Scary stories / illustrated by Barry Moser ; introduction by Peter Glassman.

Moser, Barry, (illustrator.). Chronicle Books (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary:

A collection of stories, filled with suspense and horror features contributions from such authors as Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and H.P. Lovecraft, as well as such modern masters as Stephen King and Ray Bradbury.

Record details

ISBN: 0811854140
ISBN: 9780811854146
Physical Description: 184 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2006]
Copyright: ©2006

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Kittens / Dean Koontz -- The Magic Shop / H.G. Wells -- Miriam / Truman Capote -- The tell-tale heart / Edgar Allan Poe -- Genesis and catastrophe / Roald Dahl -- The squaw / Bram Stoker -- Here there be tygers / Stephen King -- "Man overboard" / Winston Churchill -- The lottery / Shirley Jackson -- The bus-conductor / E. F. Benson -- Thanksgiving / Joyce Carol Oates -- from The legend of Sleepy Hollow / Washington Irving -- The terrible old man / H. P. Lovecraft -- John Charrington's wedding / E. Nesbit -- The furnished room / O. Henry -- The man upstairs / Ray Bradbury -- The music on the hill / Saki -- The boarded window / Ambrose Bierce -- Fingers on the back of the neck / Margaret Mahy -- The cremation of Sam McGee / Robert Service.

Study Program Information Note:

Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.7 9 112578.