Halloween draws near and the creeping shadows of October are already upon us. What better way to confront this season of mists than by reading some shivery and chill-inducing short stories? The Phantom Galaxy welcomes author Victor Rodriguez to the show to help us come up with a list of the best fiction for the Halloween season. Victor discusses his own work in the genres of sci-fi, fantasy and horror and talks his short story collection ‘The Sound of Fear’ and various other projects, including his work in a brand new collection called ‘On Time’ from Transmundane Press. Then Nathan, Bill and Victor traverse the weird and wonderful world of horror authors, stopping off to visit the likes of Stephen King, Clive Barker, Poe, Lovecraft and Charlotte Perkins Gilman with other singular and underrated voices like Thomas F. Manteleone and Robert R. McCammon. Check out our choices, and then let us know which ones you’d choose! Links for Victor Rodriguez: https://vhrodriguez.wordpress.com/ The Sound of Fear: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1694373576 On Time from Transmundane Press: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KBT7YY3 ----more---- Links to some of the stories covered in this episode:  The Outsider: https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/o.aspx The Price by Neil Gaiman: http://www.bitchwick.com/amacker/bean/price.html Fritz Leiber - Space-Time for Springers: https://www.baen.com/Chapters/9781625791207/9781625791207___2.htm Strange Candy: https://www.robertmccammon.com/strange-candy-a-halloween-short-story-by-robert-mccammon/ In the Hills, the Cities by Clive Barker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMrwtnNE9Hg Army of One (Billions Aline) by Junji  Ito https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHqv4ck91Mw The Summer People by Shirley Jackson: http://indbooks.in/mirror1/?p=454 The Oblong Box: https://poestories.com/read/oblong The Monkey’s Paw: https://americanliterature.com/author/w-w-jacobs/short-story/the-monkeys-paw The Landlady: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/landlady_text.pdf The Yellow Wallpaper: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/theliteratureofprescription/exhibitionAssets/digitalDocs/The-Yellow-Wall-Paper.pdf Don't miss this episode, and check us out at all the places below:  www.phantomgalaxy.podbean.com Twitter: @fantomgalaxy You can also find us on Facebook at: The Phantom Galaxy Podcast  You can also contact us and share your recommendations for show topics and stuff to review (books, beer, movies, whatever!) or leave us a Phantom Rant at Phantomcasts@gmail.com    Find Bill Van Veghel's other podcasts at: Land of the Creeps podcast - http://landofthecreeps.blogspot.com/   Other places to find Bill: https://www.facebook.com/bvanveghel https://letterboxd.com/billhorrorguy/ https://landofthecreeps.blogspot.com/