![]() ![]() Why this story is important to the genre: As a result of the brief encounter, Helen’s life descends into an even darker chasm of grief and loss. However, a trio of kids from outside the neighborhood show up at her doorstep. She finds her house shunned by the neighborhood children. Spoiler-free synopsis: Our protagonist, Helen, decides (after some emotional struggle) to give out candy to trick-or-treaters for the first time since the kidnapping of her three year old daughter five years ago. Reprinted in: Peaceable Kingdom(Subterranean Press hardcover, 2002 Leisure Books mass market paperback, 2003 Leisure Books ebook, 2011)Īwards: Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction for the year 2000 (presented in 2001) part of the collection Peaceable Kingdom, which won the Bram Stoker Award for Fiction Collection for 2003 (presented in 2004).Ĭommentary on this story appears in: To Each Their Darknessby Gary A. ![]() Originally published in: October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween (Cemetery Dance hardcover edition, 2000 Roc trade paperback, 2002) Jack Ketchum (Photo Used With Permission of Kevin Kovelant/ JackKetchum.Net) ![]()
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