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    Hallows Eve

    By Al Sarrantonio

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    Book Two of the Orangefield Series

    After twelve years, Corrie Phaeder is returning home to Orangefield—the last place in the world he wants to be. Orangefield is a town of nightmares, a town where the impossible and the horrific happen all too often, where ghosts rise screaming from their graves, and where trick-or-treating goblins have no need for scary costumes.

    Something is waiting patiently for Corrie's homecoming. This Halloween, a messenger from a realm of shadows, with the body of a scarecrow and the head of a pumpkin, will usher Corrie into what might prove to be his last nightmare, a battle to the death with the ultimate darkness.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCrossroad Press
    Release dateOct 14, 2012
    ISBN9781301780396
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    Hallows Eve
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    Al Sarrantonio

    Al Sarrantonio is an acclaimed author, and the editor of anthologies such as 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense and Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy. He lives in Newburgh, New York.

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    • 5/5
      A hauntingly beautiful second chapter to the Orangfield series. A little on the morbid side, but so what.
    • 4/5
      This time last year, I picked up Al Sarrantonio’s Horrorween. The book was pretty so-so, but strongly evoked the feeling of Halloween. I thought I’d give him a second chance with the second book in his Halloween-themed Orangefield trilogy, Hallows Eve.For the most part, Hallows Eve is too average. Not a book I would recommend. The story is interesting enough, but not terribly creative. The characters are pretty flat and two dimensional. The scares aren’t particularly scary and the town of Orangefield is missing those photorealistic details that would bring it to life.But… If you can call a horror novel charming, Hallows Eve certainly is. For all its faults, the book strongly captures the picture-perfect Halloween in a small Northeast town. The one we always wanted as kids. The atmosphere is so strong, it practically leaps off the pages.For about eleven months and two weeks out of the year, I would say Hallows Eve is a book you can safely pass by. But for the couple of weeks surrounding Halloween, when we all wish we lived in a rural community where the leaves change color and the air turns chilly, the book is perfect. Al Sarrantonio has managed to capture that feeling and package it. It might be a one-trick pony, but the book is breezy and quick enough that the one trick doesn’t grow old.
    • 3/5
      Started this one on Halloween night and a decent read. Quick read. I wouldn’t necessariliy consider this horror, but more of a dark fantasy. Got a little strange and was sometimes hard to follow. Moved forward quickly, almost to the point that I felt I missed something. Events were often described “matter of factly” without much use of emotion or atmosphere. Not a bad read, mostly because it went so quickly, but not sure I would want to revisit. Might give Al another go, but my initial impression was that is just so-so. Great cover though illustration. It had more atmosphere than the book did, great artwork.