Synopses & Reviews
'Perfect for Halloween -- a chilling, thrilling collection of two dozen terrifically horrifying stories from a range of authors including Edgar Allan Poe, Guy de Maupassant, Stephen King, Vivien Alcock, and John Steinbeck.'
Table of Contents
Kit-bag / Algernon Blackwood -- Here there be tygers /Stephen King -- Room in the tower / E.F. Benson -- Beyond lies the wub / Philip K. Dick -- Feeding the dog / Susan Price -- Teddies rule, OK? / Nicholas Fisk -- Grendel the Monster / Eleanor Farjeon -- Grave misunderstanding --Leon Garfield -- Captain murderer / Charles Dickens --Something / Joan Aiken -- Hand / Guy de Maupassant -- Boy next door / Ellen Emerson White -- Murder hole -- Famous five go pillaging / Terry Jones & Michael Palin -- Affair at 7 Rue De M- / John Steinbeck -- Change of aunts /Vivien Alcock -- Cask of Amontillado / Edgard Allan Poe -- Pear-drum -- Dog got them / Philippa Pearce -- Gabriel-Ernest / Saki -- Nule / Jan Mark -- Dancing partner /Jerome K. Jerome -- Ring / Margaret Bingley -- Troll /T.B. White.