It appears the separate stories are OOP, so I have linked the collection!
Synopsis
A Halloween Story takes you through 3 terrifying intertwining tales of chaos and bloodshed on Halloween Night as monsters, demons, and masked killers come alive in smalltown suburbia.
Be careful who you open the door for. Some trick-or-treaters may want more than candy.
Halloween horror. Short horror stories. Possession horror. Possessed horror. Scary Halloween stories. Scary Halloween book. Costume horror. Scary costumes.
Review
Had this on Kindle, so I decided to give it a quick seasonal read. It was actually on my 31 Halloween Reads FanFiAddict post in 2025!
A new costume store opens up in town, replacing the previous one, and hey, these are actually pretty good! In small-town suburbia, an elderly couple prepares for the big night of trick-or-treaters. The wife makes her town-favorite cookies, while her husband sorts out the candy situation. In another part of town, a group of friends finalizes their costumes before hopping in the car to head to a party. Rows and rows of zombies, knights, witches, and ninja turtles, and yet, what they see is even more surprising. Finally, one of the town’s police officers, working the night shift, begins to receive a string of strange calls and requests for backup. Together, they make for three intertwined nightmares.
This was an enjoyable, quick little seasonal read. It gave me just the right amount of carnage and candy corn. I had just finished my annual rewatch of Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge, and the climax had me thinking about plotting my own short story centered around people trapped in their costumes but with a more adult and darker twist; this certainly delivers on what I had in mind! Kind of like Goosebumps: The Haunted Mask, but instead of being stuck in the mask, she actually became the bloodthirsty monster. The idea is simple, but it really works for a quick read.
I really enjoyed the inclusion of a police officer as a POV. Like, imagine you are waiting on calls about kids out past curfew, kids egging houses, older teens partying too loud, and instead the calls are from terrified neighbors and fellow officers in need of help. It’s such a neat twist on dropping a supernatural phenomenon on a normal world and night. And even then, you know something crazy is going on in your town, but it’s not like you’re really ready to just start shooting anybody and everybody … they’re just kids in masks.
This was a perfect last-minute read to close out my spooky season. I’m glad I decided to look for one more read.
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