A Great Gift Idea: Five Strokes to Midnight

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Five Strokes to Midnight is an award winning horror anthology edited by Gary A. Braunbeck and Hank Schwaeble.

It won the 2007 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology and one of the stories inside, “Afterward, There Will Be A Hallway” by Gary A. Braunbeck, won the 2007 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction.

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	Five Strokes to Midnight Editors: Braunbeck, Gary A. and Hank Schwaeble Format: Hardcover Type: Anthology Page Count: 300pp. Pub. Date: 2009 Publisher: Haunted Pelican Press
Winner of the 2007 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology Contains “Afterward, There Will Be A Hallway”, winner of the 2007 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction Five authors. Thirteen stories. One Witching Hour. No escape. Five Strokes to Midnight. Pray for the light. Five Strokes to Midnight brings five authors of dark fiction together in one book, with each author providing approximately 20,000 words of original fiction in a theme of the authors own choosing. It also includes cover art and five interior illustrations by Hellraiser star Ashley Laurence, and an Introduction by Tim Lebbon. Table of Contents: LOSS Loss by Tom Piccirilli Bereavement by Tom Piccirilli HAUNTINGS Afterward, There Will Be A Hallway by Gary A. Braunbeck The Queen of Talley’s Corner by Gary A. Braunbeck Listening to Hendrix Sing “1983 . . . (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)” by Gary A. Braunbeck CURSES White-Hot by Deborah LeBlanc Bottom Feeder by Deborah LeBlanc DEMONS Midnight Bogey Blues by Hank Schwaeble Bone Daddy by Hank Schwaeble Gomorrah by Hank Schwaeble FOLKLORE Shaft 39 by Christopher Golden Under Cover of Night by Christopher Golden All Aboard by Christopher Golden

What they’re saying about Five Strokes to Midnight:

“Five Strokes to Midnight is a horror event!”
— CountGore.com

“(This) is an excellent collection. With powerful stories by five extremely talented authors, and companion art pieces by Ashley Laurence (best known for her role in the film Hellraiser), this is a worthy addition to the shelves of anyone who appreciates good, thought-provoking writing.”
– Dark Scribe Magazine

“(A) great book, and an impressive debut from Haunted Pelican Press . . . there’s a good sample in here from some very talented authors, and it’s well worth the read for fans of the horror and dark fantasy genres, or anyone who likes some great ghost stories.”
– SFReader.com

“I highly recommend this book. I hope that the book will get a wide audience and that Haunted Pelican Press goes on to produce more work of this quality.”
– Macabrelink.com

“(This) is one of the best anthologies to come out recently . . . Pick this one up.”
– Horrorworld.org

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