October Dreams

Edited by Richard Chizmar and Robert Morrish

A Celebration of Halloween.

At more than 660 pages, this oversized volume is one of the best (and biggest) collections of Halloween material ever published!

Contents include: 22 short stories of spooky Halloween fiction (eleven brand new, never-before-published tales specially-written for October Dreams and eleven classic reprints); dozens of authors and artists have contributed short pieces recalling their own favorite and very personal memories of Halloween; essays detailing the "history" of Halloween, Halloween in the movies, and Halloween in literature; special Halloween artwork scattered throughout the book; plus almost all of the contributing authors will autograph the signed editions; a total of several dozen autographs.

Contents

• "The Black Pumpkin" by Dean Koontz
• "Lantern Marsh" by Poppy Z. Brite
• "Conversations in a Dead Language" by Thomas Ligotti
• "Yesterday's Child" by Thomas F. Monteleone
• "The Whitby Experience" by Simon Clark
• "In-between" a poem by Ray Bradbury
• "Gone" by Jack Ketchum
• "Yesterday's Witch" by Gahan Wilson
• "A Short History of Halloween" by Paula Guran
• "Mask Game" by John Shirley
• "Out of the Dark" by David B. Silva
• "Heavy Set" by Ray Bradbury
• "Boo" by Richard Laymon
• "Masks" by Douglas E. Winter
• "A Redress for Andromeda" by Caitlin R. Kiernan
• "The Circle" by Lewis Shiner
• "First of All, It was October" by Gary A. Braunbeck
• "Pay the Ghost" by Tim Lebbon
• "Buckets" by F. Paul Wilson
• "Orchestra" by Stephen Mark Rainey
• "Eyes" by Charles L. Grant
• "Deathmask" by Dominick Cancilla
• "Some Witch's Bed" by Michael Marshall Smith
• "The Trick" by Ramsey Campbell
• "Pork Pie Hat" by Peter Straub
• "Trick-or-Read" by Stefan Dziemianowicz

Plus “My Favorite Halloween Memory" reminisces from:

• Elizabeth Engstrom
• Rick Hautala
• Steve Rasnic Tem
• Gary A. Braunbeck
• Jack Ketchum
• Hugh B. Cave
• Christopher Golden
• Alan M. Clark
• Poppy Z. Brite
• Tom Piccirilli
• Jack Cady
• Robert Morrish
• William F. Nolan
• Michael Cadnum
• Douglas Clegg
• Ray Bradbury
• Stanley Wiater
• Richard Laymon
• Yvonne Navarro
• Kim Newman
• Owl Goingback
• Dennis Etchison
• David B. Silva
• Kelly Laymon
• Simon Clark
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Wayne Allen Sallee
• Edward Gorman
• Peter Crowther

Trade Edition bound in full cloth 
Slipcased Limited Edition of 450 signed and numbered copies bound in leather 

Artist's edition features:

Completely unique binding:
* bound in genuine leather
* custom embossing with raised pumpkin design on cover
* imprinted spine, denoting Artist's Edition
* orange and black page gilding
* orange ribbon page marker
* smyth-sewn with orange/yellow headbands

A handmade custom box:
* wrapped in an embossed orange Pellaq paper by Skivertex
* custom embossed pumpkin design on lid
* lined inside with black felt

A double-matted, framed ORIGINAL piece of artwork:
* by Maine artist, Glenn Chadbourne
* B&W ink drawing

Artist's Edition limited to only 12 copies

Lettered With Portfolio: limited to 52 traycased editions signed and lettered copies bound in leather, with a satin ribbon page marker, and also includes a separate, specially-commissioned Halloween Art Portfolio, featuring twelve full-pages of stunning artwork inspired by classic Halloween images (letter M)

Lettered Without Portfolio: limited to 52 traycased editions signed and lettered copies bound in leather, with a satin ribbon page marker (note this one does NOT include the art portfolio) (Letter V)