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Haunted Nights

By: Ellen Datlow - editor, Garth Nix, Kelley Armstrong, Pat Cadigan, John R. Little, Lisa Morton - editor, Eric J. Guignard
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman, Erin Spencer, James Patrick Cronin, Amy Landon, Luis Moreno, Keith Szarabajka, Hillary Huber
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Publisher's summary

Here are 16 chilling, never-before-published tales that explore every aspect of our darkest holiday, Halloween, coedited by Ellen Datlow, one of the most successful and respected genre editors, and Lisa Morton, a leading authority on Halloween.

In addition to stories about scheming jack-o'-lanterns, vengeful ghosts, otherworldly changelings, disturbingly realistic haunted attractions, masks that cover terrifying faces, murderous urban legends, parties gone bad, cult Halloween movies, and trick-or-treating in the future, Haunted Nights also offers terrifying and mind-bending explorations of related holidays like All Souls' Day, Día de los Muertos, and Devil's Night.

  • "With Graveyard Weeds and Wolfbane Seeds" by Seanan McGuire
  • "Dirtmouth" by Stephen Graham Jones
  • "A Small Taste of the Old Country" by Jonathan Maberry
  • "Wick's End" by Joanna Parypinski
  • "The 17-Year Itch" by Garth Nix
  • "A Flicker of Light on Devil's Night" by Kate Jonez
  • "Witch-Hazel" by Jeffrey Ford
  • "Nos Galen Gaeaf" by Kelley Armstrong
  • "We're Never Inviting Amber Again" by S. P. Miskowski
  • "Sisters" by Brian Evenson
  • "All through the Night" by Elise Forier Edie
  • "A Kingdom of Sugar Skulls and Marigolds" by Eric J. Guignard
  • "The Turn" by Paul Kane
  • "Jack" by Pat Cadigan
  • "Lost in the Dark" by John Langan
  • "The First Lunar Halloween" by John R. Little

Narrated by Gabra Zackman, Erin Spencer, James Patrick Cronin, Michael Kramer, Gerard Doyle, Kevin Kenerly, Amy Landon, Carrington MacDuffie, Andrew Eiden, Tom Taylorson, Suzanne Elise Freeman, Alana Kerr Collins, Luis Moreno, Keith Szarabajka, Emily Sutton-Smith, Malcolm Hillgartner, and Hillary Huber.

©2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc. (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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Several stories are great, the others are worth skipping

That’s all. Some are great, the others are not worth the time. Not much else to say.

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Great Halloween read! 🎃

I love the variety of tales from classic folktales to Sci-fi aliens to possessive demons . There's some good trick or treating here for horror fans of any subgenre. And the voice acting was superb. 👏🖤🎃

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So many swings, and almost all misses

Grabbed this on sale for Halloween, and of the 16 stories maybe four are worth the listen. Almost all have a strong premise and a great diversity of Halloween themes, but nearly a dozen either lie down with a depressing ending or peter out with an.... "ending?" that requires a rewind or search for a few missing paragraphs. Shorter, more disciplined writing and revised endings would have saved most.

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A Moist Sinewy Collection of Tales

Treat yourself to this set of truly eerie stories. I listened to the first 5 without a break. Each one so well written and performed. I decided to space them out; there isn't another Audible recording with such uniformly chilling tales.

For years I've seen words like "chilling" and "eerie" used to describe stories that weren't. But each of these Halloween-themed offerings gave me a quiet chill and a lingering eerie feeling. Those are the very feelings I look for in horror stories. I'll never again hear the phrase, "It's Halloween!"without remembering this collection.

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pretty good stories

Narrators were good and all but one story kept my attention (I admit I ended up skipping that story after about 3 minutes), the next to last story kinda droned on but was still not bad, and a couple were wonderfully spine tingling creepy. All in all well worth the credit.

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Not wasted time

I thought every story was worth listening to, and there were some really good stories in this book. Definitely worth the time in the money.
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Just Ok

There were a few great stories, some good stories, and some bad stories in this collection. I ended up skipping a couple because I just couldn't get into them. But I guess there was something for everyone.

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Really enjoyed it

Good variety of stories, all with the common thread of Halloween. Really, really enjoyed it.

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Great spooky stories for stormy nights

I recommend this audiobook for anyone who likes spooky stories. I really enjoyed them all.

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It's Halloween

"Her grin was a Jack o Lantern carved out of the twilight, eerie and bright and flickering with unholy fire.."

Spooky, creepy and very fun Halloween collection!! My favorites were With Graveyard Weeds and Wolfbane Seeds, Dirtmouth and Jack 🎃

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