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The Cabinet of Curiosities: 36 Tales Brief
Stefan Bachmann, Katherine Catmull, Claire Legrand, Emma Trevayne · back to the book
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Include books by the same authorThe Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales / With an Introduction by Lemony Snicket
Chris Van Allsburg · 236 pages
Who is Harris Burdick? For more than twenty-five years, readers have been puzzling over the illustrations by this enigmatic artist. Thousands of children have been inspired to weave their own stories to go with his intriguingly titled pictures. And now, some of our most imaginative storytellers attempt to solve the perplexing mysteries of Harris Burdick. Enter The Chronicles of Harris Burdic
Terrifying Tales
Jon Scieszka, Adam Gidwitz, R.L. Stine, Dav Pilkey, Michael Buckley, Claire Legrand, Nikki Loftin, Adele Griffin, Kelly Barnhill, Lisa Brown, Daniel Jose Older · 288 pages
Eleven masters of suspense Kelly Barnhill, Michael Buckley, Adam Gidwitz, Adele Griffin and Lisa Brown, Claire Legrand, Nikki Loftin, Daniel Jose Older, Dav Pilkey, R.L. Stine, and Rita Williams-Garcia have come together to bring you a bone-chilling collection of original ghost stories with illustrations by Gris Grimly, perfect for sharing around the campfire, reading under the covers with a flash
Half-Minute Horrors
Neil Gaiman, Lesley Livingston, R.L. Stine, Margaret Atwood, Holly Black, James Patterson, Adele Griffin, Melissa Marr, Nadia Aguiar, Katherine Applegate, Avi, Pseudonymous Bosch, Libba Bray, Lisa Brown, Michael Connelly, Joseph Delaney, Dan Gutman, Erin Hunter, Angela Johnson, Jonathan Lethem, Gail · 141 pages
How scared can you get in just thirty seconds? Dive into the shortest, scariest stories ever created, with more than seventy instant thrills from the likes of Lemony Snicket, James Patterson, Neil Gaiman, R.L. Stine, Holly Black, Brett Helquist, and Margaret Atwood.
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Alvin Schwartz · 111 pages
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a timeless collection of chillingly scary tales and legends. Folklorist Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time.
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
Neil Gaiman · 352 pages
"En las manos maestras de Neil Gaiman, la magia es mucho más que un mero juego de engaños. La destreza y el poder de invención de este gran fabulador transforman el entorno cotidiano en un mundo hechizado por sucesos sombríos y extraños, en el que una anciana puede comprar el Santo Grial en una tienda de segunda mano, unos asesinos se anuncian en los clasificados de un periódico bajo la rúbrica ±C
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
William L. Hedges · 358 pages
Originally entitled, "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.", this collection of essays, sketches, and tales established Washington's reputation as America's foremost professional author. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle" are classics of American fiction and display Irving's ability to depict American landscapes and culture. This volume also contains a number of gently ironic
More Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World
Arielle North Olson, Howard Schwartz · 162 pages
This is a great scary book that ive been looking for in libraries ever since 3rd grade and now it's on here and im in 6th grade.
Fear: 13 Stories of Suspense and Horror
R.L. Stine, James Rollins, Heather Graham, Walter Sorrells, Tim Maleeny, Suzanne Weyn, Jennifer Allison, Heather Brewer, Peg Kehret, Alane Ferguson, Ryan Brown, F. Paul Wilson, Meg Cabot · 313 pages
A collection of thirteen scary stories by bestselling and award-winning authors, including Ryan Brown's "Jeepers Peepers," Meg Cabot's "The Night Hunter," and others. In this thrilling collection of heart-stopping original stories from thirteen masters of adult and young adult thriller writing, anyone can be a villain, and no one is who or what he or she seems. The plots contain sexual references
The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories
Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg · 108 pages
The New Weird
Alistair Rennie · 367 pages
This avant-garde anthology that presents and defines the New Weird—a hip, stylistic fiction that evokes the gritty exuberance of pulp novels and dime-store comic books—creates a new literature that is entirely unprecedented and utterly compelling. Assembling an array of talent, this collection includes contributions from visionaries Michael Moorcock and China Mieville, modern icon Clive Barker, an
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · 880 pages
Carniepunk
Rachel Caine, Rob Thurman, Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin Hearne, Mark Henry, Jaye Wells, Allison Pang, Hillary Jacques, Jennifer Estep, Kelly Meding, Nicole Peeler, Jackie Kessler, Kelly Gay, Seanan McGuire · 440 pages
A collection of urban fantasy stories that take place at carnivals. From vampires and creepy clowns to mermaids, Druids, and wisecracking Irish wolfhounds, you'll find out that carnivals aren't the healthiest types of places to hang out at....
Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2: From the Creator of Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney · 224 pages
The Mystery Boxes
Kazu Kibuishi · 128 pages
An anthology of short graphic works by such artists as Kazu Kibuishi, Dave Roman, and Raina Telgemeier, all on the theme of a mysterious box and the marvels, or mayhem, inside.
Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary
David Hagberg, Timothy Zahn, Lucia St. Clair Robson, Deborah Chester, R.L. Stine, Robert J. Serling, Jim DeFelice, Tad Williams, John Miller, Laura Lippman, Whitley Strieber, Kelley Armstrong, Rod Serling, William F. Wu, Earl Hamner Jr., Mike Resnick, Carole Nelson Douglas, Joe R. Lansdale, Lezli Ro · 444 pages
A volume of new tales in the style of the original television series, written to commemorate its fiftieth anniversary, includes contributions by such leading genre authors as Whitley Streiber, Timothy Zahn, and Peter S. Beagle.
Gothic!: Ten Original Dark Tales
Gregory Maguire, Garth Nix, Celia Rees, Barry Yourgrau, Janni Lee Simner, Vivian Vande Velde, Joan Aiken, M.T. Anderson, Neil Gaiman, Caitlin R. Kiernan · 241 pages
Ghostly: A Collection of Ghost Stories
Audrey Niffenegger · 464 pages
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories
Charles Dickens, Steve Rasnic Tem, Donald A. Wolheim, Henry Slesar, Richard T. Chizmar, Avram Davidson, Gary Raisor, E.F. Benson, Saki, Frances Garfield, Rudyard Kipling, Phyllis Eisenstein, William F. Nolan, Ed Gorman, Eric Frank Russell, Melissa Mia Hall, Ruth Berman, Edward D. Hoch, James Gunn, R · 496 pages
Contains: Adventure of my grandfather / Washington Irving Adventure of my aunt / Washington Irving Adventure of the German student / Washington Irving Ants / Chet Williamson Assembly of the dead / Chet Williamson At the bureau / Steve Rasnic Tem Babylon : 70 M. / Donald A. Wollheim [Berenice](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15645808W) / Edgar Allan Poe Beyond the wall / Ambrose Bi
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Scared Even Me
Alfred Hitchcock · 432 pages
Haunted Legends
Ellen Datlow, Nick Mamatas · 349 pages
A volume of 20 original short works presented in the style of traditional ghost stories includes contributions by such writers as Ramsey Campbell, Jeffrey Ford and Caitlin R. Kiernan, in an anthology co-edited by a Bram Stoker Award, Hugo Award and eight-time World Fantasy Award winner.