Halloween Short

For the month of October 2017, J. Ellington Ashton Press, on their Wicked Little Things blog-talk radio, broadcasted a series of Halloween stories. These “Fireside Stories” (as they were called) were a big hit with the listeners, and the decision was quickly made to publish these tales of terror in an anthology.

Welcome to the Pumpkin Room. Here you'll find the Seed Reader, curator of the largest collection of spooky Halloween stories known to man or spirit. He has picked 13 of his most frightening to share...with you. Be prepared to enter a world where scarecrows are spiteful and some pumpkins are vengeful. Hear about the boy with the trick-or-treating addiction but beware of the spooky stranger lurking outside the window.

This ghost story is a very unusual tale for O. Henry - longer than most and one of the few he wrote that dealt with the supernatural.

A group of thrill seekers learn that looking for terror is a whole lot more fun than finding it in Adam Light's "Ghost Light Road", a short story selection from Bad Apples: Five Slices of Halloween Horror.

Halloween was his birthday, and all poor Bob Talley wanted was for his family to be together again. This year, his wish might come true...

A boy with a misshapen skull just wants to be normal in Evans Light's "Pumpkinhead Ted", a short story selection from Bad Apples: Five Slices of Halloween Horror.

When a mysterious, Halloween-themed attraction comes to the town of Bay's End, everyone is dying to pay a visit in Edward Lorn's The Scare Rows, a short-story selection from Bad Apples: Five Slices of Halloween Horror.

The trap has been set. What terror awaits those who stumble across it? "The Cabin" by Brian Evenson is one of 9 short horror stories in Nightfire's audio anthology. Come Join Us by the Fire S2: Originals is the second installment of Nightfire's audio-first horror anthology, featuring a wide...

Mean Pumpkin is a short story about a selfish bully pumpkin who undergoes a transformation at Halloween.

Dazzling drag couture and cosmic terror weave together to reveal a tale of horrifying design. "Spyder Threads" by Craig Laurance Gidney is one of 9 short horror stories in Nightfire's audio anthology. Come Join Us by the Fire S2: Originals is the second installment of Nightfire's audio-first...

An assault at a Kolkata party awakens a deadly curse. Who can escape its vengeance? "You Will Survive This Night" by Indrapramit Das is one of 9 short horror stories in Nightfire's audio anthology. Come Join Us by the Fire S2: Originals is the second installment of Nightfire's audio-first horror...

The bells have always been a clear sign to the rest of the strange coastal town: stay indoors tonight. "Music of the Abyss" by Shaun Hamill is one of 9 short horror stories in Nightfire's audio anthology. Come Join Us by the Fire S2: Originals is the second installment of Nightfire's audio-first...

Jenny has been plagued by disturbing nightmares and visions every Halloween since she was a child. She’s grown up now, but they’re only getting worse. Can her Horology professor's theories on time manipulation provide answers? Is the mysterious mind connection Jenny senses between them tied in? Or is reality itself being irretrievably rearranged?

Two bullies go hunting for trouble but instead find a young boy and his imaginary friend in Jason Parent's Easy Pickings, a short-story selection from Bad Apples: Five Slices of Halloween Horror.