Thread: Halloween Reading List?

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I know most of us like to watch scary movies around Halloween, but how many of you also like to read scary or Halloween related books during the season? If you do, what are your favorites? I always have to read some Poe, as well as horror type novels.

Halloween Tree, Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Bits of classics like Frankenstein and Dracula

It's not Halloween season until the spine of the copy of Bradbury's "The Halloween Tree" I've had since childhood has been cracked, and pieces of the classics for me, too, like "Dracula."

I don't know if anyone here has read my work, but I'm the author of 10 books, several of which are Halloween books. Here are some links if anyone cares to check them out:

"The Watching" on sale now at Horror Mall

https://www.horror-mall.com/badmoonb...age=1&featured

"Bad Candy" a chapbook collaboration between myself and Al Sarrantonio, included with purchase of "The Watching" at Horror Mall.

"Frightful October"

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1894841581/qid=1100804279/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-5336172-2056803?v=glance&s=books&n=507846"]Amazon.com: Frightful October: Tales of Halloween Horror (9781894841580): Paul Melniczek: Books[/ame]


Some of my other books are out of print. I'll also have news on forthcoming titles as soon as my publishers make the announcements. My personal reading list includes the anthologies "13 Horrors of Halloween," and "October Dreams" from Cemetery Dance, edited by my friend Robert Morrish. This is a huge compilation. My favorite stories include "The October Game" from Ray Bradbury, "Pumpkinhead" from Al Sarrantonio, "The Circle," Lewis Shiner, and of course "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," by Washington Irving.

Paul.

Book swap anyone? LOL

I'm always reading. The more I read the better the imagination. The better the imagination....maybe my first props will turn out okay.

Wouldn't mind having a list of stories
But would also like to have lists of places where these stories can be read for free.

I am with ghostuponthefloor, Bradbury's "The Halloween Tree" is a must read every year. Has anyone watched the Cartoon Network's version? I have been afraid to...plus it is not available on Netflix.

My question is why was it not made into a movie yet?

Hmm, how I have I missed The Halloween Tree all these years? Off to Amazon I go to order!

Originally Posted by Paul Melniczek

I don't know if anyone here has read my work, but I'm the author of 10 books, several of which are Halloween books. Here are some links if anyone cares to check them out:

"The Watching" on sale now at Horror Mall

https://www.horror-mall.com/badmoonb...age=1&featured

"Bad Candy" a chapbook collaboration between myself and Al Sarrantonio, included with purchase of "The Watching" at Horror Mall.

"Frightful October"

Amazon.com: Frightful October: Tales of Halloween Horror (9781894841580): Paul Melniczek: Books


Some of my other books are out of print. I'll also have news on forthcoming titles as soon as my publishers make the announcements. My personal reading list includes the anthologies "13 Horrors of Halloween," and "October Dreams" from Cemetery Dance, edited by my friend Robert Morrish. This is a huge compilation. My favorite stories include "The October Game" from Ray Bradbury, "Pumpkinhead" from Al Sarrantonio, "The Circle," Lewis Shiner, and of course "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," by Washington Irving.

Paul.

I will defininitely have to check these out Paul!

Scarebear, thanks.

Some of these stories like "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and other works of his ("Rip Van Winkle") are online, since they are now in the Public Domain.

Link to "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/273/

Paul.

Originally Posted by Paul Melniczek

Scarebear, thanks.

Some of these stories like "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and other works of his ("Rip Van Winkle") are online, since they are now in the Public Domain.

Link to "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/273/

Paul.

That is sweet...thanks Paul!