Synopses & Reviews
It's back! And it doesn't get scarier than this. An updated introduction and an intriguing new package bring this best-selling collection of 13 terrifying tales into the 21st century!
Assembled on the pages of this anthology are 13 original short stories by the best known writers of the genre: Christopher Pike, R.L. Stine, A. Bates, D.E. Athkins, Lael Littke and Pat Windsor---just to name a few.
They have given us their best...
You'll be cast into an endless night of wax museum horrors, vampire love, deadly dolls, and...who knows what else may await you?
So let the masters take you and do their worst---with their best.
Review
There is a genuine ghastly treat in story for young adult readers in
Thirteen
.” Chicago Sun-Times
The stories are great fun
this collection should please many teen readers and provide booktalkers with some good tales to tell.” --VOYA
A solid
sampling of the genre to introduce readers to a variety of writers and styles.” ---Booklist
The
short stories in this engrossing, fast-moving anthology are
sure to please...and frighten.” --The Science Fiction Research Association Review
A definite must-have for any library with YA patrons.” --KLIATT
Table of Contents
Collect call / Christopher Pike -- Lucinda / Lael Littke -- The Guiccioli miniature / Jay Bennett --Blood kiss / D.E. Athkins -- A little taste of death /Patricia Windsor -- The Dolls / Carol Ellis -- House of horrors / J.B. Stamper -- Where the deer are /Caroline B. Cooney -- The spell / R.L. Stine --Dedicated to the one I love / Diane Hoh -- Hacker /Sinclair Smith -- Deathflash / A. Bates -- The boy next door / Ellen Emerson White.