Shroud Magazine Issue #10 Autumn 2010

2010 HALLOWEEN ISSUE Edited by Kevin Lucia

I'm not sure of the exact date that talented author (and friend) Kevin Lucia approached me and suggested a themed Halloween Issue.  What I remember is that Kevin offered to "guest edit" it and I was thrilled by the prospect of seeing Kevin's creative vision manifest.

Over the past several weeks, I've been delighted to see the names that have slowly made their way to the Halloween Issue's table of contents.  Rio Youers, Lisa Mannetti, Jeremy Shipp, Nicholas Grabowski, Kelli Owen, Norman Partridge, Dan Keohane, Jodi Lee, Brian Hatcher and so many more.

Not only did Kevin put his absolute best effort into this issue, but he also suffered the rigors related to editorial management with class and aplomb.  His efforts also served as proof positive that the guest editor idea--along with the themed issue--was something that we believe could work out well for Shroud's readers.

Better yet, we ran into one of our favorite artists at Context in August, Steven Gilberts.  Steve has done a number of covers for Shroud and they are among our most popular. On the night of our fabled Context Shroud Party, Steve showed us a painting he had done onsite that day.  We fell in love with it and immediately contracted Steve to do the Halloween issue cover.  I asked Steve to take his pumpkin man concept and place them in "literary positions."  The masterful work you see above is what he came up with.  After Danny Evarts finished several beautiful original wood and linoleum cuts for spot illustrations, then edited and designed the issue, we felt that this is perhaps our best issue yet.  Perfect for our favorite holiday.

108 Pages of fantastic fiction, articles, reviews, and art.

Full Table of Contents:

FICTION

THREE DOORS, Norman Patridge

LEFT-HANDED RADIO, Rio Youers

1925: A FALL RIVER HALLOWEEN, Lisa Mannetti

WAITING FOR G.P., Justin Gustainis

RED LANTERN, Alethea Kontis

CHILDHOOD GHOSTS, Kelli Owen

VACCINATION, Thomas Phillips

GEORGIE, Robert Ford

THE PROPHET ON THE SAND, Val Muller

THE LOVE STORY OF HENRY VAN PENNYSHAW, Chandler Kaiden

ALMOST PARADISE, Jeremy C. Shipp

LAST HALLOWEEN, Daniel G. Keohane

NONFICTION 

HALLOWEENED BE THY NAME, Nicholas Grabowski