Some horror to haunt your Halloween

All Hallow's Eve approaches. A night of frolicking, costume-wearing, and merriment... and a night of unspeakable terror.

If you're planning on spending your Halloween with a haunting tale or two, we've got some recommendations of both new and old noteworthy fiction from our Horror section. Surely you'll find your self delightfully frightened with at least one of these books:

• Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
    > Weird fiction
    The sequel to King's infamous The Shining, Doctor Sleep returns to the now middle-aged character of Dan Torrance. Dan, who has finally managed to escape the demons brought to him during his childhood stay at the Outlook Hotel, has settled into a comfortable life in a New Hampshire town. This peaceful life ends, however, when Dan meets Abra Stone, a young girl who possesses the brightest shining ever known. Having to protect Abra from a roving band of quasi-immortals known as the True Knot, Dan will need to fight for their survival while also facing the return of his own personal demons.

• The Penguin Horror Series
    Hand-selected by filmmaker, writer, and horror literature fan Guillermo de Toro, these classic tales of terror have been re-printed as gift editions with new and vibrant cover designs and black-edged leaf. Included in each is an introduction from de Toro. Available titles are The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Haunted Castles by Ray Russell, American Supernatural Tales edited by S. T. Joshi, The Thing on the Doorstep by H. P. Lovecraft, and The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.

• The Twelve by Justin Cronin
    > Vampires / Post-apocalyptic
    Taking place both in modern America and a post-apocalyptic Mid-West 100 years in the future, The Twelve follows a band of hardened survivors as they continue their struggle against the monstrous virals: humans corrupted into carnivorous, destructive terrors. While on the hunt for the remainder of the Twelve, the powerful leaders of the virals, the survivors fight against an unknown foe who is capturing and enslaving their friends and family.

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Creep into Halloween with McNally Robinson

Halloween is only a couple of weeks away. Are you ready for the festivities, the fun, the horror?

We certainly are, and I'm not just talking about books — though you'd better believe we've got plenty of horrific reads on hand! In preparation for All Hallow's Eve, we've gathered together a whole bunch of Halloween-themed giftware and games to help you make the most of the candy-filled, terror-addled, costume-covered holiday.

To get a good look at our spooky wares, be sure to visit our Halloween Board on Pinterest. Then stop by your nearest McNally Robinson bookstore and raid our stash of gruesome goods! Check out our Halloween displays and Horror book sections.

Stephen King Still Wants to Scare You

Entertainment Weekly recently sat down with Stephen King to discuss Doctor Sleep, the highly anticipated sequel to King's iconic early work, The Shining. Along the way, the horror master reflects on his life, his career, and how much he misses scaring people.

There've been a couple of books that haven't really been that way. 11/22/63 was a lot of fun to write and a lot of people read it and seemed to like it, but it's not what you'd call a balls to the wall scary story. The same was true of Under the Dome. I wanted to go back to that real creepy scary stuff.

Doctor Sleep will be released in September, 2013.

Book Trailer - The Demonologist by Andrew Pyper

A stolen child...
An ancient evil...
A father's descent...
And the literary masterpiece that holds the key to his daughter's salvation.

The Demonologist by Canadian author Andrew Pyper, follows a father's desperate quest to find the demon that took his daughter, before she is lost forever.