Al Sarrantonio: 22 books

In Orangefield, Halloween is never normal—and this year will be no exception. For Orangefield is now the home of Halloweenland, a bizarre carnival run by the mysterious Mr. Dickens. No one who sees the carnival doubts that it's a very strange place, but its real secrets can hardly be imagined. Orangefield...

First appearance in digital and just in time for Halloween: the two newest Orangefield tales together in one affordable package: ORANGE LAKE, a 9,000 word novelette which has only appeared in Kasey Lansdale's IMPOSSIBLE MONSTERS and, as a bonus, "The Pumpkin Smasher," which has only appeared in OCTOBER...

A thousand years ago, something evil made a bold attempt to cross into this world. Now it's ready to try again. She's eternally young, lovely and lethal. Her cry for help is heard by a teenage boy in Bermuda. A confused orphan in Montreal. A political prisoner in Poland. A raging paraplegic on the Pacific coast. And a bloodthirsty psychopath in New York City.

For untold ages a dark presence has shrouded the small town of Orangefield. In addition to the plentiful pumpkins that gave the town its name, Orangefield is home to the dreaded Lord of Death himself, Samhain. Despite rumors of his existence, and rare, brief sightings, Samhain has long been content to...

The carnival appears overnight on the old Scott property: Ferris wheel, Mirror Maze, midway, Tunnel of Love. Cold, monstrous eyes glare down as the calliope's bright music beckons through the carnival's wrought-iron gates. Once inside, there is no escape from terror, from the dance of death.

Professor Kevin Michaels has returned to the picturesque town of New Polk to fill a teaching position at the local university and a long-held ambition: to revive interest in the town's most illustrious citizen, author Eileen Connel, and her neglected masterpiece, "Season of Witches". But first he must uncover the horror locked away inside the old woman's failing mind.

Lt. Thomas Mullin i considered the best tracker around. So when a senator's son turns up missing, Mullin is called into find him. It doesn't Quite a few travelers and cowboys have disappeared recently in the same area. And the desolate, inhospitable land is offering no clues--only shallow graves.

Lincoln is heading for his third term in the White House. The best-and worst-of humanity are back with a vengenace, a skeletal army hell-bent on conquering the living and uniting the world under the banner of the dead. Against this bloody backdrop of global horror, a small group of refugees find themselves drawn together to determine the survival of the human race.