A compilation of short stories by Louis Sachar. The title of the book comes from one of the short stories featured inside—all of which are childrens' horror stories, some of which are quite...
disturbing.Another compilation following this was called
The Land of the Road Weenies.Tropes Included in the stories:
- Adult Fear
- And I Must Scream
- Body Horror
- Creepy Child
- Crowning Moment of Heartwarming: The story with the Shrinking Violet boy who was invited to a party. It turns out to be entirely made up of ghosts of kids who went to his school in the past. But they gently reassure him he isn't dead, nor do they want to kill him. They felt sorry for him, so invited him to their party. After the ringleader says that "When a dead kid feels bad for you, you know it's bad," he gently tells the boy to open up more and make friends, they all have confidence in him, and see him out. Pretty much the only non-scary story in the whole book, and the rare one with a happy ending.
- Fate Worse than Death
- Fetish Fuel: Some of the stories can cater to a particular fetish. More than one person found the story with the snake girl to be fetish-y. Then other stories have bondage, vore, hypnosis...
- Foregone Conclusion
- I'm a Humanitarian
- Infant Immortality: Very rarely played straight, and mostly cruelly averted.
- Primal Fear
- Our Werewolves Are Different
- Our Vampires Are Different
- Transformation Trauma
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