Join award-winning author and world-renowned Halloween expert Lisa Morton as she takes you on a journey through autumn’s orange-and-black heart! In these fifteen stories, you’ll experience the thrills and chills of Halloween, the ancient Celtic Samhain, and the Mexican Dia de los Muertos. You’ll encounter classic characters like the Headless Horseman, Sherlock Holmes, and La Llorona in dread-filled stories that span two-thousand years of dark history. In the Shadow of Halloween will treat you with that tricky, magical, fearful spirit any time of the year!
CONTENTS:
SAMHAIN
- Étaín and the Unholy Ghosts
- Second Sight
- The Witch at Midnight
HALLOWEEN
- Hallowe’en in Blue and Gray
- The Case of the Hallowe’en Dumb Cakes
- Gate Night
- Halloween at the Babylon
- The Mask Behind the Face
- Killer Clowns
- Halloween Beyond—The Talking-board
- All Tricks
- Hacking the Horseman’s Code
- The Ultimate Halloween Party App
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS
- Ofrenda
- La Hacienda de los Muertos
Cover art by Lynne Hansen