Halloween: Masquerade

by Michael Yowell

After decades of waiting, Michael Myers has returned. Join Lindsey Wallace and Tommy Doyle as they are forced to reacquaint themselves with the terror that is Michael Myers. Lindsey gets far away from Illinois and stays with her college friend Beth Parkinson in New Orleans. Lindsey finally feels safe. That is, until a familiar mask is spotted in the crowd of party cruise passengers during their masquerade party.Happy Halloween.

Genres: Horror

121 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 16, 2022

About the author

Michael Yowell (1969 - ) was born in Denver, Colorado, and lived in Colorado for 46 years before relocating to his current home in Columbia, South Carolina. He is a horror fiction author. Michael has loved the horror genre since childhood, whether it be in the form of comics, novels, or movies.

His short stories have been published in e-zines and print anthologies (Writing Shift, Sanitarium, Thirteen, and Blood, Brains & Bullets). His books include the haunted house tale DEVILHOUSE, the werewolf-hunter novels THE DOGCATCHER, THE DOGCATCHER II: CHUPACABRAS, and THE DOGCATCHER III: WEREWOLF QUEEN, his short-horror-story collections FRAGMENTS AND SHARDS and FRAGMENTS AND SHARDS II, his terrifying killer-vs-reporter novel THE CAMERA EYE, his sea-monsters trilogy SLIGGERS, SLIGGER ISLAND, and SLIGGER INVASION, the spine-chilling GHOSTFIELD, the creepy PIRANTULAS, and his Western (yes, Western) novel RED PINES.

Reviews

[Jon Von · Rating 3 out of 5]

No reviews for this. I haven't read any Halloween novelizations, but thanks to a suggestion from Kindle Unlimited, I checked out this goofy little horror sequel. This fanfic novella feels like a half-remembered Syfy channel special that turns into a slasher movie on a party yacht. The story follows the two little kids Laurie Strode saved in the first movie, now approaching fifty as they plan to reconnect and party in New Orleans. Unbeknownst to them Micheal Myers, having survived the events of Halloween 2 (and nothing else), awakes from a decades-long stupor and decides to finish them. It only took about an hour to read and does a good job of feeling like a cheesy Halloween sequel. You know, it's nice that a fifty-year-old woman can still party a little bit.

[Tam Sesto · Rating 3 out of 5]

This novella focuses on Lindsey and Tommy from the original Halloween. It wasn’t a bad plot, but the AI narrator has to go. It just couldn’t get across the fear of the characters and the frightening aspect of the story. Having said that, it felt like it took some of it’s story from the movie Jason Takes Manhattan of the Friday the 13th series….boogie man in a big city, people on a yacht who start disappearing, etc.

My review is voluntary and all comments and opinions are my own.

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow, what a novella. Another unheard or unseen episode with Michael Myers. And what an episode it was. Michael is trying to kill Lindsay after having murdered Laurie. Will he succeed? Showdown takes place on a yacht. Will the police come in time? The author did a great job here coming up with a very plausible part of the Michael Myers lore. A true and very convincing slasher. Really recommended!

[Jordyn Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

It had the right idea, just wasn’t executed the best but I did like the story line just wanted more.