Half-minute horrors / edited by Susan Rich.

Other author Rich, Susan, 1969-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Harper, ©2009.
Description141 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents Something you ought to know / Lemony Snicket -- The chicken or the egg / Jerry Spinelli -- In hiding / Kenneth Oppel -- The old man in the picture / Richard Sala -- The babysitter / Erin Hunter -- Grand entrance / James Patterson -- Halloween mask / Sonya Sones -- Tenton / Tom Genrich & Michele Perry -- Nanny / Angela Johnson -- The legend of Alexandra & Rose / Jon Klassen -- What's coming / Arthur Slade -- An easy gig / M.T. Anderson -- Mr. Black / Yvonne Prinz -- The foot dragger / M.E. Kerr -- Trick / Adam Rex -- Hank / Dean Lorey -- One of a kind / Sarah Weeks -- A walk too far / Gloria Whelan -- A very short story / Holly Black -- Deep six / Faye Kellerman -- The turn of the screw by Henry James, A novel as told by Lisa Brown in fewer than 30 seconds / Lisa Brown -- The attack of the flying mustaches / Pseudonymous Bosch -- Takowanda / Nadia Aguiar -- Heart stopper / Sienna Mercer -- Up to my elbow / Jack Gantos -- Four gleams in the moonlight / Stephen Marche
Contents The goblin book / Brad Meltzer -- Worms / Lane Smith -- The dare / Carol Gorman -- The ballad of John Grepsy / David Rich -- Soup / Jenny Nimmo -- The creeping hand / Margaret Atwood -- Wet sand, little teeth / Mariko Tamaki -- A thousand faces / Brian Selznick -- Chocolate cake / Francine Prose -- At the water's edge / Ayelet Waldman -- My worst nightmare / R.L. Stine -- The beast outside / Adele Griffin -- Unannounced / Aliza Kellerman -- Kruger's Sausage Haus / Mark Crilley -- There's something under the bed / Allan Stratton -- Cat's paw / Sarah L. Thomson -- Horrorku / Katherine Applegate -- The itch / Avi -- The new me: a pantoum / Gail Carson Levine -- Always eleven / David Stahler Jr -- Aloft / Carson Ellis -- Skittering / Tui T. Sutherland -- Stuck in the middle / Abi Slone -- All finger and thumbs / Joseph Delaney -- Don't wet the bed / Alan Grats -- The final word / Josh Greenhut -- The shadow / Neil Gaiman -- A day at the lake / Lesley Livingston -- Whispered / Jon Scieszka -- A disturbing limerick / Vladimir Radunsky -- Through the veil / Alison McGhee -- The rash / Daniel Ehrenhaft -- Where nightmares walk / Melissa Marr
Abstract An anthology of very short, scary stories by an assortment of authors and illustrators including Chris Raschka, Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, Jack Gantos, and Lane Smith.
Bibliography noteIncludes index (p. 133-141).
Interest age level Ages 10 up.
Awards noteA Junior Library Guild selection
LCCN 2009018293
ISBN9780061833793 (trade bdg.)
ISBN0061833797 (trade bdg.)
Stock numberJunior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com

Availability

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