Scream and scream again! : spooky stories from Mystery Writers of America

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Scream and scream again! : spooky stories from Mystery Writers of America

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9780062495693

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1st ed.

Physical Description:

396 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.

Contents:

The best revenge / Raw head and bloody bones / Bricks and bones / Ring and run / The unknown patriot / Summer of sharks / Rule seven / Cat got your tongue / The I scream truck / The witch of Byron's Bayou / Bloodstone / Area code 666 / The trouble with squirrels / The necklace and the monster / The only child / Kamikaze iguanas / The nightmare express / The girl in the window / Feed the birds / The platform

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Scream and Scream Again! is full of twists and turns, dark corners, and devilish revenge. Collected in conjunction with the Mystery Writers of America, this set includes works from New York Times bestselling authors telling tales of wicked ice-cream trucks, time-travelling heroes, witches and warlocks, and of course, haunted houses.

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A harrowing array of scary stories that all have one thing in common: each either begins or ends with a scream!

R.L. Stine--the godfather of Goosebumps--and some of the most popular authors today bring an unrivaled mastery of all things fearsome, frightening, and fantabulous to this terrifying anthology of all-new scary short stories.

Read it if you dare! With twenty never-before-published scary stories from some of the most popular authors today--including Chris Grabenstein, Wendy Corsi Staub, Heather Graham, Peter Lerangis, R.L. Stine, Bruce Hale, Emmy Laybourne, Steve Hockensmith, Lisa Morton, Ray Daniel, Beth Fantaskey, Phil Mathews, Carter Wilson, Doug Levin, Jeff Soloway, Joseph S. Walker, Alison McMahan, Daniel Palmer, Tonya Hurley, and Stephen Ross--it's sure to leave readers screaming for more.

Author Notes

R. L. Stine was born in Columbus Ohio on October 8, 1943. He graduated from Ohio State University in 1965. Under the name Jovial Bob Stine, he wrote dozens of joke books and humor books for kids including How to Be Funny, 101 Silly Monster Jokes, and Bozos on Patrol. He also created Bananas, a zany humor magazine which he worked on for ten years.

His first teen horror novel, Blind Date, was published in 1986 under the name R. L. Stine. His other works include Beach House, Hit and Run, The Babysitter, The Girlfriend, the Goosebumps series, and the Fear Street series. He also wrote an adult novel entitled Superstitious.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (3)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 4-6-This horror-mystery anthology features 20 never-before-published short stories from members of the Mystery Writers of America, including Chris Grabenstein, Heather Graham, and Bruce Hale. Each story has a caveat: it must begin and end with a scream. Most of the stories within are standard children's horror fare, offering more shrieks of mirth than horror-a shapeshifter attacks children as a shark, a supposedly haunted house scares the pants off of a father and son when it turns out it's infested with a zombie, a town is overrun by squirrels-but there are a few stories nestled in that truly terrify. A harmless attempt to create the best haunted Halloween house on the block results in summoning a demon. A girl receives a series of mysterious texts from an unknown number with the area code 666. With the balance between playful horror and truly spine-tingling spookiness, Stine-who also contributes a story about a pair of siblings that deal with bullies in an unconventional manner-pulls together a comprehensive introduction to the horror genre for kids, much as he has done for years with "Goosebumps." VERDICT Perfect for budding horror enthusiasts.-Tyler -Hixson, Brooklyn Public Library © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Horn Book Review

Twenty contributors, including Stine, each offer a story that "begins or ends with a scream." The collection is uneven, with some tales--particularly Emmy Laybourne's "Bricks and Bones," Joseph S. Walker's "The Only Child," and Stephen Ross's "Feed the Birds"--successful in both responding to the prompt in a natural, original way and eliciting a shiver; others do neither; and a few seem better suited to a different anthology altogether. (c) Copyright 2019. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Kirkus Review

The man behind Goosebumps and Fear Street assembles a collection of short stories written by his peers in the Mystery Writers of America.In the first tale, authored by Stine himself, siblings Freddy and Teddy lose brand-new bikes to the local bullies who have terrorized them for ages. In sync with the other scary twists found in this anthology, "The Best Revenge" delivers as Freddy and Teddy get satisfaction when they offer an unexpected surprise to their nemeses straight from the dead. In Ray Daniel's "Rule Seven," Josh has set up a phenomenal prank in the local haunted house to scare his dad, only the prank goes awry when things get real after hours. "Area Code 666," by Carter Wilson, presents 12-year-old motherless Julia, who gets her first cellphone for her birthdayand begins to receive cryptic text messages from beyond. Tonya Hurley's "The Girl in the Window" has a Hitchcock-like title and tells the story of a young girl who becomes obsessed with a lifelike store mannequin, a relationship that ultimately spins out of control in a twist reminiscent of The Twilight Zone. Though it is not notable for its diversity, it's a good, old-fashioned collection of modern scary stories, offering humor, innocence, and just enough fright to keep things age-appropriate, with no profanity, blood, or gore.A great collection to have handy for Halloween classroom reading or a campfire. (Horror short stories. 8-12) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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