Schwartz, Alvin

More scary stories to tell in the dark collected from folklore and retold by Alvin Schwartz ; with drawings by Stephen Gammell. - New York, N.Y. : HarperCollins, 1984. - xii, 99 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-99).

Hoo-ha's -- When she saw him, she screamed and ran: Something was wrong -- The wreck -- One Sunday morning -- Sounds -- A weird blue light -- Somebody fell from aloft -- The little black dog -- Clinkity-clink -- She was spittin' and yowlin' just like a cat: The bride -- Rings on her fingers -- The drum -- The window -- Wonderful sausage -- The cat's paw -- The voice -- When I wake up, everything will be all right: "Oh, Susannah!" -- The man in the middle -- Cat in a shopping bag -- The bed by the window -- The dead man's hand -- A ghost in the mirror -- The curse -- The last laugh: The church -- The bad news -- Cemetery soup -- The brown suit -- BA-ROOOM! -- Thumpity-thump.

More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.



0590135864 9780397320813




Ghost stories, American.
Tales--America.
Ghosts--Folklore.
Horror stories.
Folklore--United States.



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