Pumpkin Seeds

John C. Tibbetts has established himself as a leading critic and interviewer in the field of weird fiction. What is far less known is that he himself is a fiction writer of talent and distinction. In Pumpkin Seeds, his first short story collection, Tibbetts demonstrates the wide range of his fictional work. Here we have more than a score of stories focused on the fundamental eeriness of Halloween in all its variegated manifestations, all written with a crispness of narration and vital characterization that we find in the best tales in the genre. The book concludes with a thoughtful interview of the artist and writer Gahan Wilson. Slender as this volume is, it is a rich feast of strangeness and terror that is the perfect accompaniment of the Halloween season.