Dark Horse’s Headless Horseman is back for more thrills and chills this October

A horror anthology minus the noggin, The Headless Horseman Halloween Annual is back once again for Halloween 2024.

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A chill will once again be in the air this October, as Dark Horse Comics is back with more Halloween-time fun and scares in The Headless Horseman Halloween Annual. Yes, the anthology of all things spooky is back once again in 2024, proving that you just can’t limit a good scare to a one-shot.

Like last year’s inaugural installment, 2024’s volume will include a collection of scary tales from big names like David Dastmalchian and Ben Stenbeck. This year’s book touts five such tales, spread out across a whopping 56 pages of freaky frights.

Similar to the first Headless Horseman horror anthology, published in 2023, the 2024 one-shot collects five stories from some of the best horror writers and artists around. David Dastmalchian (Count Crowley), Leah Kilpatrick, and Lukas Ketner (Count Crowley) all return with new stories this year. Ben Stenbeck (Koshchei in Hell) and James Asmus (Survival Street) will join the team for the first time with their fright-filled stories with Matt Smith (Hellboy in Love) and Chris Panda (Transformers, Pop’s Chocklit Shoppe of Horrors) contributing their haunting illustrations to the anthology as well. 

Don’t miss out on the Headless Horseman Halloween Annual 2024, a 56-page horror extravaganza.It’s set to hit comic shops on October 23, 2024, but you can preorder your copy now from your local comic shop for $7.99.

Dark Horse Comics press release