Halloween, a time for laughing children in white bedsheets and superhero costumes. A time for chocolate candy, and pumpkins, and Trick-or-Treat. A time for dark things everything to slink out of the shadows and into our lives, reminding those unlucky few that our charades of Halloween cannot erase the centuries of history and pain behind the facade… What October Brings celebrates the dark traditions of the autumn rituals, of Halloween and Samhain, in homage to the uniquely fascinating fiction of HP Lovecraft. Masters of the short story offer you a once in a lifetime Trick-or-Treat experience… …perhaps your last experience! The commissioned cover is by acclaimed Italian painter Daniele Serra. Contents Paul Dale Anderson :: That Small, Furry, Sharp-toothed Thing Alan Baxter :: Waters Strangely Clear Ran Cartwright :: The House on Jimtown Road Adrian Cole :: No Other God But Me Storm Constantine :: Down into Silence Tim Curran :: Spider Wasp Arinn Dembo :: The Old Man Down the Road Cody Goodfellow :: The War on Halloween Andre E. Harewood :: The Immortician Nancy Holder :: Nyarlahotep Came Down to Georgia Erica Ruppert :: Summer’s End Brian M. Sammons :: A Night for Masks Ann K. Schwader :: Inheritance Darrell Schweitzer :: Uncle’s in the Treetops John Shirley :: Hum—Hurt You. Hum—Hurt You. Hum—Hurt You. Lucy A. Snyder :: Cosmic Cola Chet Williamson :: Hell Among the Yearlings