TITLE: Halloween RainAUTHOR: Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder
ISBN: 0-671-01713-6
FIRST PUBLISHED: November 1997
TITLE: Halloween Rain
AUTHOR: Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder
ISBN: 0-671-01713-6
FIRST PUBLISHED: November 1997
CHAOS REIGNS
As long as there have been vampires, there has been the Slayer. One girl in all the world, to find them where they gather and to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their numbers.
Around Sunnydale, they say a scarecrow saturated with Halloween rain will come alive and slaughter anyone in sight. (Lovely place, Sunnydale.) Buffy's best friends, Xander and Willow, used to think the tale was nonsense-but after a few adventures with Buffy, they're not so sure.
Even without a manaiacal scarecrow, a Sunnydale Halloween is a truly horrific happening. There are enough zombies and vampires about, ready to party hearty and eat some brains, to keep the Slayer and her friends up all night.
And then the rain starts to fall...
Down Buffy went, listening to her own heartbeat. There was the mildew smell of standing water mixed with the smell of dirt and perfume. She heard low laughter.
Candlelight glowed against the wall as she reached the foot of the stairs. There was soft music playing. She reached the corner, paused for a heartbeat, then three. Finally, she poked her head out and saw four or five couples cuddling on some old couches draped with bedspreads. She hesitated. Maybe this was her cue to mutter, "Sorry," and tiptoe back upstairs. But she knew that something funky was going on. Something unnatural. Evil.
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