Read about another book on the list.Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, by Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell
This kids’ horror compendium served as a slippery slope to the Goosebumps series, Christopher Pike, and, finally, onward to Edgar Allen Poe. I can recall the elementary library waiting list agony that preceded my greedy, feverish consumption of these stories, and my fascination at the illustrations that accompanied each one. By adult standards, tales like “Old woman all skin and bone” and “The Thing” are only mildly chilling, and perfect for the slumber party or campfire set. And the two books that follow up Scary Stories are filled with equally frightful fables.
--Marshal Zeringue
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