GET READY
TO BE
SPOOKED!

It was eleven o'clock at night.  Peter was in bed on the second floor of the old house where he lived alone.  It had gotten so chilly, he went downstairs to turn up the heat.

As Peter was on his way back to bed, a black dog ran down the stairs.  "Where did you come from?" Peter said.  He had never seen the dog before....

Welcome to  the macabre world of Scary Stories, a collection of folklorist Alvin Schwartz's most alrming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time, with spine-tingling illustrations by renowned artist Bret Helquist.

"Read these if you date." - The New York Times

ARE YOU BRAVE
ENOUGH FOR
SCARY STORIES?

Some boys and girls were at a party one night.  There was a graveyard down the street, and they were talking about how scary it was.

"Don't ever stand on a grave after dark," one of the boys said.  "The person inside will grab you."

"A grave doesn't scare me," said one of the girls.  "I'll do it right now...."

Welcome to  the macabre world of Scary Stories.  Inside, you'll find alarming takes of horror, dark revenge, and the supernatural, with spine-tingling illustrations by renowned artist Brett Helquist.

"Read these if you date." - The New York Times