title: The Big Book of Horror: 21 Tales to Make You Tremble
author:  Alissa Heyman 
description: Even those who don't object to abridgments on principle can reasonably expect to learn on the title page that the stories are "abridged and adapted," rather than finding the information on the back cover. Still, these simplified stories read smoothly, and children will find this collection of 21 horror tales quite engaging. The roster of writers, all active during the nineteenth century, includes notables such as Dickens, Lovecraft, Poe, and Stevenson. Even Eugene Field, best remembered as the author of "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod," had a dark side, revealed here in his short story "The Werewolf." Unusually well designed for a collection of scary stories, this large-format volume features dramatically composed illustrations using unusual but effective color combinations and a fine sense of the macabre. <i>Carolyn Phelan</i><br /><i>Copyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>
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  Tales from a Hack: 7
  
  
  Horror Stories You Will Utterly Dismember
  
  
  By Ryan Bevan
  
  
  Copyright 2019 Ryan
  
  
  Bevan
  
  
  Smashwords Edition
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
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  Contents
  
  
  1\. Root for the Home Team
  
  
  2\. One Night in Alliman
  
  
  3\. My Story About Dale
  
  
  4\. Walden for the Better
  
  
  5\. The Wind Chill Factor
  
  
  6\. The Hacker
  
  
  7\. The Tear
  
  
  1\. Root for the Home
  
  
  Team
  
  
  At Hoover High,
  
  
  students proudly recited the Pledge of Allegiance every morning,
  
  
  followed by a prayer thanking God for bestowing upon them the gift
  
  
  of having been born not only in the greatest country in the world,
  
  