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One Night in Salem
Throngs of tourists pack the streets from Derby to Essex. Costumed children and adults visit haunted attractions and browse t-shirt shops and street vendors’ booths. A veiled figure appears, and you catch her out of the corner of your eye, but she quickly disappears into the crowd… or perhaps into thin air? The night is filled with laughter and screams as the living walk shoulder to shoulder with the dead. Halloween in Salem has expanded into a month-long celebration of all things creepy, but in four hundred years of history, October 31st has held many mysterious customs and dark events, lost and forgotten in the passing of decades. From the cursed Puritan settlers to the Great Salem Fire of 1914, and the whispers of war in 1812 to the story of a bullet hole in an alley on Gedney Street, travel through time, as ghosts mingle with the living, glimpsing the Witch City on the most important night of the year, October 31st.
202 pages, Paperback
First published September 7, 2017
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Amber Newberry
12 books59 followersAmber Newberry is a writer from Salem, MA. She's written a few things and she'll probably write a few more. Amber is currently working on a new historical gothic novel that is expected to release in late 2024.
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November 13, 2019
There's something for everyone in his horror/fantasy anthology. The stories cover a wide range of genre and themes, from from ghosts to witches to demons to pirates to killers. The best part is all the authors did their research to be historically accurate when evoking a certain era. It doesn't have to be Halloween to enjoy these tales.
January 14, 2018
Maiden from the sea is the bomb. this whole anthology is captivating and easy to read. keep it up fun dead!
October 26, 2019
During the "Spooky season," I always have a million books I want to read. I never have the time or energy, so a set of short stories was just right.
Some of the stories in this book are a little to pointless gore for me ("Uploaded Vengeance" specifically), and I tended to enjoy the spookier, more ambiguous ones like "The Haunting of Lafayette Street," "Maiden from the Sea," and "A Bullet Hole in an Alley Wall in Gedney Street."
Some of the other stories (like "The Witch Who Blew in from the Sea") ended quite abruptly and could have been expanded.
There were several grammatical errors in some of the stories that I think could have been caught before publication. Overall, I loved getting a peek into the minds of 23 new authors, and each story set the mood for the best month of the year.
Some of the stories in this book are a little to pointless gore for me ("Uploaded Vengeance" specifically), and I tended to enjoy the spookier, more ambiguous ones like "The Haunting of Lafayette Street," "Maiden from the Sea," and "A Bullet Hole in an Alley Wall in Gedney Street."
Some of the other stories (like "The Witch Who Blew in from the Sea") ended quite abruptly and could have been expanded.
There were several grammatical errors in some of the stories that I think could have been caught before publication. Overall, I loved getting a peek into the minds of 23 new authors, and each story set the mood for the best month of the year.
March 7, 2019
This is a great little book with some real gems. My personal favorites are The Haunting of Lafayette Street by Amber Newberry and Let's Kill Her by Samantha Lucero.
September 25, 2019
Fun read! Diverse collection of short stories.
October 6, 2019
Great collection of stories!
February 3, 2025
Like most anthologies this one had a couple really good stories, some Ok ones, and thankfully no real turds and even if there were nothing was over 10 pages long.
September 23, 2023
Rounded up from a 3.5
This was a super enjoyable, spooky season, rainy day read. This is a collection of short stories all based in Salem, MA on Halloween. I love how varying the stories are and how they are all broken down into years. This gave me lots of Salem nostalgia and I'm happy I finally picked this up after I bought it there on my first visit, years ago. A wonderful read for the season, I'll absolutely be going back to mark and re read my favorite stories and look further into the authors.
This was a super enjoyable, spooky season, rainy day read. This is a collection of short stories all based in Salem, MA on Halloween. I love how varying the stories are and how they are all broken down into years. This gave me lots of Salem nostalgia and I'm happy I finally picked this up after I bought it there on my first visit, years ago. A wonderful read for the season, I'll absolutely be going back to mark and re read my favorite stories and look further into the authors.
November 3, 2023
This anthology contains 23 stories that take place in the Witch City. All of the stories are pretty good. However, there were some that I liked more than others. My favorites were Warlock's Eye, Uploaded Vengeance, My Friend Mary, and the Grimm Pumpkin.
October 22, 2021
A delightful collection of holliday spooks🎃
October 28, 2023
If I could give this no stars, I would. I only rate this at all as a warning to others to stay away from this book.
This book is a collection of very short stories (less than five pages) of made up events occuring in Salem. Some of the stories are almost readable, but most are just awful. None of the stories are good.
For instance, there was a story that had a good plot, a group of teenagers travel to an island for a night of fun only to find themselves caught in a time warp. Good plot, but the author gets lost in the conversations of the pirate trying to appease one of his victims by telling her to close her eyes as he murders her friends and kidnaps her brother.
Another story is borrowed from the movie Saw, a group of teenagers that bullied another teen resulting in his death must kill each other, allowing one to escape.
These stories have nothing to do with Salem but the location. Each story just left me shaking my head wondering how much worse it could get, the following story said "Hold my beer".
This book is a collection of very short stories (less than five pages) of made up events occuring in Salem. Some of the stories are almost readable, but most are just awful. None of the stories are good.
For instance, there was a story that had a good plot, a group of teenagers travel to an island for a night of fun only to find themselves caught in a time warp. Good plot, but the author gets lost in the conversations of the pirate trying to appease one of his victims by telling her to close her eyes as he murders her friends and kidnaps her brother.
Another story is borrowed from the movie Saw, a group of teenagers that bullied another teen resulting in his death must kill each other, allowing one to escape.
These stories have nothing to do with Salem but the location. Each story just left me shaking my head wondering how much worse it could get, the following story said "Hold my beer".
July 29, 2025
A Mix of Chilling Little Tales
This was an okay read. It’s a collection of short scary stories, so some were better than others. A few had creepy vibes, but overall nothing that really stuck with me. Good for a quick spooky read, but not super memorable.
This was an okay read. It’s a collection of short scary stories, so some were better than others. A few had creepy vibes, but overall nothing that really stuck with me. Good for a quick spooky read, but not super memorable.
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