All Hallows Eve
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER
A chilling horror anthology of 19 original short stories from a world-class line-up of the masters of horror, delving into the histories and traditions of the spookiest season of the year. Presented by Hugo Award winning editor and horror legend Ellen Datlow, and featuring stories by Josh Malerman, Stephen Graham Jones, Garth Nix as well as many more.
Halloween, Samhain, Día de los Muertos—festivals across the world where we can commune with those we have lost, when spirits can cross over, and when the boundary between the living and the dead is far, far too thin.
A young boy encounters a woman with an ancient and terrifying link to the holiday, a group of college students attend a Halloween party to die for, and a troubled girl exploits a local urban legend to try and turn her life around.
From America to New Zealand via the rural Romanian wilderness, this anthology explores our worldwide obsession with the spookiest season of the year, when the veil is lifted and the spirits come alive. Featuring 19 original stories from bestselling and award-winning masters of the genre, and from Hugo, World Fantasy, Locus, Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson award-winning editor and horror legend Ellen Datlow, this anthology invites you to carve a pumpkin, light the lanterns and welcome in trick or treaters from across the world.
With stories by:
Josh Malerman
Lee Murray
Rich Larson
Clay McLeod Chapman
Livia Llewellyn
Michael Marshall Smith
Stephen Graham Jones
Linda D. Addison
Christopher Golden
Alma Katsu
Brian Evenson
Siobhan Carroll
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Theresa DeLucci
Garth Nix
Jeffrey Ford
Richard Kadrey
Nathan Ballingrud
John Langan
Customer Reviews
Great Collection for Horror Fans or for October Reading
All Hallows Eve
Is a 2026 collection of original fiction commissioned by legendary editor Ellen Datlow. The theme of this anthology is obviously Halloween, but it includes stories of Samhain, el Día de los Muertos, and any other occasion where the veil between the worlds thins. It’s all pretty much horror, although some is darker than others. I found some stories quite disturbing.
While the majority of stories are set in America, there are a variety of international tales as well, including a story of a vengeful Māori spirit in New Zealand, and a “Auld Woman” in Scotland who comes to clean with her broom when summoned. There are many points of view, from those of bereaved parents receiving a strange visitation, to a pair of married ghouls celebrating “The Night of the Welcome Stranger.” One thing that all of these stories do share is they are fresh and contemporary, even if they concern ancient folklore.
I found this to be a great anthology to read in celebration of spooky season. The stories were well selected, and included a good variety of points of view as well as themes. Of course in any such collection, some stories will appeal to the reader more than others, this is the nature of such works. However, I found the majority of these were enjoyable. I would recommend this to the horror fan, or anyone looking for some fresh October reading material