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The first book contains 29 stories that Schwartz collected from folklore books, collections, and archives, as well as from interviews with informants. [9] [10] The stories in this book include: jump stories (stories that end with a jump scare) ghost stories, including a retelling of The Suffolk Miracle; folk music, including The Hearse Song
1981 Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (by Alvin Schwartz) 1982 The Story of Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar (by Stephen Gammell) 1982 The Best Way to Ripton (by Maggie S. Davis) 1983 Git Along, Old Scudder (by Stephen Gammell) 1983 The Old Banjo (by Dennis Haseley) 1984 Waiting to Waltz (by Cynthia Rylant) 1984 The Real Tom Thumb (by Helen Reeder Cross)
In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories is a collection of horror stories, poems and urban legends retold for children by Alvin Schwartz and illustrator Dirk Zimmer. It was published as part of the I Can Read! series in 1984. In 2017 the book was re-released with illustrations by Spanish freelance illustrator Victor Rivas. [1]
The unabridged digital audiobook edition includes all fourteen stories, but the physical book-on-cd versions of the stories are spread out over several products. "L.T.'s Theory of Pets" is the only story not included in any of the book-on-cd collections, but rather as a standalone product. Everything's Eventual: Five Dark Tales contains these ...
If the titles of each chapter are read one after another, they form their own brief story: "On a Windy, Stormy Night... Down a Dark, Deserted Road... Stands a Strange and Creepy House... With Creaks and Howls and... Gotcha!" At the end of the book, there is an acknowledgments listing. [4]
He is best known for the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series, a series best recognized for its gruesome, nightmarish illustrations by Stephen Gammell. The series was America's most frequently challenged book series for library inclusion during the 1980s and 1990s. [3]
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a 2019 supernatural horror film directed by André Øvredal, based on the book series of the same name by Alvin Schwartz.The screenplay was adapted by the Hageman Brothers, from a screen story by Guillermo del Toro (who also produced), as well as Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan.
"The New Mother" is a short story written by Lucy Clifford and first published in her collection of children's stories, The Anyhow Stories, Moral and Otherwise in 1882. The story has been reprinted in anthologies, including The Dark Descent, and was rewritten for the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series.