The Halloween Annual

Stories of the door slightly ajar, the hem disappearing through the gap, the room a moment after.

1. 01 Where Am I? 2002
2. 02 Halloween 2003

   Uncle Carl backstory and "she-ro" coinage preserved exactly. Note longer than story — consider divider between end mark and note.

3. 03 Saturated 2004

   POV shift third-to-first is intentional. No author's note. Stand alone.

4. 04 The Moment 2005

   Scene-break divider at "Twenty years passed by." Twilight Zone reference preserved verbatim.

5. 05 The Ghost 2007

   Source of project title. Preserve "100ᵗʰ"/"5ᵗʰ" superscripts as ^th in HTML; Unicode in PDF.

6. 06 Ladies' Night 2015

   First Maggie O'Malley story. Preamble formatted as preface panel. Casey Lee in-joke preserved. Draft outline at end omitted.

7. 07 The Cat 2018

   Piddleton-adjacent. Miss Steria. Irving Berlin lyrics replaced with credit line. Storybook with Night palette for villain scenes.

8. 08 Satan's Woods 2023

   Mirror, Emi Louise. Full title in source: "The Mysterious Circumstances of Satan's Woods."

9. 09 The Window —

   Half-moon attic window. Anderson/Rittenoure. Use canonical project version.

Tales the sleeper brought back — the threshold of waking and what slipped across it.

1. 01 The Dream 2008

   Meditative. "Whole life of dream stories" framing central.

2. 02 The Wolf 2006

   Full PS preserved. Close on "She knew what she knew." Anderson/Rittenoure universe.

3. 03 Lost in the Dark 2016

   Second Maggie O'Malley. Scene-break divider at "It was the time of year when everything was mellow." Father-daughter "Boom!" ending preserved.

4. 04 Twins 2019

   Darkest in collection. Content note: childhood abuse. One preserved blank (book title in author's note). Final ellipsis preserved exactly. "Right Peter James?" preserved.

5. 05 Night Shift 2020

   Three-strand structure. Section headers per protagonist. Formal Epilogue. "Suns" plural intentional. Standardize Walhalla, NY.

6. 06 The House on Good Morning Lane 2021

   Most autobiographical of Anderson/Rittenoure cycle. Parchment with Night accents.

7. 07 The Message 2025

   Soul Keepers. One preserved blank ("the __ Bridge"). Working notes at end omitted.

Dispatches from a small Midwestern town that thinks itself ordinary but isn't.

1. 01 The Witch 2012

   Piddleton universe. Susannah, Essie/Esmeralda. Cross-link with The Carnival. Storybook with Night palette for villain scenes.

2. 02 The Carnival 2014

   Most visually elaborate layout. Two preserved blanks (lost-passage cards). Piddleton. Cross-link with The Witch. No separate author's note — epilogue + HAPPY HALLOWEEN serves as sign-off.

3. 03 The Popsicle Man 2017

   Piddleton. Polio era, Cottonwood Street. Night with Parchment subtext.

4. 04 The Witch and the Dragon 2024

   Piddleton/Brooksong. Political allegory. Gaiman epigraph preserved verbatim. Optional sub-headers (The Attack/The Journal/BB's Army/The Battle/The Victory). Very long.

5. 05 Fiddler's Cave 2013

   Piddleton (Susannah, John & Donny, Aunt Katy's starlight, Mr. Finch). Hero engraving held — placeholder until commissioned. Editorial flags resolved: theme matched to Piddleton siblings (storybook); 2013 date preserved as written (extends the Annual past 2008 intentionally); PhD appended to original signature; signoff is the closing 'Be careful…' line plus the 'Witchy' signature.

Bedtime stories with one foot still in the dark.

1. 01 The Golden BoyFor Hank, on his third birthday 2007

   Triple-em-dash divider between fairy tale and April 20, 2009 addendum letter. Italic "P" engraving on talisman coins. Closing "I love you. Happy 3rd Birthday!" preserved.

2. 02 The Music BoxTitle by Uma · Story by Grammasue —

   "Once upon a time…" opening banner. "I can and I will" refrain. Uma + Grammasue co-credit. Movie-from-our-stories sentence preserved verbatim.