Here’s a Full List of Accepted Halloween Anthology Authors and an Official Cover Reveal!

It’s been a tumultuous 72 hours for me. After blocking off a meager 12 hour time slot to select the winners and work basic editing, I ran into a wall. More than 30 stories piled in during the last 12 hours of open submission time, and that knocked me off balance in a nasty way. Reading and editing more than 80,000 words in 12 hours is impossible. Reading and editing more than 80,000 words in 72 hours is damn near impossible. But, we’ve made major headway and emerged with a strong product that will be live on Amazon very shortly.

Horror Novel Reviews Presents: One Hellacious Halloween Volume 1 will feature 31 diverse tales (including two under the title Trick or Treat, which – believe it or not – was trimmed down from an unbelievable eight submissions under this wondrously inventive label) of horror. Some are on the bright side, some on the dark side, and some just totally and completely outlandish. It’s an eclectic combination of original horror fiction coming your way in a matter of days!

Given the fact that we’re on the cusp of going live with the book, it’s safe to assume that we’ve got the cover all wrapped up for you. Artist, Danny Melby did a fantastic job of taking modern artistic angles and familiar vintage style and mashing the two together for this gem. It’s a little outrageous, a little old school monster/sci-fi movie and a little bit of Melby’s own twisted personality. And it’s worth seeing.

Here’s the official cover for the book:

 

And of course, here’s a full list of stories that made the final cut (note that this is not the final order in which the shorts will appear in the book):

1. The Dead See Through Me by John Paul Davies
2. The Land of Perpetual Autumn by Mark Allan Gunnells
3. The Shape of the Spine by Alexandra Corinth and Michelle Tvete
4. Thank You for This by Adam Watts
5. A Letter from the Dead by Rick Popko
6. Día de los Muertos by Thomas Cavazos
7. Dudley’s Treat by Arno Hurter
8. Haunted by Morgan Griffith
9. In the Dollhouse by Tom Wortman
10. Ruby Red and Rich as Sin by Shenoa Carroll-Bradd
11. Six on Halloween by Brent Michael Kelley
12. SoulTaker 2.0 by Emerian Rich
13. Streetlights by Donald Conrad
14. The Chosen One by Russell James
15. The Grimm Pumpkin by Heddy Johannesen
16. Cactus Berries by J.T. Seate
17. The Hairy Ones by Terry M. West
18. The White Tent by Ian McCain
19. It’ll be a Scream by V.E. Hunter
20. The Bridge of Swords by Chris Thorndycroft
21. The Owl in the Tree by Claire C. Riley
22. The Werewolf Dentists from Hell by Andrew Hilbert
23. The Halloween House by Sheldon Woodbury
24. The Oculist by Lily A. Galindo
25. Tradition by I. Clayton Reynolds
26. Trick or Treat by Wayne C. Rogers
27. Tricky Jack by Colin Bradley
28. Trick or Treat by Peter Emmett Naughton
29. The Reaping by Greg Margolis
30. On a Wicked Night by Glenn Rolfe
31. Watching by Matt Molgaard