“Allen has cemented himself as the heir -apparent of Alvin Schwartz . . . put this book into reluctant readers’ hands, and they will beg for more.”
"Wonderful and weird, compelling and unsettling." - Gary Schmidt, two-time Newbery Honor author.
Get ready for collections of short stories that will chill your bones, tingle your spine, and scare your pants off. Josh Allen masterfully concocts horror in the most innocent places, like R.L. Stine meets a modern Edgar Allan Poe. A stray kitten turns into a threatening follower. The street sign down the block starts taunting you. Even your own shadow is out to get you! Spooky things love hiding in plain sight.
The everyday world is full of sinister secrets and these page-turning stories show that there's darkness even where you least expect it. Readers will sleep with one eye open . . . .
Glow-in-the-dark covers and eerie full-page illustrations by award-winning artist Sarah J. Coleman accompany the tales in these frightful mashups that read like a contemporary Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.