Halloween Party

Every odd year we produce a new HALLOWEEN PARTY horror anthology. These collections feature spooky stories by an international cast of authors and will keep you up at night. Try one today…if you dare.

HALLOWEEN PARTY ’21

Halloween Party ’21 is the latest horror collection from Gravelight Press. It features 21 scary, original works sure to delight and terrify. From the disturbing undercurrents of “Insecticide” to the psychologically charged drama “Unwell” to the speculative thriller “Before She’s Gone Forever,” there’s an entire trick-or-treat bag of goodies awaiting you between the pages of this unique anthology.

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CONTENTS

• Introduction by Dianne Pearce
• East 55th Street Affair by James Goodridge
• Aristotle’s Lantern by R. David Fulcher
• Insecticide by Nancy North Walker
• Hopscotch by Bernie Brown
• The Halloween Hound by David Yurkovich
• Unwell by Faye Perozich
• Into the Fire by David W. Dutton
• He Knew Where She Was by Jeffrey D. Keeten
• The Urraca Affair by James Goodridge
• All Hallows’ by Morgan Golladay
• It Is Highly Illegal to Hit Someone With an Egg by Morgan Golladay
• The Gravid Doe by Morgan Golladay
• Devil’s Throne by Morgan Golladay
• Are You Lonesome Tonight? by Bernie Brown
• The Hat by Russell Reece
• Snail! Snail! Show Me Your Horns by J.C. Raye
• Elevator of Blood by Robert Fleming
• A Good Daughter by Kim DeCicco
• Second Date by Morgan Golladay
• Before She’s Gone Forever by Phil Giunta
• Porch Ghost (as recounted to Dianne Pearce)

HALLOWEEN PARTY 2019

Settle your mask into place. It’s time for the Halloween Party to begin.

You have been invited to open this book to experience stories so macabre, so horrifying, that we must recommend you read them before dark. Make the unwise choice to read one of these unsettling tales just before switching off the light, and we cannot promise that you will live to see the next morning sun.

Thank you for coming to our party. It was nice to know you while you were among the living.

CONTENTS

• Introduction by DAVID YURKOVICH
• Fallen Hero by LISA FOX
• The Stumpville Affair by JAMES GOODRIDGE
• The Grim, Wicked Wood by JAMES MICHAEL SHOBERG
• Lizzy Dies From a Plane Crash at the End of This Poem by JAMES MICHAEL SHOBERG
• Run Red by JAMES MICHAEL SHOBERG
• Graveyard by SHUTTA CRUM
• Pearberry by BERNIE BROWN
• The Matriarch Sin by DOYLE WELDON KNIGHT
• Violet’s Blossoms by JOSEPHINE QUEEN
• Razors and Apples for My Love by DIANNE PEARCE
• Our Father by RACHEL M. BROWN
• The Seamstress by RUSSELL REECE
• The Man in the Hotel by BERNIE BROWN
• All Hallows’ Eve: Full Dark by CATHARINE CLARK-SAYLES
• Monster Love by CATHARINE CLARK-SAYLES
• Creature Feature by CATHARINE CLARK-SAYLES
• Erato’s Assistant by PAUL MILENSKI
• Munchers by DAN ALLEN
• . . . and All the Trimmings by J. C. RAYE
• The Doggone Ghost by BERNIE BROWN
• Waves by ROBIN HILL-PAGE GLANDEN
• The Sea Cemetery by ANDREA GOYAN
• Pumpkin Seed Spit by R. DAVID FULCHER
• The Creepy Dance of Red Curly Hair by AMIRAH AL WASSIF
• New Meat by ROBERT LEWIS HERON
• Alice’s Hat by TERRI CLIFTON
• A House Haunted by DAVID W. DUTTON
• Mary Wu by DIANNE PEARCE
• The Ghost of Chillingham Manor by PATSY PRATT-HERZOG
• The Dark Augur by ELIZABETH VEGVARY
• Happy Fucking Birthday by JOHN DAVIS
• Halloween Dance by JOHN DAVIS
• Teacher’s Pets by LINDA RUMNEY
• Thrown Out of the Church by My Father – a Baptist Deacon, 1964 by ALICE MORRIS
• She Waits for a Season of Hope by ALICE MORRIS
• Spirit of the Evening, Pray for Us All by ALICE MORRIS
• Why the Writer Cannot Rest by PAUL MILENSKI
• Mr. Gibb’s Banner Year by HEIDI J. LOBECKER
• Ache by MARK ALAN POLO
• O’ Death, You Sonnet! by DANTE SILICATO
• Tick Tock by BAYNE NORTHERN
• The Wood Witch by SARAH VAN GOETHEM
• Mirror, Mirror by ELLIE COOPER
• The Two Witches by CARRIE SZ KEANE
• Red by JUDITH SPEIZER CRANDELL
• The Holes by CAROLYN GEDULD
• BRB by DAVID YURKOVICH
• Absolute Monsters: Author Bios

A Delaware Press Association award-winning title, HP 2019 checks in at nearly 350 pages.

HALLOWEEN PARTY 2017

Our debut publication (under our parent company Devil’s Party), HP 2017 features 11 tales of terror certain to shock and delight. Includes stories by Pearce, Crandell, Yurkovich and others.

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Writers wanted to join the Halloween Party

EVERY ODD YEAR Gravelight Press, the horror imprint of Devil’s Party Press, LLC, publishes a new volume of HALLOWEEN PARTY, the horror anthology that features short stories and poems relating to all things horror.

Submission dates (typically) run from July 1- to November 30 of the even year before, so, for the 2023 anthology, the submission dates were July 1, 2022, through November 30, 2022. Submissions for HP ’25 will open July 1, 2024. Selected authors are notified in January of the year of publication, so, for the 2023 anthology, selected authors were notified January 2023. Selected authors are paid for their stories, for 2023 the payment is $25 per story or for up to 3 poems. All published authors also receive a complimentary copy of the book, which typically retails for $14.99.

Yes, we often choose more than one story/poem from a writer.

Yes, to-date, all of our anthologies have garnered awards for the writing, editing, and book design.

We are gifted and light editors. We merely look for errors and plot holes; we never rewrite or take-over a story. We do not choose pieces that need developmental editing as a rule. It is important to us that we merely make sure your piece is shiny and perfect. We do not want to change it.

We encourage all mature writers to apply. We value and showcase the author over 40. We love diversity. We love being scared. We will typically reject stories that include or glorify rape, wanton animal cruelty, racism, and sexism. But we do like humor with our horror too.

There is, currently, a $10 reading fee. We are not funded by a university; we are writers trying to help other writers. As noted above, selected authors are paid $25 per story or for up to 3 poems, and will also receive a print copy of the anthology. We also provide selected authors, upon request, a press release they can send to their local media outlets.

Thanks so much for your interest in this ongoing project, and for supporting older authors.