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    Default October Halloween recommendations?

    I'd love to hear of some great spooky books to listen to in the Fall and next coming month. I am all SK'd out so just wondering if anyone has any hidden atmospheric gems that I don't know about.
    Similar to Ghost Story, Hell House, Harvest Home and such.
    Thanks again!

    I highly recommend the books above if you've never read them.

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    There's this book that I heard was pretty good. It's about a clown that terrorizes kids. Can't remember the title or the author though.

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    Found it!


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    Shannon, that was some of the funniest stuff i have seen all day!! Thank you!!

    On topic though, while not exactly a ghost story, my wife and i just finished listening to The Thirteen Hallows by Michael Scott. It was quite good and takes place in the few days leading up to and on All Hallows Eve. Lots of good mythology and story-telling mixed in with plenty of blood and guts, with a plentiful sprinkling of sex.

    Worth a listen i think.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shannon View Post
    Found it!

    Pretty sure the audio is OOP but I'll keep an eye out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cwalker View Post
    Shannon, that was some of the funniest stuff i have seen all day!! Thank you!!

    On topic though, while not exactly a ghost story, my wife and i just finished listening to The Thirteen Hallows by Michael Scott. It was quite good and takes place in the few days leading up to and on All Hallows Eve. Lots of good mythology and story-telling mixed in with plenty of blood and guts, with a plentiful sprinkling of sex.

    Worth a listen i think.
    I love sex sprinkles thanks for the recommendation.

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    Buy Matt's book ^^

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeC View Post
    I'd love to hear of some great spooky books to listen to in the Fall and next coming month. I am all SK'd out so just wondering if anyone has any hidden atmospheric gems that I don't know about.
    Similar to Ghost Story, Hell House, Harvest Home and such.
    Thanks again!

    I highly recommend the books above if you've never read them.
    If you want a quick read, I really enjoyed A Summer of Fear by Rebecca Patrick-Howard. Supposedly a true story, I thought it was pretty creepy. I'd also highly recommend The Man on the Bench, it's a novella by Robert Swartwood. It had an It vibe to me, and it was another recent one that I read that just had that feeling of dread to it.
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    One that immediately comes to mind is Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge. It's a quick, but enjoyable Halloween-ish read.

    Also, do what Matt said: Buy his book.

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    Co-signed on Dark Harvest. Another small-press suggestions is Black and Orange by Benjamin Kane Etheridge. I believe it won a Stoker. If not that, Bradbury will do just fine:


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    Thanks for reminding me about Dark Harvest that's one I definitely wanted to check out but I forgot about.
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    I only stumbled across Dark Harvest by accident one day, but I really enjoyed it. Now that I think about it, I think I'll aim to do a re-read of it this month.

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    If you want nonfiction, I read The Demonologist last year and really enjoyed it. It covers the career and cases of Ed and Lorraine Warren. It's easy to write off their cases and "experiences" as faked, but man, after reading that book...

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    Doesn't take place on Halloween but I read 'Little Star' by John Ajvide Lindqvist in October and thought it was great.
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    Have you read Harbor? If you have, is it better than Little Star? I've had that one for awhile but haven't read it yet. Handling the Undead is one of my favorites.
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    Four Octobers- Rick Hautula
    Trick Or Treat: A Collection Of Halloween Novellas (Gary Braunbeck, Nancy Collins, Riak Hautula, Al Sarrantonio & Thomas Tessier)
    Johnny Halloween- Norman Partridge
    October Dreams CD short story collection
    October Dreams II CD short story collection
    Halloween short story collection edited by Paula Guran
    October Dark-David Herter

    For something a bit nastier and more juvenile:

    All Hallow's Eve , Once Upon A Halloween and Night In The Lonesome October by Richard Laymon

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ricky View Post
    Have you read Harbor? If you have, is it better than Little Star? I've had that one for awhile but haven't read it yet. Handling the Undead is one of my favorites.
    I enjoyed 'Little Star' better but the two are pretty different.
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    A new illustrated edition of an all time Halloween classic: http://www.amazon.com/The-Halloween-...dp_kinw_strp_1

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    It's not too late to mention Al Sarrantonio. Has he ever published a non-Halloween book? Ha! I'm reading Horrorween. It's a silly title but it's a cool story; first in his Orangefield series.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WeDealInLead View Post
    It's not too late to mention Al Sarrantonio. Has he ever published a non-Halloween book? Ha! I'm reading Horrorween. It's a silly title but it's a cool story; first in his Orangefield series.

    Haha, I read this last week. You're right, I'm pretty sure all his books are Halloween related.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Annie Wilkes View Post
    If you want nonfiction, I read The Demonologist last year and really enjoyed it. It covers the career and cases of Ed and Lorraine Warren. It's easy to write off their cases and "experiences" as faked, but man, after reading that book...

    After seeing The Conjuring, I'm not sure I can handle that stuff in book form!

    My reading comes late at night, when the house is quiet and the Savannah cats have finally stopped their shenanigans (I have 4 of them) and I can go a few hours without having to jump up every 10 minutes or so. Literally the dead of the night. I'm pretty sure stuff does lurk under the bed, I dunno if I need confirmation of it, I'll never sleep!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wicked View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Annie Wilkes View Post
    If you want nonfiction, I read The Demonologist last year and really enjoyed it. It covers the career and cases of Ed and Lorraine Warren. It's easy to write off their cases and "experiences" as faked, but man, after reading that book...

    After seeing The Conjuring, I'm not sure I can handle that stuff in book form!

    My reading comes late at night, when the house is quiet and the Savannah cats have finally stopped their shenanigans (I have 4 of them) and I can go a few hours without having to jump up every 10 minutes or so. Literally the dead of the night. I'm pretty sure stuff does lurk under the bed, I dunno if I need confirmation of it, I'll never sleep!
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