![]() ![]() As a tale, “Halloweenland” isn't quite as powerful as its predecessors, (however, novels in the falling action of a trilogy often aren't, by nature), but for the most part, he delivers the goods again. ![]() ![]() Clark gracing the cover, it's an attractive piece, indeed. Hardcover, artistic interior design, the stirring art of Alan M. ![]() In Orangefield, Sarrantonio created a world where it was always October, always just before Halloween, where the tang of apple cider spiced the air, the leaves wove a tapestry of brilliant reds, oranges, and yellows, where the Jack O'Lanterns always grinned with manic glee.and ominous, dark and terrible things were always afoot.Ĭemetery Dance's signed, limited hardcover edition of the final chapter in Sarrantonio's Orangefield odyssey, “Halloweenland”, is a worthy addition to any collector's stash. Recently, however, prolific author Al Sarrantonio has taken up the “pumpkin mantle”, so to speak, with his wonderfully atmospheric and imagery-filled Orangefield novels, “Horrorween”, “Hallow's Eve”, and “Halloweenland”. His novel “Something Wicked This Way Comes” and his short story collection “The October County” were autumnal portraits of the mystery and magic of those smoky weeks before a traditional night of tricks, treats, and the celebration of all things fantastic, phantasmic, and otherworldly. For years, Ray Bradbury was the undisputed master of everything that was fine and good about that darkly magical month October and its climax, Halloween. ![]()
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