"This book will cast its spell on your dark Halloween heart!" -MICKIE MUELLER, author of Llewellyn's Little Book of Halloween

"This is a book to pick up anytime in the year when you need a dose of magic." -LISA MORTON, author of Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween

"Open this book after dark, listen to the wind rage outside, and read-to yourself, to your children, to whoever might be listening in the shadows."-LESLEY PRATT BANNATYNE, author of Halloween: An American Holiday, an American History

"KA Opperman's October Ghosts & Autumn Dreams: More Poems for Halloween is an enchanting dive into all the beauty that encapsulates the autumnal spirit. From catchy rhythms to recite while carving jack-o-lanterns in 'Carver's Rhyme' to a well-researched look into Appalachian customs in Appalachian Halloween, every line is beautifully crafted and sure to be appreciated by anyone who is a fan of the spooky season!" -HEATHER MOSER, Producer of Small Town Monsters

"K. A. Opperman captures the bittersweet joy of Halloween and the sadness of its passing. Here are poems of childhood and poems of its loss. Captured by a lyricist with a clear, pronounced love for his labor, October Ghosts is Opperman the most at home, spooky, haunted and candle-lit though that home may be. Here is the poet's joy, laid bare and generously shared for readers young and old alike -S. L. EDWARDS author of Whiskey and Other Unusual Ghosts

"Opperman's poems paint vivid pictures of autumn nights filled with nocturnal wonder. This collection is a heartfelt love letter to the season of dead leaves and glaring jack-o'-lanterns that imbues the reader with magical feelings of Halloweens past." -CURTIS M. LAWSON, author of Devil's Night