Carthage Junior High School Bibliography Report 10/21/2008 @ 9:15am Page 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 133.1 Cla Classic American ghost stories : 200 years of ghost lore from the Great Plains, New England, the South, and the Pacific Northwest. 1st ed. Little Rock : August House, 1990. Contains 51 classic American ghost stories from newspapers, journals, and magazines. 133.1 Coh Cohen, Daniel, 1936-. Great ghosts. 1st ed. New York : Dutton, c1990. Retells nine famous ghost stories. 133.1 Kni Knight, David C. Best true ghost stories of the 20th century. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, c1984. Stories of unexplained events that baffled psychic researchers, including the Tulip Staircase ghost, the ghosts of Versailles, the phantom of Howley Hall links, and others. 133.1 Mcn Ghost stories from the American South. Little Rock : August House, 1985. 133.1 Mur Murray, Earl. Ghosts of the old West : desert spirits, haunted cabins, lost trails, and other strange encounters. Chicago : Contemporary Books, c1988. Retells the stories of phantoms and spirits and explores their favorite haunts and walks. 133.1 Sco Scott, Beth, 1922-. Haunted heartland. Madison, Wis. : Stanton & Lee, c1985. 133.1 Sot Sotnak, Lewann. Haunted houses. 1st ed. New York : Crestwood House, c1990. Discusses the hauntings of various houses throughout the United States including the White House. 398.2 Bru Brunvand, Jan Harold. Too good to be true : the colossal book of urban legends. 1st ed. New York : W. W. Norton, c1999. Presents over two hundred almost-believable urban legends, and seventy illustrations, telling of horrifying, embarrassing, or frightening events that always seem to have happened to "a friend of a friend." Grouped thematically. 398.2 Dav The silver bullet, and other American witch stories. Middle Village, N.Y. : Jonathan David Publishers, c1975. 398.2 Hol Holt, David. Spiders in the hairdo : modern urban legends. Little Rock, [Ark.] : August House, c1999. A collection of urban legends revolving around topics such as college, crime, jerks, and others. 398.2 Pip Pipe, Jim. Dracula. Brookfield, Conn. : Copper Beech Books, 1995, c1995. This book tells of Count Dracula, Prince of Carthage Junior High School Bibliography Report 10/21/2008 @ 9:15am Page 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Darkness, and enters his spine-chilling world of vampires, coffins, fangs, garlic, bats, bloodsuckers, and creatures of the night. 398.2 Raw Raw head, bloody bones : African-American tales of the supernatural. 1st ed. New York : Toronto : New York : Scribner's ; Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; Maxwell Macmillan International, c1991. Fifteen black and African-American tales of the supernatural from various states and several Caribbean countries. Includes commentary on black folklore in the New World. 398.2 Sch Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-. Scary stories 3 : more tales to chill your bones. 1st ed. New York, N.Y. : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1991. More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, haunts, superstitions, monsters, and horrible scary things. 398.2 Sch Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-. Scary stories to tell in the dark. New York : HarperCollins, c1981. Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories. 398.2 Sch Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-. More scary stories to tell in the dark. Trophy ed. New York : Harper & Row, 1986. More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs. 398.25 Coh Cohen, Daniel, 1936-. Ghostly tales of love & revenge. New York : Pocket Books, [1995]. A collection of ghost stories about such spirits as "The Demon Lover," "The Lady in Black," and "The Empire State Building Ghost.". 398.25 Fow Fowler, Zinita. Ghost stories of Old Texas, II. 1st ed. Austin, Tex. : Eakin Press, c1992. A collection of ghostly tales illustrating the cultural heritage of Texas. 398.25 Fow Fowler, Zinita. Ghost stories of old Texas. Austin, Tex. : Eakin Press, 1983. Contains twenty-seven ghost tales of old Texas. 398.25 Fow Fowler, Zinita. Ghost stories of old Texas, III. 1st ed. Austin, Tex. : Eakin Press, c1995. A collection of twenty-six ghostly tales illustrating the cultural heritage of Texas. 