| Description |
1 online file |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : Delacorte Press, c1994. |
| Summary |
Presents a collection of scary folktales from the United States, China, England, Italy, Russia, and other countries around the world. Inviting readers back to a hair-raising world of chills and thrills, this companion to "Short & Shivery" presents 30 carefully selected stories from international ghostlore, both classic and contemporary, vividly retold with ghastly details and spooky endings. Illustrations. |
| Contents |
Hold him, Tabb! -- The witches' eyes -- The duppy -- Two snakes -- The draug -- The vampire cat -- Windigo Island -- The haunted inn -- The rolling head -- The croglin grange vampire -- The yara -- Me, myself -- Island of fear -- Three who sought death -- Sister death and the healer -- The mouse tower -- The devil and Tom Walker -- The greedy daughter -- The pirate -- The golden arm -- The serpent woman -- Loft the enchanger -- The accursed horse. |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Tales.
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Ghost stories.
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Folklore.
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Ghosts -- Folklore.
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Supernatural -- Folklore.
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| Added Author |
Coville, Katherine, illustrator.
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Rogers, Jacqueline, illustrator.
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| Added Title |
More short and shivery |
| ISBN |
9780307781741 |
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