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Finished up Widow’s Point: The Complete Haunting by Richard & WH Chizmar and really liked it. This was a story that was genuinely creepy at times, both the original novella and the newer expanded novel.
Up next, I will probably read a few stories in All Hallows’ Eve, a Halloween themed anthology edited by Ellen Datlow, and then start Octobertown by Mia Dalia tomorrow.
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Posted : October 18, 2026 1:29 am
I blew through Nathaniel Benchley's THE VISITORS in two days, and I absolutely loved it. A great darkly comic/spooky Halloween read. Just started J.W. Ocker's DON'T GO THERE: A TOUR OF THE WORLD'S MOST SINISTER SPOTS, which is fun so far.
Posted : October 18, 2026 4:36 am
Has anyone out there read Mia Dalia's. October town yet ? I bought this on a lark and just received it yesterday.
Finished up OctoberTown by Mia Dalia and really liked it.
I didn’t have any idea what it was about before I started it, and I would recommend that you go into this one cold.
It starts out in an almost whimsical tone and gets darker as the story goes along.
It’s a short, fast paced story about grief and loss and how we process them, and the real monsters in our world may be the people we live right next door to.
This is the third thing I’ve read by Dalia, and I’ve liked them all, but OctoberTown is easily my favorite. A love letter to all things Halloween, horror, and Stephen King.
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Posted : October 20, 2026 2:51 pm
After OctoberTown, I started All Hallows’ Eve, an anthology of Halloween themed stories edited by Ellen Datlow.
Three stories in so far, and it’s OK.
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Posted : October 20, 2026 2:55 pm
Has anyone out there read Mia Dalia's. October town yet ? I bought this on a lark and just received it yesterday.
Finished up OctoberTown by Mia Dalia and really liked it.
I didn’t have any idea what it was about before I started it, and I would recommend that you go into this one cold.
It starts out in an almost whimsical tone and gets darker as the story goes along.
It’s a short, fast paced story about grief and loss and how we process them, and the real monsters in our world may be the people we live right next door to.This is the third thing I’ve read by Dalia, and I’ve liked them all, but OctoberTown is easily my favorite. A love letter to all things Halloween, horror, and Stephen King.
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I want to read this so bad right now, especially after reading your post. I feel like I have ZERO time, though. I need to start looking at my schedule to see where I can start carving out some reading-for-pleasure time.
Posted : October 20, 2026 4:52 pm
Finished up Widow’s Point: The Complete Haunting by Richard & WH Chizmar and really liked it. This was a story that was genuinely creepy at times, both the original novella and the newer expanded novel.
This one was really good. I thought the original novella was creepy and the revised, updated and greatly expanded version maintained all of that original creepiness and then built on top of it to deliver an excellent haunted lighthouse story. There were definite unexpected surprises and I thought the ending was fantastic!
Posted : October 20, 2026 9:27 pm
Finished a couple of shorter books recently that I really enjoyed.
The Death of Blockbuster by Sam Rebelein (just released on Oct 20)
An unsettling tale of two sisters who couldn't be any more different, and of the impact and reaction to trauma in a small, dying town.
No Peace Here by Adam R. Burmeister (releasing on Oct 27)
Dark, dystopian thriller - a little touch of 1984 mixed in with some aspects reminiscent of King's Insomnia. A father doesn't accept the stated cause of death of his teenage son and begins to ask questions that someone, or some thing, doesn't want asked or answered
Spoiler-free reviews of both are on my blog at https://www.pagesfromthemist.com/
Posted : October 20, 2026 9:37 pm
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