What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

I'm looking for a collection of short stories which I read in the early to mid '80s, my favourite story was a supernatural set in Virginia; an English girl visits there at Halloween and gets caught up in the hunting set who worship 'Sam Hain' and is/is almost sacrificed. I can't exactly remember the end but it was the best spooky story I ever read!

Was it possibly Halloween Horrors?: http://www.amazon.com/Halloween-Horro...

It has a story called "Samhain Feis" by Peter Tremayne.

A description of the story: "Samhain Feis" was originally written in the Irish language. This English translation is a bit jerky but still a great Halloween read. An Irish-American woman has come to Ireland with her seven year old son to escape her awful marriage. She's chosen to vacation in a remote part of the country in order to make some decisions. A local man warns her that the hills she lives near are the home of some nasty creatures who come out on, you guessed it, Samhain Feis or Halloween.

There's also Lord Samhain's Night by Jo Beverly -- it is a novella originally published as part of a story collection. But it came out in the 1990s.

Sara, are you still looking for this anthology? Several suggestions above.

I definitely read a collection with a story similar to this as a kid, which means it would be about the right date. However, I remember it being a man who's in danger, as he's in love with a woman from the Samhain-celebrating family. If I remember right, it was one in a series of scary-story collections endorsed by Alfred Hitchcock: I remember one of the collections was called "Witches' Brew," but I'm not sure if that was the right one.

Emlen wrote: "I definitely read a collection with a story similar to this as a kid, which means it would be about the right date. However, I remember it being a man who's in danger, as he's in love with a woman ..."

Checked on this: the story I was thinking of was in Witches' Brew, which was published 1983; it's called "His Coat So Gay," by Sterling E. Lanier.

Emlen, I'm adding your suggestion to my to-read list. But Sara is mia, so, this is moved to abandoned.

Actually, I found the story in full online and read it. Good story, and indeed would fit the OP if we reversed the genders of the protagonists.