Separation need: All Hallow's Eve

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Separation need: All Hallow's Eve

1paradoxosalpha
Oct 7, 2025, 3:21 pm

At some point, a combination job was done that fused two very different books with the same title into a single work.
All Hallow's Eve by Charles Williams is a sort of mystical urban fantasy.
All Hallow's Eve by Carolyn McCray is a murder mystery.
They are definitely not the same book. I'm not sure how best to untangle them.

All Hallow's Eve

2MarthaJeanne
Oct 7, 2025, 3:43 pm

I think I've got it.

3paradoxosalpha
Oct 7, 2025, 4:54 pm

It looks good on the Charles Williams side.

I don't see any All Hallow's Eve for Carolyn McCray, though. Was that book a mirage? I'll admit the Williams is the one I had cataloged, so I don't know if/how it should appear for McCray. It was at the top of her list, though!

4AnnieMod
Oct 7, 2025, 4:56 pm

>3 paradoxosalpha: It is there: https://www.librarything.com/work/35016625/t/All-Hallows-Eve (19 copies -- she has a LOT of books so you need to get to the full list to see it).

5paradoxosalpha
Oct 7, 2025, 5:31 pm

Cool. It was strange how her authorship dominated the combined work. And adding in all the Williams must have made it into her most-catalogued.

6AnnieMod
Oct 7, 2025, 6:24 pm

>5 paradoxosalpha: Williams should have dominated (he has one edition with 183 copies). Most likely someone owning McCray's book did some primary author juggling to get their author to win out.

Oh yes - found it. The primary author was set to her - and the system once they were separated was still catching up on that fact. She would have resurfaced as the author of the big work at one point. I forced Williams back in. Should be fine now.