Waiting For October [Paperback]

Adam Pepper (Author), Sarah Pinborough (Author), Jeff Strand (Author), Jeffrey Thomas (Author), Bill Breedlove (Editor), John Everson (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 5, 2007

The second Dark Arts Books release is Waiting for October, a compilation of 12 new tales and rare reprints by four of horror's most evocative authors: Adam Pepper, Sarah Pinborough, Jeff Strand and Jeffrey Thomas. From body parts gone missing to body parts inexplicably arriving, from parasitic children to dead grammas, Waiting for October is filled with the harvest of four tantalizingly twisted imaginations.

Editorial Reviews

Review

You won't find any of the usual suspects here -- no vampires, no werewolves, no smilingly hateful little children who kill their nannies. What you will find instead are some very disturbing tales that showcase the full range of what constitutes a horror story. --From the Introduction, by Bill Breedlove

Hot on the heels of their debut release, CANDY IN THE DUMPSTER, comes Dark Arts Books next collection of truly unusual stories in WAITING FOR OCTOBER...a fine showcase of each author's talent, with varied entries featuring elements of horror, scifi and humor . . . i.e. you won't be bored for a second. Dark Arts Books goes 2 for 2. --The Horror Fiction Review #17

I doubt I'll read a stronger horror-themed collection this year than WAITING FOR OCTOBER, the genre-busting follow-up to Dark Arts Books 2006 anthology CANDY ON THE DUMPSTER...the book's magic is in its incredibly wide-ranging, always unpredictable contents. Those who say there's nothing new in the horror story universe (and I'll admit I've made that claim myself on more than one occasion) need to read this book -- as, in my view, does everyone else! --Fright.com

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Dark Arts Books; 1st edition (April 5, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0977968618
• ISBN-13: 978-0977968619
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,387,508 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful horror collection, April 3, 2009

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Lesley Conner (Smithsburg, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Waiting For October (Paperback)

This is an excellent collection of short horror fiction. I couldn't put it down. I've been a fan of Jeff Strand and Sarah Pinsborough for a long time, but this was my first encounter with Adam Pepper and Jeffrey Thomas. All 12 stories were well written, some with a touch of humor and others with a touch of gore. Fabulous. The only downfall of the collection is that it was too short. I could have read twice as many, and still not have tired.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dark Arts brings us another winning four-in-one anthology, November 25, 2007

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Mark T. Lancaster (Baltimore, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Waiting For October (Paperback)

I have to thank Dark Arts Books for introducing me to some fine new authors, new to me, at least. First it was CANDY IN THE DUMPSTER, their first four-author multi-story anthology, edited by the always excellent writer/editor Bill Breedlove, which I bought for the authors I knew but discovered that the ones I didn't know were well worth getting acquainted with too.
Now it's WAITING FOR OCTOBER, again edited by the multi-talented Bill Breedlove, which I snatched up for the stories by one of my favorite authors, Jeffrey Thomas. And sure enough, Adam Pepper, Sarah Pinborough, and Jeff Strand each contribute stories that made me glad I'm a Jeffrey Thomas completist, 'cause now I've added three new authors to my growing list of those to keep an eye out for. Nothing but quality goods here, stories I'll enjoy returning to again and again. This one's a keeper, for sure.