The Scary story reader : forty-one of the scariest stories for sleepovers, campfires, car & bus trips-even for dates! / collected by Richard and Judy Dockrey Young ; introduction by Jan Harold Brunvand ; illustrations by Wendell E. Hall.

Other author Hall, E. Wendell.
Other author Young, Richard, 1946 March 1-
Other author Young, Judy Dockrey, 1949-
Format Book
Publication InfoLittle Rock, Ark. : August House, ©1993.
Description174 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects
Horror tales, American.
Tales--United States.
Horror tales.
Folklore--United States.

Contents Classic urban legends: Don't look back -- Hook-arm -- Pond of snakes -- Call from the downstairs phone -- Call from the grave -- Last kiss -- Urban runners-up: Outside the door -- Killer in the black seat -- Little white dog -- Step-drag -- Lady from the lake -- Headless brakeman -- Terror of our nation: The Wendigo -- Tad O'Cain and the corpse -- Phantom ship -- Spin! Spin! Reel off, skin! -- Tailbones -- Rosewood casket -- Angelina -- Curse of Kilauea -- Lady is white on Mount Hood -- Ghost people -- Children of the glacier -- The thing in Lac De Smet -- Ghost of Prairie Rose -- Skull in the road -- Bloody benders -- Bearwalker.
Contents (cont.) Jump!: But I'm not! -- Tillie Williams -- Dead man's hand -- Laugh yourself to death: Dottie got her liver -- Bony fingers -- It floats! -- Viper -- Bloody fingers -- Skeleton in the closet -- Our favorite horror tales: Give me back my guts! -- Scout and the snake eggs -- 11:11 -- White dress.
Abstract A collection of scary urban legends and other modern-day horror tales preserved by oral tradition, including "Hook-arm," "The Call from the Downstairs Phone," and "Give Me Back My Guts!"
General noteSequel to: Favorite scary stories of American children / [edited by] Richard and Judy Dockrey Young. 1990.
LCCN 93024741
ISBN0874832713 (hb : alk. paper) :

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