976.4 Sye Syers, William Edward, 1914-. Ghost stories of Texas. Waco, Tex. : Texian Press, 1981. Contains fifty tales and legends of doppelgangers, phantoms, and other ghostly apparitions that haunt the State of Texas. P F Coh 246.3 Carthage Junior High School Bibliography Report 10/21/2008 @ 9:15am Page 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cohen, Daniel, 1936-. Southern fried rat & other gruesome tales. New York : Avon Books, c1983. Relates twenty-one gruesome and disgusting tales drawn from folklore, most of them from urban legends. P F Dil 333.1 Dils, Tracey E. The scariest stories you've ever heard. Worthington, Ohio : Willowisp Press, c1990. Hide-and-seek -- Dead man's hill -- The secret of the dollhouse -- The slasher -- Horror weekend -- Midnight -- The sea of the dead -- Killer cactus -- The man with the skeleton face. P F Dou 342 Dougherty, Karla. Real-life ghost stories. St. Petersburg, Fla. : Willowisp Press, c1994. P F Hur 521 Hurwood, Bernhardt J. Eerie tales of terror and dread. New York : Scholastic, c1973. The magician -- The mysterious serpent -- Bye-bye, baby -- The phantom battle -- The Jonah -- The fulfillment -- The toad thing -- The bargain --The estate -- The evil eye. Here are ten of the most horrifying, spine-tingling tales imaginable. Including seven additional tales to mystify and frighten the reader. P F Ols 833 Olsen, Arielle North, ed. Ask the bones : scary stories from around the world. New York : Puffin, 2002, 1999. A collection of scary folktales from countries around the world including China, Russia, Spain, and the United States. Pro 394.2 Hau (CT) The haunted house/Halloween tricks and treats. St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada : Distribution Madacy, Inc., 1998. Halloween stories and sounds. Pro F Gra (CT) Graveyard tales. Jonesborough, Tenn. : National Association for the Preservation and Perpetuation of Storytelling, 1984. Side one: The skeleton woman / G. Ross -- The ghoul / The Folktellers -- The hole that will not stay filled / K. Windham -- Dead Aaron / M. Smith -- Side two: The woodcutter / L. Simms with S. Gorn -- The monkey's paw / J. Torrence. Pro SC Cla V.1 Classic chilling tales. [Sheffield, Yorkshire, England] : Naxos AudioBooks, p1994. The tell-tale heart / Poe -- The horla or modern ghosts / Maupassant -- Sredni vashtar / Saki -- The mark of the beast / Kipling -- Lost hearts / M.R. James -- The furnished room / Henry. Read by Dermot Kerrigan. "From a fearful beast to a murderous obsession ... these chilling tales contain all manner of disconcerting phenomena"--Container. Pro SC Cla V.2 Classic chilling tales. [Sheffield, Yorkshire, England] : Naxos AudioBooks, p1995. Rats / M.R. James -- The raven / Poe -- The birthday of the infanta / Wilde -- A tough tussle / Bierce -- Berenice -- No. 1 Branch line the signalman / Dickens. Read by Anthony Donovan. Carthage Junior High School Bibliography Report 10/21/2008 @ 9:15am Page 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC Aik Aiken, Joan. A foot in the grave. 1st American ed. New York : Viking, 1991. A collection of chilling tales in which a ghost baby is adopted, a young woman is watched by manikins, and a brother and sister have the same dream. SC Alc Alcock, Vivien. Ghostly companions : a feast of chilling tales. New York : Delacorte Press, c1987. Ten stories of supernatural events set in England. SC Bar Barry, Sheila Anne. World's most spine-tingling "true" ghost stories. New York : Sterling Pub. Co., 1992. Stories of ghosts, curses, strange powers, and the unexpected. SC Bec The World's weirdest "true" ghost stories. New York : Sterling Pub. Co., c1991. Presents thirty-five brief tales of the supernatural, all of which are purported to be true. SC Bro Brown, Roberta Simpson, 1939-. The walking trees : and other scary stories. 