Walking After Midnight: Tales for Halloween Series

Crisp fall nights. Wind howling through the trees. The cover of night making familiar sights foreign and strange, washed in a blanket of shadows.   Named one of Suspense Magazine's Best Books of 2014, Evan Camby's "Walking After Midnight: Tales for Halloween" is a collection of six short horror stories guaranteed to send chills up your spine. Read them by a bonfire on a chilly autumn night, or under a blanket by candle light. Whatever you do, don't look behind you. "Hayride" The Schultz family's outing to an apple orchard goes terribly awry on the hayride from Hell. "Hat Man" Graduate student Bernice is plagued by night terrors. As the horrible visions begin to invade her waking hours, she must fight for her sanity...and her safety. "A Good Samaritan" Newlyweds Jake and Rita Wechsler take a journey down winding country roads in the Hudson River Valley, where danger lurks at every turn. "Into the Abyss" A group of young girls decide to play with a Ouija board and discover that it might be more than just a board game. "Walking After Midnight" When childhood friends Teddy and Joseph decide to revisit one of their old childhood haunts, the old town cemetery, they stumble upon true evil and must rely on each other to survive. "Trick & Treat" Halloween enthusiast Shelley decorates and buys candy for the big night, hoping for lots of Trick-or-Treaters, but she quickly learns the meaning of the phrase "Be careful what you wish for."

Curl up by the fire and prepare for a journey through TEN more tales of terror, suspense, and dread with the highly anticipated sequel to the award-winning "Walking After Midnight: Tales for Halloween." "CABIN CREEK" In the prequel to the eponymous short story Walking After Midnight from Part 1 of the series, we find out more about Sheriff Benoit and how the tiny town of Cabin Creek came to hold a secret bigger than anyone could imagine. "THE DEVIL YOU KNOW" Dr. Martell is a steely psychiatric doctor at his city's local facility for the insane. But what if the shadows that his patients claim to see aren't just in their minds?   "FLASHING LIGHTS" Truck driver Hank Bowser is a lonely man with a lonely job. When faced with a beautiful damsel in distress, he jumps at the chance to save her from her pursuers.   "THE PUMPKIN PATCH" When juvenile delinquent Cassie is forced to leave the city and spend the summer in the country with her eccentric aunt and socially inept cousin, she thinks it can't get any worse. As summer comes to an end, she begins seeing a vision that proves she might just be right. "LOUP GAROU" It's been fifty years since Leon Hermauntraut lost his wife and children to the Beast. In the swamp town of Bidart, Louisiana, the old man now lays in wait to exact his revenge. "WRAITH OF WEST END WOODS" Maine. Vacation Land. During a run in the woods of West End, summer tourist Mick Downing learns that he should have heeded the warning of his elders. "BLACK-EYED CHILDREN" House-sitting for a wealthy old woman in an affluent part of downtown Chicago is the perfect gig for college student Eric. When a knock comes at the door late one night, Eric has to decide whether to answer to a pair of small kids whose appearance makes him question everything. "WENDIGO" A blind date gone wrong. Navigating the winding roads of the north Sierra Nevada mountains late on a dark night. Add in an ancient, evil being stalking her every move, and Kate is in for a rough night. "RUN AWAY" Escaping from prison was John Brighton's first problem. Now a free man wandering through the rural countryside, deciding who to trust could be his last. "RITUAL" Bored one Halloween night, two couples follow a map from an old book of ghost stories to an abandoned nineteenth century church. To their horror, the book left out a few key details.