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Doorbells at Dusk

In this Halloween anthology, townsfolk decorating an abandoned house find mass graves in its overgrown yard. In another tale, a neighbor’s holiday display may feature real human heads.

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Halloween horror, dark fiction and suspense short stories. Carve your pumpkins and turn on the porch light, Halloween frights begin with the sound of… Doorbells at Dusk. Doorbells at Dusk is a treasury of brand-new Halloween tales from both modern masters and rising stars of dark fiction, horror and suspense.

Halloween has always gone hand-in-hand with horror. The holiday gives many children their first taste of terror, the discovery and overcoming of fears. For those who find they love a good scare, that first taste can grow into a voracious appetite.

That might be why you’re looking at this book right now. If so, you’ve come to the right place.

These are the thrills you crave, packed into a collection that’s pure Halloween. Featuring stories by:

Sean Eads

Amber Fallon

Charles Gramlich

Joanna Koch

Curtis M. Lawson

Lisa Lepovetsky

Adam Light

Evans Light

Chad Lutzke

Josh Malerman

Jason Parent

Thomas Vaughn

Joshua Viola

Ian Welke

Gregor Xane

About Corpus Press: Corpus Press is a publisher of horror and weird fiction, specializing in modern pulp that emphasizes plot over gore. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, the press has garnered praise from SCREAM Magazine , Cemetery Dance , Horror Novel Reviews , Hellnotes and others for its Bad Apples:Slices of Halloween Horror series, the anthology Dead Roses: Five Dark Tales of Twisted Love , and for its short story collections and novellas.

Horror anthologies and collections from Corpus Press:

Screamscapes: Tales of Terror

Toes Up: Horror to Die For

Dead Roses: Five Dark Tales of Twisted Love

Halloween horror books from Corpus Press:

Doorbells at Dusk: Halloween Stories

Bad Apples: Five Slices of Halloween Horror

Bad Apples 2: Six Slices of Halloween Horror

Bad Apples 3: Seven Slices of Halloween Horror

First published: 2018
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 290
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Halloween

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Horror profile

Scary: Not rated
Creepy: Not rated
Gore: Not rated
Disturbing: Not rated
Weird: Not rated

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Each dimension runs from 1 (low) to 5 (exceptionally intense). A 5 is reserved for strongly consistent evidence. People experience horror differently.

Scary: Fear, tension and immediate threat.
Creepy: Unease, dread and an uncanny atmosphere.
Gore: Graphic injury, blood and bodily detail.
Disturbing: Upsetting ideas and lingering psychological impact.
Weird: Surreal, strange and reality-bending elements.

We draw a filled profile only when all five scores have been reviewed. Unrated does not mean mild. Missing scores are not estimated from genre tags or your saved taste. This profile isn't a complete content-warning guide.