horror tales, american

A collection of eleven scary stories including "The Slime Mutants of Clear Lake, " "Portrait of Evil, " and "The Snow Cave.".

A collection of ghost stories with African-American themes, designed to be told during the Dark Thirty--the half hour before sunset.

A collection of horror stories from Stephen King.

Thirty-three stories about stranded aliens, a horrifying cheesemaker, a boy with the power to make stars vanish, and other frightening things. Includes notes on how the author got his ideas for these stories.

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.

Three easy-to-read scary stories about a talking doll, a dog picture that barks, and a Halloween monster.

A collection of twenty-four illustrated stories by the nineteenth-century American writer best known for his tales of horror.

In this graphic adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's works, the celebrated narrative poem 'The Raven' and several of his short stories are brought to life by Pete Katz's superbly dark illustrations. Poe was a master of Gothic fiction, and the genre's core themes of horror, death and romance feature strongly in this collection, which includes The Raven, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Masque of the Red Death, The Black Cat, The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether.

An anthology of spooky stories, divided into such categories as "Something's Not Safe at School," "Shadows in the Woods and by the Water," "Welcome to Your New Home," Don't Stray Too Far from Home," and "Better Not Mess with What's Best Left Alone.".

A collection of nineteen short stories based on George A. Romero's "Night of the Living Dead.".