Seventy-three stories. Seventy-three shadows. Seventy-three ways for the darkness to find you.

From slasher bloodbaths to whispered psychological terrors, from bone-deep folklore to sharp-edged social horror, Flash of the Dead: Halloween ’25 gathers twisted voices from around the globe into one unforgettable volume. Each flash tale is a quick plunge into nightmare, perfect to devour in the time it takes a candle to gutter out.

No matter your flavor of fear: ghastly, grotesque or chillingly subtle, you’ll find it lurking here. This Halloween, dare to open the book… and let the wicked shadows in.

Authors featured in Flash of the Dead: Halloween 2025

Andrea Tillmanns, Angelo Funicelli, Bissme S, Bryan Carrier, Celeste Kerspuy, Chad Anctil, Chip Houser, Christopher Dabrowski, Daniel DiQuinzio, David O'Mahony, Davion Moore, Donovan Douglas Thiesson, E. W. Farnsworth, Esther P. Landin, Gabriella Balcom, Gerald Hernandez, J. J. Steinfeld, J. Rocky Colavito, Jacek Wilkos, JB Corso, Jen O'Connor, Jen Tyes, Jessica Gleason, John A. McColley, Julie Brandon, Kay Northbridge, Kay Vance, Kelly Barker, Kevin Hopson, Kevin Novalina, Kim Salinas Silva, Kris Blackburn, LaVern Spencer McCarthy, Linda M. Crate, Lorette C. Luzajic, Louise Gillespie, Mehreen Ahmed, Moira Richardson, Ngo Binh Anh Khoa, Nicola Lombardi, Patrick Carella, Rathin Bhattacharjee, Renee Thomasin, Ricardo D. Rebelo, Richard Stimac, Robb White, S.C. Morgan, S.M. Summers, Sandra Petrinovic, Sara Jordan-Heintz, Sarah Das Gupta, Shaunah R. Dowton, Simon Mohsin, Tamara Kaye Sellman, Terry Sherwood, Val Roberts AND Zazie Kanwar-Torge