C.A. Verstraete - What if Lizzie Borden picked up that axe for an entirely different reason? What if her father and stepmother had turned into... zombies? New cover! 

The Gospel of Z, Stephen Graham Jones - "The military and church duke it out using survivors as pawns in a hell on earth where zombies are the least of the creatures to be feared."

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Happy Scary Reading! 

New Lizzie Borden Fiction Coming!

 

 The Lizzie Borden House Anthology will release Oct. 14! Pre-Order Here on Amazon.

From feminist re-imaginings to supernatural reckonings, from psychological horror to gothic suspense, these tales examine not just what happened that day in Fall River, but how the story of Lizzie Borden has taken on a life—and afterlife—of its own.

Perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson, True Crime, and American Horror Story, this collection blurs the line between history and horror, fact and folklore. Because some stories refuse to die—and some houses never forget.

Includes 20+ stories, including works by NYT Bestselling Author Heather Graham and Stoker Award Winner Linda D. Addison.

* Contains my new Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter story: "You Can Go Home Again."

** FYI: Are you a reviewer? The book is also on Netgalley.  * Get it on Goodreads.

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