Chills, spills and empty coffins! This wide-ranging collection of twenty-four spine-tingling stories draws on the best traditions of classic horror, from powerful myths and folktales to contemporary stories of man-made terrors. With contributions by writers of the calibre of John Steinbeck, Edgar Allen Poe, Charles Dickens, T. H. White, Philip K. Dick and Stephen King, this is a truly chilling anthology.
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Gr. 6^-12. Price has done an admirable job of selecting the two dozen stories in this collection: there's something for everyone, from the fainthearted to the hard-core genre fan. The collection includes works by such noted authors as Steinbeck and Poe as well as by familiar writers like Joan Aiken, Stephen King, Leon Garfield, and Price herself, with individual tales running the gamut from mildly unsettling to truly frightening. Leon Garfield's "A Grave Misunderstanding," Charles Dickens' "Captain Murderer," and Ellen Emerson White's "The Boy Next Door" are some of the most enjoyable. Filled with terrific Halloween read-alouds, the book will find a comfortable home in both classroom and library collections. The scratchy pen-and-ink drawings lend a suitably eerie tone to the stories and manage to make even teddy bears look malevolent. Chris Sherman
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Susan Price is the acclaimed author of many books for children of all ages. In 1987 she won the Carnegie Medal for her novel The Ghost Drum and in 1994 was shortlisted again for Heads and Tales (both Faber). Her work draws inspiration from her native Black Country, where she still lives. Harry Horse is a political cartoonist, as well as being a writer and illustrator of children's books. His book The Last Gold Diggers was chosen as a Waterstone's Book of the Month. He lives in Edinburgh.
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On the day I was born, my Dad was given a typewriter. My Dad also signed my first contract, because I was too young to sign it - I was 16.
It was Dad who gave me the First and Second Jungle Books and the Just-So Stories for my seventh Christmas present too - and I still love them. But it was my mother who did all she could to teach me to read and to love books.
I've written 55 books, from Nursery Stories to things like 'The Bearwood Witch' and 'The Sterkarm Handshake' which are criticised for being 'too adult'.
Recently, I've joined the kindle revolution. I plan to publish most of my backlist on kindle, and I have joined together with several other writers to form Kindle Authors UK - see the blog feeds below. Look me up in the Kindle Store!
I also give talks in schools, and am RLF Fellow at De Montfort University in Leicester.
My website can be found at www.susanprice.org.uk
It was Dad who gave me the First and Second Jungle Books and the Just-So Stories for my seventh Christmas present too - and I still love them. But it was my mother who did all she could to teach me to read and to love books.
I've written 55 books, from Nursery Stories to things like 'The Bearwood Witch' and 'The Sterkarm Handshake' which are criticised for being 'too adult'.
Recently, I've joined the kindle revolution. I plan to publish most of my backlist on kindle, and I have joined together with several other writers to form Kindle Authors UK - see the blog feeds below. Look me up in the Kindle Store!
I also give talks in schools, and am RLF Fellow at De Montfort University in Leicester.
My website can be found at www.susanprice.org.uk
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This story is about a witch named Downing he got married to a witch they had a lot of children and a lot of cats.People thought that the cats were his children.He used his cats to bring him back meat and fish.When they talked about his children he will make them itch and ach.Then this farmer found Downing kids in his farm tormenting his pigs.The farmer killed Downing kids and Downing.Downing made an evil dog.
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When the words "Not Guilty" sounded through the crowded court-room that dark December afternoon, Arthur Wilbraham, the great criminal K.C., and leader for the triumphant defence, was represented by his junior: but Johnson, his private secretary, carried the verdict across to his chambers like lightning. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Van Cheele, Aunt Enid, Aunt Gertrude, Miss Bird, Captain Murderer, Sir John, Lucius Kern, Captain Franco, Gypsy Girl, John Turk, Witch Downing, Aunt Trudie, Farmer Hollis, Julia Stone, Captain Joel, Roman Imperialism, Aunt Janet, Cathy Scott, Father Tomas, Jack Stone, John Clinton, Uncle Josef, Matt Wilson, Monsieur Bermutier, Nicholau Geibel New!
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When the words "Not Guilty" sounded through the crowded court-room that dark December afternoon, Arthur Wilbraham, the great criminal K.C., and leader for the triumphant defence, was represented by his junior: but Johnson, his private secretary, carried the verdict across to his chambers like lightning. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Van Cheele, Aunt Enid, Aunt Gertrude, Miss Bird, Captain Murderer, Sir John, Lucius Kern, Captain Franco, Gypsy Girl, John Turk, Witch Downing, Aunt Trudie, Farmer Hollis, Julia Stone, Captain Joel, Roman Imperialism, Aunt Janet, Cathy Scott, Father Tomas, Jack Stone, John Clinton, Uncle Josef, Matt Wilson, Monsieur Bermutier, Nicholau Geibel New!
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