Halloween is approaching, but Deacon Croswell can't get into the spirit of the season due to the recent tragic loss of his girlfriend in an accident. But then he sees a mysterious woman in black wandering through his neighborhood followed by a procession of strange, ghostly children. Deacon makes a fateful decision to follow the woman and her young attendants into the night, marking the beginning of a nightmarish journey through a phantasmagoric landscape and a rendezvous with dark destiny on All Hallow's Eve. Ebook contains bonus story "Standing In Line For The Death Machine" for a total of 33,000 words of previously unpublished material.