Three boys each tell a scary story about witches and goblins as they feed the neighbor's cat and speculate what is behind the door they are not supposed to open.
A boy and his friends are inspired by his mother's warning not to open the door to strangers to tell each other scary stories about children left home alone.
A collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury that have an element of the unexpected, including an electric grandmother, a strange parrot, and a priest on Mars.
the best short stories by Black writers, 1967 to the present
Naylor, Gloria
A collection of thirty-seven short stories by African-American writers which reflects four themes such as remembering, affirming, revealing the divided self, and moving on. Includes many aspects of the black experience in America.
A collection of short stories that portray the differing experiences of children of the same age living in different countries and within the same cities.
Collects seven ghost stories by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Ambrose Bierce, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Gustavo Adolfo Be?cquer, Rudyard Kipling, and M. R. James.
Presents James Joyce's 1914 work made up of fifteen short stories about strangers of various classes who all live in Dublin; and includes historical context, interpretive notes, excerpts of criticism, a chronology of Joyce's life and work, and questions for discussion.
A collection of stories based on Mexican American lore, including the title selection in which Joey's date to the school dance, Marlen, is distracted by a well-dressed stranger who literally burns up the dance floor. Presented in English and Spanish.
