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While created as part of licensed material, it has not been confirmed as part of the "real" Buffyverse continuity.

The Longest Night is a short story anthology book of the Angel novel series. It was originally published on December 2, 2002, by Pocket Books.

Synopsis

FROM DUSK UNTIL DAWN

December — sure, 'tis the season and all that, but evil generally isn't up for a holiday. And December 21 — well, that's usually the winter solstice.

A.K.A. the longest night of the year.

It's easy enough to see why this night would practically be the undead's New Year's Eve, which means, visions or no, it's a crunch time for Angel Investigations.

Now, in the first-ever Angel short story collection, follow our gang hour by hour, evil by evil. From twilight to daylight, Angel, Cordelia, Wesley, Gunn and Fred have to keep the forces of darkness at bay — even when black magick has a head start...

Continuity

The stories place from 6 P.M. to 5 A.M. on December 21–22, 2001, during Angel season 3.

Stories

Behind the scenes

Production

The Longest Night is the only of Angel short story anthology. Although the book is labeled as "Vol. 1," no further volumes were ever published.
Writer Jeff Mariotte explained why the stories do not reference each other: "We didn't get to read each other's stories, we just knew a tiny bit about what would happen in the ones before and after ours. So, for instance, I mentioned in the very end of mine that Angel knew he had to go do some last-minute shopping. But we knew it wouldn't flow exactly right, because if it did then it would be a novel by a buncha different writers, and not a collection of short stories."^[1]
The cover features a promotional picture taken for Angel season 3.

International titles

French: Solstice d'Enfer (Solstice of Hell)

Gallery

References

↑ http://thebronze.damic.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=162&st=15 [dead link]

[1] ttp://thebronze.damic.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=162&st=15 [dead link]

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 |type      = Short story anthology
 |tagline   = Evil arrives on the hour…
-|author    = [[Pierce Askegren]],<br />[[Scott Ciencin]],<br />[[Denise Ciencin]],<br />[[Doranna Durgin]],<br />[[Nancy Holder]],<br />[[Christopher Golden]],<br />[[Jeff Mariotte]],<br />[[Yvonne Navarro]],<br />[[Emily Oz]].
+|author    = [[Pierce Askegren]]<br>[[Scott Ciencin]]<br>[[Denise Ciencin]]<br>[[Doranna Durgin]]<br>[[Nancy Holder]]<br>[[Christie Golden]]<br>[[Christopher Golden]]<br>[[Jeff Mariotte]]<br>[[Yvonne Navarro]]<br>[[Emily Oz]].
-|date      = December 02, [[2002]]
+|date      = December 2, [[2002]]
 |pages     = 432
 |publisher = [[Pocket Books]]
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 }}
-“'''{{PAGENAME}}'''” is a short story anthology book of [[Angel novels|''Angel'' novel]] series.
+'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a short story anthology book of the [[Angel novels|''Angel'' novel]] series. It was originally published on December 2, [[2002]], by [[Pocket Books]].
 ==Synopsis==
+FROM DUSK UNTIL DAWN
-Hour by hour and evil by evil, this short story collection takes [[Angel]] and his colleagues one by one through one dramatic night. December 21 — the winter solstice. The time when the sun is at its weakest, and the longest night of the year. The [[undead]] equivalent of New Year’s Eve, it’s the night when those who live for the darkness all want to come out and party. Consequently it’s a ''very'' busy night indeed for [[Angel Investigations]]. There may be no rest for the wicked — but there’s certainly no rest for those who are sworn to protect the world against them. ''The Longest Night'' follows the individual trials of Angel, [[Cordelia Chase|Cordelia]], [[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce|Wesley]], [[Charles Gunn|Gunn]] and newcomer [[Winifred Burkle|Fred]] as they battle to keep the forces of evil at bay.
+December — sure, 'tis the season and all that, but evil generally isn't up for a holiday. And December 21 — well, that's usually the winter solstice.
-==Stories==
-*''The House Where Death Stood Still''
-*''A Joyful Noise''
-*''I Still Believe''
-*''It Can Happen to You''
-*''Model Behaviour''
-*''Have Gunn, Will Travel''
-*''Generous Presence''
-*''The Anchoress''
-*''Bummed Out''
-*''Icicle Memories''
-*''Yoke of the Soul''
-*''The Sun Child''
+A.K.A. the longest night of the year.
-== Appearances ==
-* [[Angel]]
+It's easy enough to see why this night would practically be the [[undead]]'s New Year's Eve, which means, [[visions]] or no, it's a crunch time for [[Angel Investigations]].
-* [[Cordelia Chase]]
-* [[Charles Gunn]]
+Now, in the first-ever ''Angel'' short story collection, follow our gang hour by hour, evil by evil. From twilight to daylight, [[Angel]], [[Cordelia Chase|Cordelia]], [[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce|Wesley]], [[Charles Gunn|Gunn]] and [[Winifred Burkle|Fred]] have to keep the forces of darkness at bay — even when black [[magic]]k has a head start...
-* [[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce]]
-* [[Winifred Burkle]]
+==Continuity==
-* [[Lorne]]
+*The stories place from 6 P.M. to 5 A.M. on December 21–22, 2001, during [[Angel season 3|''Angel'' season 3]].
-* [[Lilah Morgan]]
+==Stories==
+*"[[The House Where Death Stood Still]]"
+*"[[A Joyful Noise]]"
+*"[[I Still Believe]]"
+*"[[It Can Happen to You]]"
+*"[[Model Behavior]]"
+*"[[Have Gunn, Will Travel]]"
+*"[[Generous Presence]]"
+*"[[The Anchoress]]"
+*"[[Bummed Out]]"
+*"[[Icicle Memories]]"
+*"[[Yoke of the Soul]]"
+*"[[The Sun Child]]"
 ==Behind the scenes==
 ===Production===
-*“{{PAGENAME}}” is the only of ''Angel'' short story anthology. Although the book is labeled as “Vol. 1”, no further volumes were ever published.
+*''{{PAGENAME}}'' is the only of ''Angel'' short story anthology. Although the book is labeled as "Vol. 1," no further volumes were ever published.
+*Writer [[Jeff Mariotte]] explained why the stories do not reference each other: "We didn't get to read each other's stories, we just knew a tiny bit about what would happen in the ones before and after ours. So, for instance, I mentioned in the very end of mine that Angel knew he had to go do some last-minute shopping. But we knew it wouldn't flow exactly right, because if it did then it would be a novel by a buncha different writers, and not a collection of short stories."<ref>http://thebronze.damic.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=162&st=15 [dead link]</ref>
+*The cover features a promotional picture taken for [[Angel season 3|''Angel'' season 3]].
+===International titles===
-*Writer [[Jeff Mariotte]] explained why the stories do not reference each other: “We didn’t get to read each other’s stories, we just knew a tiny bit about what would happen in the ones before and after ours. So, for instance, I mentioned in the very end of mine that Angel knew he had to go do some last-minute shopping. But we knew it wouldn’t flow exactly right, because if it did then it would be a novel by a buncha different writers, and not a collection of short stories.”<ref>http://thebronze.damic.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=162&st=15</ref>
+*'''French:''' ''Solstice d'Enfer'' (Solstice of Hell)
-*Setting: Season 3.
-== Gallery ==
+==Gallery==
-<gallery>
+<gallery captionalign="center">
-TeamAngel3.jpg|original photo for cover
+TeamAngel3.jpg|Original photo for cover
+The Longest Night FR1.jpg|Cover in France (part 1)
+The Longest Night FR2.jpg|Cover in France (part 2)
 </gallery>
 ==References==
 {{References}}
+{{DISPLAYTITLE:''{{PAGENAME}}''}}
+[[fr:Solstice d'enfer]]
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Longest Night}}
 [[Category:Angel novels]]