Strange text messages portend a strange kind of apocalypse...Two brothers find themselves drawn to the only house in the neighborhood not decorated for Halloweenā¦A man returns to his hometown to bury his overbearing mother, and finds more than memories awaiting him in the shadows of his childhood homeā¦A young girl walks a lonely country road, recalling a rhyme that brings with it memories of deathā¦A teenager hoping for romance gets more than he bargained for when the object of his desire introduces him to the object of hersā¦An aging millionaire awakes buried in a cheap coffin with only a lamp and a bell for companyā¦The son of a woman accused of being a witch accepts the villagers' peace offering at her funeral, but all is not quite as it seemsā¦A woman with a violent past realizes that this year's Halloween party may be coming for herā¦and a lonely trick-or-treater awakes in a house rumored to be a place of death.
From Bram Stoker Award-winning author Kealan Patrick Burke comes the second in his series of seasonal collections.
Featuring a brand new story "The Toll", a new introduction, and rounded out by the author's recommended Halloween reading and watching lists, DEAD LEAVES makes for the perfect autumnal read.
Strange text messages portend a strange kind of apocalypse...Two brothers find themselves drawn to the only house in the neighborhood not decorated for Halloweenā¦A man returns to his hometown to bury his overbearing mother, and finds more than memories awaiting him in the shadows of his childhood homeā¦A young girl walks a lonely country road, recalling a rhyme that brings with it memories of deathā¦A teenager hoping for romance gets more than he bargained for when the object of his desire introduces him to the object of hersā¦An aging millionaire awakes buried in a cheap coffin with only a lamp and a bell for companyā¦The son of a woman accused of being a witch accepts the villagers' peace offering at her funeral, but all is not quite as it seemsā¦A woman with a violent past realizes that this year's Halloween party may be coming for herā¦and a lonely trick-or-treater awakes in a house rumored to be a place of death.
From Bram Stoker Award-winning author Kealan Patrick Burke comes the second in his series of seasonal collections.
Featuring a brand new story "The Toll", a new introduction, and rounded out by the author's recommended Halloween reading and watching lists, DEAD LEAVES makes for the perfect autumnal read.