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[Read 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 Zsarabajka, Emily Sutton-Smith, Malcolm Hillgartner, Hillary Huber] This collection of horrific tales is sure to get you ready for Halloween. With stories by Seanan McGuire (aka Mira Grant), Stephen Graham Jones, Jonathan Maberry, Joanna Parypinski, Garth Nix, Kate Jonez, Jeffrey Ford, Kelley Armstrong, S.P. Miskowski, Brian Evenson, Elise Forier Edie, Eric J. Guignard, Paul Kane, Pat Cadigan, John Langan, John R. Little. Here are sixteen never-before-published chilling 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, this collection also offers terrifying and mind-bending explorations of related holidays like All Souls' Day, Dia 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 Seventeen 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