Editor Edith Datlow gathers a brilliant collection of tales related to Halloween and other celebrations of the dead. Each short story brings something different to the book, with no two stories feeling the same despite such similar subject matter.
Writers like Garth Nix, Teresa DeLucci, Josh Malerman and Clay McLeod Chapman bring forward not only the spooky, but the gut wrenching and heartbreaking. From a New Zealand man learning just why he was given an easy seeming theft to join a gang, to a father desperate enough to see his dead son one more time that he will keep answering the door to his son’s trick-or-treating spirit, All Hallows Eve doesn’t play it safe with basic stories. There is a story of a college party in a creepy building that draws students in but never wants them to leave. There are even tales involving Romanian nights of the dead and other cultural celebrations, making this not just a Halloween collection, but multiple festivals devoted to the dearly departed. All Hallows Eve is a beautiful collection of unsettling tales with a little treat for everyone.
All Hallows Eve is now available from Titan Books.