1st ed. Little Rock : August House Publishers, 1991. Twenty-one short contemporary scary stories, intended for reading aloud. SC Bro Brown, Roberta Simpson, 1939-. Queen of the cold-blooded tales. Little Rock, Ark. : August House, c1993. A collection of twenty-two horror stories by a storyteller who specializes in ghost and horror stories. SC Bro Brown, Roberta Simpson, 1939-. Scared in school. Little Rock : August House Publishers, c1997. Contains more than fifteen contemporary scary stories that combine to chart the course of a year of terror at the three 13th Street schools. SC Coh Cohen, Daniel, 1936-. Young ghosts. Rev. ed. New York : Cobblehill Books, c1994. Radiant boys -- The avenging ghost -- Ghost hunters' stories -- Rosalie -- Reverend Wesley's poltergeist -- The Bell witch -- Christmas ghosts -- Some American ghosts. Collection of accounts of appearances of child ghosts and ghosts who have appeared only to children. SC Coh Cohen, Daniel, 1936-. Ghosts of the deep. New York : Pocket Books, c1993. The sleeping sailor -- The actor's voice -- Pay what I owe -- The wrecker, the curse and the bell -- Faces in the water -- Ocean-born Mary -- The abandoned lighthouse -- The woman on the beach -- The apparition in the cabin -- A living "Ghost" -- Phantom ships. A collection of encounters with ghostly sailors and other nautical apparitions. SC Col Colby, C. B. (Carroll B.). World's best "true" ghost stories. Carthage Junior High School Bibliography Report 10/21/2008 @ 9:15am Page 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ New York : Sterling, 1988. The light in the window--The sound of the drip--The man and the glove--The spell on the mirror--The iron tomahawk--(etc.). SC Cov Bruce Coville's book of aliens : Tales to warp your mind / illus. by John Pierard. New York : Scholastic, 1994. Ten scary stories about alien life forms on Earth. SC Cov Bruce Coville's book of ghosts : tales to haunt you. New York : Scholastic Inc., 1994. Featuring The Ghost Let Go by bruce Coville and other spooky stories by Mary Downing Hahn, James D. Macdonald, Jane Yolen, and many more. SC Flo More great southern mysteries : Florida's fountain of youth, Ghosts of the Alamo, Lost maidens of the Okefenokee, Terror on the Natchez Trace, and other enduring mysteries of the American South. 1st ed. Little Rock : August House, 1990. On t.p.: Florida's Fountain of Youth, Ghosts of the Alamo, Lost Maidens of the Okefenokee, Terror on the Natchez Trace and other enduring mysteries of the American South. SC Gal Don't give up the ghost : the Delacorte book of original ghost stories. New York, N.Y. : Delacorte Press, c1993. Presents a collection of ghost stories by such authors as Mary Downing Hahn, Joyce Hansen, and Walter Dean Myers. Includes information about the authors and their writings. SC Gal Galloway, Priscilla, 1930-. Truly grim tales. New York, N.Y. : Delacorte Press, c1995. The name -- Blood and bone -- A bed of peas -- The voice of love -- The good mother -- A taste for beauty -- The woodcutter's wife -- The prince. A guilt-ridden prince with a foot fetish seeking his glass-slippered dance partner and a beauty contest winner as Snow White's murderous stepmother are featured in two of the original "grim" plots in this young adult collection loosely based on eight traditional fairy tales. SC Gor Gorog, Judith. When nobody's home : fifteen baby-sitting tales of terror. New York : Scholastic, c1996. New sitter -- The snooping sitter -- Doglicks -- A small child and a large sitter -- Lupe and the forgetful family -- Poppy -- Life as a 900 number -- Sitting in Eygpt -- Sit! -- Toads and slime -- Double pay -- Cat-bit -- Three brothers -- That knocking on the wall -- A sitter and a find -- My guardian angel. Presents fifteen scary stories about babysitting. SC Hok Ghosts and ghastlies. New York : F. Watts, 1976. Hoke, H. About this book.--Brennan, J. P. The calamander chest.--Bulwer-Lytton, E. The haunted and the haunters.--Causley, C. A local haunting.--Jerome, J. K. The haunted mill.--Whitehead, H. S. The fireplace.--De La Mare, W. The listeners.--Painter, G. D. Meeting with a double.--Timperley, R. The mistress in black.--Bierce, A. A Carthage Junior High School Bibliography Report 10/21/2008 @ 9:15am Page 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ jug of syrup.--Saki. The open window.--Reeves, J. The old wife and the ghost.--Leodhas, S. N. The wild ride in the tilt cart.--Edgell, J. Old wine in new bottles.--Wells, H. G. The inexperienced ghost.--Mailer, N. It.--Palmer, G. and Lloyd, N. Invitation to a ghost.--Hamsun, K. an apparition.