Midnight Masquerade - by Greg Chapman (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Midnight Masquerade, a collection of Greg Chapman's acclaimed and original fiction: Clown-for-hire, Harvey has the worst day of his life A childhood display of malice is resurrected thirty years later A priest finds true faith means devotion to blood and pain Revenge shows Emma what lies beneath her mask of fear A Halloween expert unleashes her own personal hell In these stories, you'll discover how the masks we all wear hide our innermost fears, and how our choices can expose true horrors. Also included are Chapman's acclaimed novellas, The Last Night of October and Vaudeville, and the short stories, Octoberville and Left on October Lane.

Review Quotes

"If this is your first time sampling Greg's work, welcome; if you, like me, are already a fan, you'll find Midnight Masquerade a fine reminder of why Greg is one of horror fiction's true dark delights." -- from the introduction by LISA MORTON "A masterpiece of the macabre, Midnight Masquerade is Chapman's finest collection yet." --Lee Murray, USA Today Bestselling author and four-time Bram Stoker Award(R) winner. "Midnight Masquerade is not just a collection of tales set on the spookiest of evenings; it is a cornucopia of nightmarish possibilities certain to unnerve readers." --Rebecca Rowland, author of White Trash & Recycled Nightmares "Chapman's fresh take on classic horror is a devilish mask, behind which beats an all-too-human heart." -- J. Ashley-Smith, Shirley Jackson Award-winning author of The Measure Of Sorrow "Chapman has a voice of his own, a narrative voice able to scare and to delight, never ordinary and never boring (which nowadays is a rarity, at least for me)." -- MONSTER LIBRARIAN

About the Author

Bram Stoker Award(R) nominee Greg Chapman is a horror author and artist based in Queensland, Australia. Greg is the author of several novels, novellas and short stories, including his award-nominated debut novel, Hollow House and collections, Vaudeville and Other Nightmares and This Sublime Darkness and Other Dark Stories. He is also a horror artist and designer and his first graphic novel Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times (McFarland & Company) written by authors Rocky Wood and Lisa Morton, won the Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel category at the Bram Stoker Awards(R) .