HALLOWEEN SPIRITS. 11 stories by Maria Alexander, Kealan Patrick Burke, Nate Kenyon, Joe McKinney, Lisa Morton, Joseph Nassise, Scott Nicholson, John Palisano, Rick Pickman, Jeremy Shipp, and Simon Wood. Two of the stories here – “Bones Lie Quietly Now” by Nate Kenyon and “Trick or Die” by Rick Pickman – are original to this volume. [ Read More ]
MIDNIGHT WALK, Darkhouse Publishing. Trade paperback. 14 original stories. Famous Monsters of Filmland raved “If you love well written, spine tingling short stories, Midnight Walk is a must for your collection,” and Hellnotes said, “Midnight Walk is a cornucopia of wonderful works.” Midnight Walk was nominated for the 2009 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement [ Read More ]
The Cinema of Tsui Hark, published by McFarland and Co. publishers in fall of 2001 (reissued in 2009 in trade paperback). A complete critical overview of the works of the ultimate Hong Kong auteur, emphasizing such seminal films as Peking Opera Blues, Once Upon a Time in China and A Chinese Ghost Story. Includes extensive [ Read More ]
The Halloween Encyclopedia, published by McFarland in Fall 2003; second edition published in 2011. The concept of Halloween as a holiday and cultural phenomenon worthy of serious study is only a few decades old, and only since the mid–1980s have scholars started to accept that Halloween’s place in modern society (especially in American society) goes [ Read More ]
