The Pumpkinseed Necklace

Thirteen tales of dark places and dangerous things await you in this collection of horror and dark fantasy from the 1990s. A boy receives a magical talisman from a mysterious woman—and discovers what really happens after midnight on Halloween. The mastermind of a gold heist learns of a book he authored—in the future. A cuckolded husband uses voodoo to punish his unfaithful wife but finds himself cruelly double-crossed. A vampire jet fighter pilot is downed behind enemy lines and learns a terrifying secret. A dying young witch embarks on a desperate rescue mission. A ghost hunter finally encounters the ghost of Quimby house—with unexpected results. A young woman gets a full-body tattoo right out of The Necronomicon.

From psychological terror to poignant dark fantasy, from witches and vampires to time paradoxes and malicious spirits, these stories explore the thin places where reality fractures and something unsettling breaks through.

“Beautifully, evocatively written.” —Ray Bradbury, author of Something Wicked This Way Comes and Fahrenheit 45