--Bowen, E. The apple tree. SC Jac Jacques, Brian. Seven strange & ghostly tales. 1st American ed. New York : Philomel Books, 1991. A collection of seven creepy stories. SC Lea Leach, Maria. The thing at the foot of the bed, and other scary tales. Illus. by Kurt Werth. New York : World, 1959. Twenty-three short stories and two poems about ghosts and supernatural events. SC Lub Lubar, David. In the Land of the Lawn Weenies : and other warped and creepy tales. 1st Starscape ed. New York : Starscape, 2003. A collection of short stories about kids who find themselves in some strange situations. These stories originally appeared in two volumes: Kidzilla, and, The witch's monkey & other tales. SC Lub Lubar, David. The curse of the campfire weenies : and other warped and creepy tales. 1st ed. New York : Tom Doherty Associates, 2007. Thirty-five creepy stories about pigeons, ancient predators, Girl Scouts, and other terrifying things. Includes author's notes on how he got his ideas for these stories. SC Lub Lubar, David. Invasion of the road weenies : and other warped and creepy tales. 1st ed. New York : Starscape, 2005. A collection of thirty-five stories featuring such horrors as a monstrous Halloween costume, a midnight visit to a graveyard, and a hearing-impaired genie. SC Mac MacDonald, Margaret Read, 1940-. When the lights go out : twenty scary tales to tell. [Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co., 1988. Designed primarily as a collection of scary fare for adults to tell elementary-age children, the tales may be read and some even told by children. Also contains notes on the stories. SC Mac Macklin, John. World's strangest "true" ghost stories. 1st pbk. ed. New York : Sterling Pub. Co., 1991. A collection of twenty-three incidents involving hauntings, jinxes, evil spirits, and other ghostly manifestations. SC McD McDonald, Collin, 1943-. Nightwaves : scary tales for after dark. 1st Harper Trophy ed. New York, N.Y. : HarperTrophy, 1992, c1990. A collection of horror stories featuring a spirit hunter from ancient Egypt, two ghosts at a dangerous Carthage Junior High School Bibliography Report 10/21/2008 @ 9:15am Page 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ dam, a woman who sells her husband's soul to the devil, and a mad killer in the woods. SC Men Mendoza, Patrick M. Between midnight and morning : historic hauntings and ghost tales from the frontier, Hispanic, and Native American traditions. Little Rock, Ark. : August House, 2000. SC Nig Night terrors : stories of shadow and substance. 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 1997. Moon kill / Patricia Windsor -- Girl at the window / Richard Peck -- The dark beast of death / Joan Lowery Nixon -- The bogey man / Annette Curtis Klause -- The beautiful thing / Harry Mazer -- The house on Buffalo Street / Norma Fox Mazer -- Satan's shadow / Alane Ferguson -- The monkey's wedding / Joan Aiken -- The grind of an axe / Theodore Taylor -- The chosen / Madge Harrah -- Bearing Paul / Chris Lynch. Collection of eleven stories in which prize winning authors of young adult mysteries share their visions of the eeriness and terror that lurks in the night. SC Nix Nixon, Joan Lowery. Ghost town : seven ghostly stories. New York : Delacorte, c2000. A collection of stories about eerie encounters in various ghost towns across the United States; each story is accompanied by an afterword about the actual town on which the story is based. SC Noy Gothic! : ten original dark tales. 1st ed. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2004. Lungewater / Joan Aiken -- Morgan Roehmar's boys / Vivian Vande Velde -- Watch and wake / M.T. Anderson -- Forbidden brides of the faceless slaves in the nameless house of the night of dread desire / Neil Gaiman -- The dead and the moonstruck / Caitlin R. Kiernan -- Have no fear, Crumpot is here! / Barry Yourgrau -- Stone tower / Janni Lee Simner -- The prank / Gregory Maguire -- Writing on the wall / Celia Rees -- Endings / Garth Nix. Presents ten original stories of vampires, ghosts, witches, and sorcerers, including selections from Joan Aiken, Neil Gaiman, Gregory Maguire, and others. SC Noy The restless dead : ten original stories of the supernatural. 1st ed. