Contains:
Each night, each year / Kathryn Ptacek --
Mark of the loser / Gary Brandner --
Timeskip / Charles de Lint --
Resettling / Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem --
The servitor / Janet Fox --
Blanca / Thonas Tessier --
Nine gables / James Howard Kunstler --
The last cowboy song / Charles L. Grant --
The ring of truth / Thomas F. Monteleone --
Eyes of the swordmaker / Gordon Linzner --
The guide / Ramsey Campbell --
Getting back / P.W. Sinclair --
Walkie-talkie / Donald R. Burleson --
Major prevue here tonite / William F. Nolan --
The brush of soft wings / Melissa Mia Hall --
Brothers / David B. Silva --
Haunted world / Robert R. McCammon --
Afterward / Dean R. Koontz.

~Mark of the Loser by Gary Brandner - he wrote The Howling which I never read but the movie is burned into childhood memories. 5* That was so much fun. Classic 1980s horror story!

~Each Night, Each Year by Kathryn Ptacek 1* That was a *really great and creepy* read until the end. The end was so f'n stupid.

~Timeskip by Charles de Lint 3.5* I liked it but it was a bit too YA/NA for my taste. The ghost story was a nice touch but it wasn't really a strong enough part of the story. Like it didn't have enough substance. LOL The bit of romance was cringey for me personally. // Charles de Lint, from an interview with FairyRoom.com. Timeskip is where Newford began: "Newford was not planned out in advance. It started (unbeknownst to me) with "Timeskip," a short story that I wrote for an anthology. I wanted to set the story somewhere other than the Ottawa area where most of my stories had taken place, but I didn't feel comfortable writing about a city that I couldn't physically visit. So I decided to use various aspects of large urban centers that I had visited, and create a fictitious setting."

~The Servitor by Janet Fox 4* I do love Janet Fox's writing style. RIP. As an adult the MC finds refuge and revenge in an old abandoned "haunted" house she knows about from her childhood. As we know you get nothing for free.

~Blanca by Thomas Tessier 2* I was really enjoying it. I liked his writing voice and the "is it a ghost or a hallucination" was interesting to follow but the last 5th of the book sucked. So he can't write an ending or at least an ending I could understand. So, so disappointed.

~The Last Cowboy Song by Charles L. Grant 2* An old widow starts seeing what we can assume is his wife's ghost. He thinks he's gone a bit mad but also assumes that means the end is near. That could be a normal story, a realistic story even but then his friend also sees her. Unfortunately nothing comes of that, stupid, waste of time. I looked forward to reading this because I'm familiar with his work as an editor but I didn't enjoy his writing style a bit.

~Haunted World by Robert R. McCammon - wrote: Swan Song & Boy’s Life. DNF - not dark enough to encourage me to give it a chance. Opens with William Shakespeare's ghost watching Jeopardy or some show on their couch. The characters can't hear him but they can see him mouthing answers. After they try to talk to him, he fades away. They look outside and they can see other ghosts.... I guess there are ghosts everywhere and they are a normal part of everyday living probably due to some event I didn't care to wait and find out about. ( )