title: Halloween Howls: Spooky Sounds, Stories & Songs
author: Megan Dempster
description: Americans who delight in morbid, disturbing and terrifying Halloween ftes will enjoy this brew of classic stories and silly party and costume ideas. Aimed at kids-or juvenile adults-the story selections and movie suggestions don't cross too far onto the dark side; the scariest is probably Bram Stoker's creepy "The Judge's House." The book comes with an audio CD featuring the requisite Monster Mash and The Addams Family theme songs; readings of "The Raven"; and "spooky sounds from beyond the grave." With reprints of Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and R.L. Stine's "The Surprise Guest," plus ideas for carving pumpkins and movie suggestions, this book may be quite removed from the first Irish feast of the dead, but it should please modern readers nonetheless. <br />Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  Halloween Howl 
  Free Story from 
  Dreamspinner 
  Press. 
  http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/index.php 
   
   
   
  
  Waiting | Isabelle Rowan 
  2 
   
   
   
   
  BREATH puffed against his neck. It was barely a whisper, 
  simply a soft flutter of air that could have been ignored or 
  mistaken for a gentle breeze stirring the curtains of his 
  bedroom window, but Daniel knew it wasn’t. When the fine 
  hair of his arms rose as goose bumps spread along his skin, 
  Daniel closed his eyes and whispered, “You’re here, aren’t 
  you?” 
  There was no answer except for the light brush of lips 
  below Daniel’s hairline. Kisses trailed slowly down his spine, 
  lingering briefly over the dusting of freckles between his 
  shoulder blades. Daniel moaned softly and tried to reach 
  back, but as so many times before, his finger met only air. 
  The soft kisses continued their downward path, and a 
  shiver vibrated through Daniel’s body as he exhaled a shaky 
  breath. “When can I see you?” he began to murmur, only to 
  have it