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100 Creepy Little Creature Stories

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These 100 short short stories are all about scary creatures. Some are real, some are standard monsters from our shared cultural imagination--and a few are newly invented by the authors. There is a mix of famous and less known authors in this collection. Some of my favorites are from the better-known authors:

Arthur Conan Doyle's "The American's Tale" seats us in a British club as a stereotypically brash visitor from Arizona tells a story not to be believed.

Ambrose Bierce's "The Damned Thing" takes us to an inquest where the deceased's diary, `so as not to confuse the jury,' is not entered into evidence.

Saki's "Laura" introduces us to a woman whose passions extend into the next life.

Guy de Maupassant's "The Mother of Monsters" instructs us in a different form of prenatal care that may not be as different as we would like to think.

H. P. Lovecraft's "The Unnamable" is... indescribable. Yet the author creates a sense of growing horror with his customary indirect descriptions.

There are a few non-flyers, but most of these stories are good and some are quite good. This is a fine collection to read when you are home alone with your dog. You will gradually begin to wonder about those looks he keeps giving you.