Halloween: New Poems

Cover artwork by Alan M. Clark
Interiors by Keith Minnion

Just in time for Halloween – the first-ever collection of brand-new poems written expressly for the Orange-and-Black holiday, edited by horror master Al Sarrantonio!

Halloween: New Poems contains original poetic gems by some of today's best horror writers – including the first poems ever published (a total of six!) by Joe R. Lansdale. Along with Lansdale find such horror greats as Tom Disch, Gary Braunbeck, T.M. Wright, Elizabeth Massie, Tom Piccirilli, Steve Rasnic Tem and Brian Freeman, as well as poetry by Al Sarrantonio himself.

This is a book you will take down from your shelf every Halloween season – a real keepsake and one-of-a-kind volume, with a beautiful cover by Alan Clark and fantastic interior art by Keith Minnion.

Halloween: New Poems is sure to become a collectible

Table of Contents:

• "Introduction" by Al Sarrantonio
• "How to Play Dead" by Steve Rasnic Tem
• "Beggars’ Night" by Gary A. Braunbeck and Lucy A. Snyder
• "Spider’s Night Out" by Elizabeth Massie
• "Treats of the Trick" by Brian Freeman
• "My Treat" by Elizabeth Massie
• "The Fishmonger" by David Niall Wilson
• "Making Ready the Celebration" by T.M. Wright
• "They Grow Pumpkins Down There" by James A. Moore
• "Pumpkin Eater" by Steve Rasnic Tem
• "The Midnight People" by Brian Freeman
• "Pumpkin" by Al Sarrantonio
• "Jack’s Lantern" by James A. Moore
• "Crossroads, All Hallows Eve" by Ardath Mayhar
• "Trick or Treat" by Al Sarrantonio
• "Samhain" by Melanie Tem
• "Bringing Halloween" by T.M. Wright
• "Phantom Pains" by Tom Piccirilli
• "Houses with Broken Windows" by David Niall Wilson
• "The Lady Dewitt" by Joe R. Lansdale
• "Longhaired Puppies" by David Niall Wilson
• "The Value of an October Kiss" by Tom Piccirilli
• "Warnings and Post-Mortems" by T.M. Wright
• "All Hallows Eve" by T.M. Wright
• "Autumn" by James A. Moore
• "Thanatology – or, the Halloween Ball" by David Niall Wilson
• "Observing Nature on Halloween Night" by Joe R. Lansdale
• "Under the Halloween Tree" by Brian Freeman
• "Another Horror Flick from DeSica" by Thomas M. Disch
• "Got a Girl Named Billy Sue" by Joe R. Lansdale
• "Untitled" by Peter Schneider
• "Remembering Octoberland" by Brian Freeman
• "Halloween High" by Neal Barrett, Jr.
• "On Hallows Eve" by Peter Crowther
• "Bat at the Glass" by Joe R. Lansdale
• "Fright Night Triple Feature" by Gary A. Braunbeck and Lucy A. Snyder
• "Red Jack" by Joe R. Lansdale
• "Certain Spirits" by Al Sarrantonio
• "A Halloween Night, with Ghouls and Weirdies and Things that Bite" by Jersey Fitzgerald
• "A Pirate Crew" by Thomas M. Disch
• "Cap’n Hook" by Bradley Denton
• "The Year Near Closing" by T.M. Wright

About the Editor: Al Sarrantonio has been called a "master anthologist" by Booklist. He is the author of more than forty books, including novels, short story collections and anthologies such as 999, Redshift, and Flights.

Trade hardcover edition

Traycased Lettered Edition of 52 signed (by the editor) and lettered hardcover copies bound in leather with a satin ribbon page marker and additional full-color artwork