October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween

Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/fine. Stacy Drum, Glenn Chadbourne. A fine, signed limited edition in a fine leather clamshell slipcase. Letter "O" of 52 lettered copies. Signed by Dean Koontz and dozens of other horror writers on the first pages. Appears completely unread. Burgundy clamshell slipcase . Fine dust jacket. Burgundy cloth binding. Full color illustrations. Traycased Lettered Edition of 52 signed and lettered copies 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. 660 pp. Folio. 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." ---publisher's website"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 DziemianowiczPlus “My Favorite Halloween Memory" reminisces from:Elizabeth EngstromRick HautalaSteve Rasnic TemGary A. BraunbeckJack KetchumHugh B. CaveChristopher GoldenAlan M. ClarkPoppy Z. BriteTom PiccirilliJack CadyRobert MorrishWilliam F. NolanMichael CadnumDouglas CleggRay BradburyStanley WiaterRichard LaymonYvonne NavarroKim NewmanOwl GoingbackDennis EtchisonDavid B. SilvaKelly LaymonSimon ClarkKristine Kathryn RuschWayne Allen SalleeEdward GormanPeter Crowthe