309 - What's scarier than something safe and familiar turning into dread and doom? Now add a dash of absurdity and that's the way we complete the spooky season: with our very first story from Stephen King!

308- She had "The Demon Lover" and wondered "After twenty-five years . . . What did he do to make me promise like that?"  Tuck in for this Irish-British author's classic horror story.

307 - "That shadow on the wall . . . It's been there every night since he died." Tuck in for this ghoulish ghost story from the prim New England author who heartily embraced the "weird."

306 - Completely isolated on a tiny island, loneliness is not his only concern . . . Tuck in for "A Haunted Island" from the master of the ghost story.

304 - Alcohol and cherished pets do not always mix: "One night, returning home, much intoxicated from one of my haunts . . ." Tuck in for the man of the macabre and his supernatural masterpiece.

303 - " . . . one wanted, sometimes, to be alone." But she will NOT be alone on this day! She will be plagued by a strange young man full of (good?) intentions. Tuck in for another baffling tale from the distinguished author who suffered his own woes.

302 - A Sunday afternoon in a most idyllic place, idyllic save for the loneliness of Miss Brill . . . Tuck in for this poignant (autobiographical?) story from the New Zealand author loved 'round the world despite her early passing.

301 - Tuck in for a fascinating convo between these two . . .

Mrs. Rittenhouse: ". . . he fell an enormous distance from over the bridge railing to the river . . ."

Mrs. Green: "Had it been I - well, he might have had a little help getting over the rail."

300 - Everything would have been different if he would have just made it . . . "Across the Bridge." Tuck in for this slightly twisted, classic tale.