[IDEXED]October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween

[Dan Hocker]

Editor: Richard Chizmar & Robert Morrish
Artist: Stacy Drum
Page Count: 660
Pub. Date: 2000
ISBN: 1-58767-019-4
Status: Out of Print

October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween
edited by Richard Chizmar & Robert Morrish

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.

Finally, for the Lettered Edition only, there will be a separate, specially-commissioned Halloween Art Portfolio, featuring twelve full-pages of stunning artwork inspired by classic Halloween images! Artwork by Cemetery Dance favorite Glenn Chadbourne!

Contains:
"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 Dziemianowicz

Plus “My Favorite Halloween Memory" reminisces from:
Elizabeth Engstrom
Rick Hautala
Steve Rasnic Tem
Gary A. Braunbeck
Jack Ketchum
Hugh B. Cave
Christopher Golden
Alan M. Clark
Poppy Z. Brite
Tom Piccirilli
Jack Cady
Robert Morrish
William F. Nolan
Michael Cadnum
Douglas Clegg
Ray Bradbury
Stanley Wiater
Richard Laymon
Yvonne Navarro
Kim Newman
Owl Goingback
Dennis Etchison
David B. Silva
Kelly Laymon
Simon Clark
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Wayne Allen Sallee
Edward Gorman
Peter Crowther

Available in four states:
Trade Edition bound in full cloth ($40)
Slipcased Limited Edition of 450 signed and numbered copies bound in leather ($150)
Traycased Lettered Edition of 52 signed and lettered copies bound in leather, 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 ($400)
Artist Edition, limited to 13 copies (details no longer available.)

[bsaenz24]

I would LOVE to see an October Dreams 2!!! You can call it October Nightmares!!!

[Martin]

This is probably my favorite book! The 'My Favorite Halloween Memory' pieces are great. I read a few each October. I would love a second book but would be concerned that it could not live up to the first, of course I would order it in a heartbeat. The mix of new fiction, reprinted fiction and the non fiction pieces work so well together.

[bsaenz24]

I think since it's been so long since this came out, CD could find plenty of new people to contribute fiction or flip-flop from last time who wrote memories and who wrote fiction. I say we storm Maryland and DEMAND IT!!! Everyone follow me!!!!! ....um....guys??...you coming???

[ReticentRomeo]

4th edition - Artist's edition?

Wasn't this released in 4 editions? I remember on the old Cemetery Dance site there was the "Artist's edition" as well, which if memory serves me correctly was limited to 13 copies, making it even scarcer than the lettered edition...

I took a couple of photos of both editions and you can see they are quite different although they both have amazing production standards

[Dan Hocker]

You remember correctly. We did do an artist edition for October Dreams.

[Brian James Freeman]

Definitely one of my favorite Artist Editions -- love that binding and the case!

[folgersnyourcup]

WOW. I hate that I came on board after this was long since gone... Scouring Ebay now.

[Martin]

You will not be disappointed, I have said this before and will say it again, this is my favorite book!

WOW. I hate that I came on board after this was long since gone... Scouring Ebay now.