By Wizard Oak

Name: By Wizard Oak
Author: Peter Crowther

Introduction by Rick Hautala. Art by Glenn Chadborne.

It’s just a book that the folks of the small town of Magellan Bend recall reading. A little gruesome, perhaps... and, in more than one instance, not the reader’s usual fare. But it’s just a book. Nothing more.

But when the town’s resident sleeper awakes from an eight-year nap, his memories are much more than mere words and phrases in a cheap and gaudy horror novel. And as he becomes more and more aware of the shocking truth, the knowledge spreads like graveyard mist sending a clarion call far and wide... but not only to the townsfolk. No, indeed. There are other things out there, things that ride the night winds on All Hallows Eve,.. and they know a lot more about the events recorded in the fabled By Wizard Oak And Fairy Stream.

Clearly, there is unfinished business in Magellan Bend this October and, as the night turns smoky and the world settles down for the onset of winter, the visitors arrive. Again.

And no, it’s not just a book.

No way.

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Published: March 2011

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This series of books celebrates Publisher Paul Miller's favorite holiday. Each October, as the air turns colder and leaves fall off the trees, Earthling will release one novel of flat-out horror, usually featuring classic terrors such as monsters and haunted houses rather than psychological suspense or real-life horrors. The dustjacket spine will feature a pumpkin with the series number of the book. MR. DARK'S CARNIVAL was an ultra-short run of only 15 handmade hardcovers, and therefore BLOOD RED was counted as Book #1 in the series.

The perfect way to get into the Halloween spirit!

Titles in the Earthling Halloween Series

#0: Mr. Dark's Carnival by Glen Hirshberg
#1: Blood Red by James A. Moore
#2: The Unblemished by Conrad Williams
#3: The Haunted Forest Tour by James A. Moore and Jeff Strand
#4: Moontown by Peter Atkins
#5: October Dark by David Herter
#6: By Wizard Oak by Peter Crowther
#7: Blood Harvest by James A. Moore
#8: Motherless Child by Glen Hirshberg
#9: The Bones of You by Gary McMahon
#10: The Halloween Children by Brian James Freeman and Norman Prentiss
#11: Rage Master by Simon Clark
#12: They Say a Girl Died Here Once by Sarah Pinborough
#13: Goblin by Josh Malerman
#14: Bloodlines by James A. Moore
#15: One Who Was with Me by Conrad Williams
#16: The Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi