Scary Tales To Tell In The Dark (Bloomsbury Reader)

Tacky finally appears in his scary costume. Surprised by his costume, which looks exactly like the bear in his hunting cap and jacket, and terrified at the realization that Tacky is his twin, the bear leads the retreat from the igloo. Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods: The narrator offers gruesome details of the characteristics and behavior of fearsome creatures of the wild, untamed lumberwoods of North America and reports the tragic fates of both amateurs and experts who have sought to capture them.

The chilling stories of the hodag, slide-rock bolter, cactus cat, whirling whimpus, hoop snake, and 15 other strange beasts are peppered with humorous, nervous giggle-inducing comments. Tom Skelton puts on his costume of bones, musing about the connection between his name and the costume as he prepares for an evening of fun with his group of friends on Halloween. When Pipkin appears, not in costume but with pain in his side, however, the evening takes a turn none of them could have imagined.

Pipkin instructs them to go to a particular house.

The boys arrive at this house, its door knocker comes alive, a wind attempts to pull them into its dark reaches, and a spirit emerges out of the Halloween tree to take them on a journey. He guides them through a history of Halloween and the homage to the dead by the Egyptians, Romans, Druids, the people of the Middle Ages in England and France, and the people of Mexico, that is as dramatic in its progress as it is breathtaking before he tells them they need to make a sacrifice for their friend.

Baptiste notes that the book is inspired by a Haitian folktale about a magic orange tree and conflates it with the jumbie of Trinidad—a bad-thinking, sneaky, selfish, greedy creature whose purpose is causing trouble—that inhabits forests but can emerge and enter homes and communities. In this novel, Corinne lives with her fisherman father, Pierre, and harvests the most exquisite oranges on the island to share with friends and sell.

One jumbie, Severin, has designs on the community and Pierre, and steals magic potions from the local witch. She aims to reclaim the island that had belonged to the jumbies centuries before Europeans arrived and to claim a family of her own. Corinne must discover her own kind of magic if she is to save her father and protect her friends, who all help save the community from the jumbies.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Folklorist Schwartz organizes his retellings of 29 scary folktales in five sections: Back matter includes notes on the tales, sources, and a bibliography. More Tales to Chill Your Bones Best friends Scotty Harmon and Amanda Gold readily admit to being cowardly, wimpy, and scared of just about everything. And then there are the Klass twins, Mickey and Morty, and their sidekick Kenji, who delight in terrifying Scotty and Amanda. With the approach of Halloween, Scotty and Amanda plan to toughen up and get revenge against their tormentors.

They decide to host a scary party in the old, abandoned house that everyone says is haunted. On Halloween night, however, the house plays its own tricks and sets its own traps.

Bloomsbury Reader

Terrified, all escape from the house unscathed—or do they? Terrifying Tales Guys Read Series 6. Those who go on to read the 10 well-crafted terrifying tales will agree the writers do a great job of both scaring and surprising readers. Good short stories such as those in this Guys Read book encourage young readers to seek more stories by the writers of their favorites. The appended biographical sketches of the authors include a listing of selected titles that will serve guys—and gals—as a good source of more good reading.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Steve is allergic to wasps; he worries about his baby brother, Theo, who has a congenital problem and a poor prognosis for survival; he has anxieties and fears for which he has seen a psychiatrist; and he has vivid dreams. In one nightmare, a wasp of pale color appears to him saying she and her colony can help with the baby. As the dreams become more frequent, Steve tells the wasp the baby needs an operation and asks her when she is going to make the baby better as she promised. The dark, shadowy illustrations convey the menacing and dreamlike bind that Steve finds himself in.

The recession of has created setbacks for Daniel, Erica, and their parents, precipitating their decision to move into an old house surrounded by woods outside a town in West Virginia. Readers are introduced to another story, the tale of Old Auntie and her pet hog, Bloody Bones, narrated by an old woman. While Daniel is watchful of the woods and swears he observes shadowy figures, Erica hears her name whispered in the rustling leaves of the woods.

When she is enticed to the woods by the haunting sound, Daniel chases after and brings her back. With her doll left in the woods, Erica is inconsolable.

While exploring in the woods outside Spooksville, pals Adam, Watch, Sally, and Cindy find a green-eyed black cat that follows them back to town. Although the cat attacks and scratches Cindy badly, Sally takes it home. A Fear Street Novel. Lisa Brooks has been left with nightmares and hallucinations after a car accident that killed her father and injured her mother.

Caring for Harry, an apparently lovable young boy, comes with one strict guideline: Under no circumstance can he stay up late. In this horror novel, Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billlings writing under the pen name Christina Lauren put a twist on the haunted house subgenre.

Gavin lives alone in a very strange house. The house and all the objects in it are alive. House has loved Gavin and provided for all his needs from early childhood. Now as his relationship with Delilah, who has been away for years at a private school, turns romantic, Gavin tells her of his strange living arrangement, brings her home, and introduces her to House as someone important in his life. As Gavin becomes increasingly more insistent that House accept Delilah and the teens talk about going away to college, House becomes cold and violent, seriously injuring Delilah and punishing Gavin.

When the intention of House to do anything to keep them apart becomes apparent, they set about planning for escape. A Pocketful of Rye.

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