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2007. The wrong grave / Kelly Link -- The house and the locket / Chris Wooding -- Kissing dead boys / Annette Curtis Klause -- The heart of another / Marcus Sedgwick -- The necromancers / Herbie Brennan -- No visible power / Deborah Noyes -- Bad things / Libba Bray -- The gray boy's work / M.T. Anderson -- The poison eaters / Holly Black -- Honey in the wound / Nancy Etchemendy. Contains ten original stories of the supernatural, featuring selections by Holly Black, Libba Bray, Herbie Brennan, Deborah Noyes, Marcus Sedgwick, and others. SC Ols Ask the bones : scary stories from around the world. New York : Carthage Junior High School Bibliography Report 10/21/2008 @ 9:15am Page 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Viking, 1999. A collection of scary folktales from countries around the world including China, Russia, Spain, and the United States. SC Par Park, Ruth. Things in corners. Ringwood, Vic., Australia ; New York, N.Y., USA : Viking, 1989. Things in corners--Where freedom is--An old yellow tourer--Getting through Sunday--What kind of lady was Auntie Bev?. SC Pep Pepper, Dennis. The Oxford book of scarytales. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992. Contains stories about ghosts, monsters, and strange happenings and creatures. SC San San Souci, Robert D. Dare to be scared : thirteen stories to chill and thrill. 1st ed. Chicago : Cricket Books, 2003. Nighttown -- The dark, dark house -- The caller -- The double-dare -- Space is the place -- Ants -- The Halloween spirit -- The Bald Mountain monster -- Playland -- Smoke -- Mrs. Moonlight (Seņora Claro de Luna) -- Hungry ghosts -- Bakotahl. Presents thirteen spookily illustrated stories for children, including ghost stories and other tales of the supernatural, science fiction stories, and fantasy. SC San San Souci, Robert D. Double-dare to be scared : another thirteen chilling tales. 1st ed. Chicago : Cricket Books, 2004. Campfire tale -- Best friends -- The quilt -- Circus dreams -- Rosalie -- Mountain childers -- Class cootie -- Half-past midnight -- Laughter -- Click-clack -- Daddy Boogey -- Grey -- "Gulp!". Presents a collection of thirteen original horror stories of witches, ghosts, and best friends who return from the dead. SC Sca Scary stories for sleepovers. New York : Sterling Pub., c2006. Contains thirty-three reportedly true stories of haunted houses, ghostly animals, visits from the dead, dangerous demons, and other frightening phenomena. SC Shu Shusterman, Neal. Neal Shusterman's Darkness creeping : tales to trouble your sleep. Los Angeles : Chicago : Lowell House Juvenile ; Contemporary Books, c1993. Monkeys tonight -- Black box -- Flushie -- Screaming at the wall -- Alexander's skull -- Same time next year -- Not it -- Car four -- Resting deep -- Shadows of doubt. A collection of scary stories for young readers in which nightmares escape their boundaries, skulls arrive in the mail, and a game of tag means certain death. SC Shu Shusterman, Neal. Darkness creeping II : a collection of scary stories. Los Angeles, Calif. : Lowell House, 1995. Crystalloid -- Security blanket -- Riding the raptor -- Trashday -- Growing pains -- Yardwork -- Soul survivor -- Connecting flight -- An ear for music. Carthage Junior High School Bibliography Report 10/21/2008 @ 9:15am Page 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC Spo Spooky stories of the supernatural. Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall, c1985. A collection of stories about supernatural events, including a girl's possession by an evil alter ego and the haunting of a callous radio talk show moderator. SC Sti Stine, R. L. The haunting hour. New York : HarperCollins, 2001. The Halloween dance - The bad baby-sitter - Revenge of the snowman - How to bargain with a dragon - The mummy's dream - Are we there yet? - Take me with you - My imaginary friend - Losers - Can you draw me?. This is a collection of ten short horror stories featuring a ghoulish Halloween party, a long, mysterious car trip, and a very dangerous imaginary friend. SC Sti Beware! : R.L. Stine picks his favorite scary stories. New York : HarperCollins, 2002. This is a selection of unsettling stories by such authors as Ray Bradbury, William Sleator, Leon Garfield, Roald Dahl, Gahan Wilson, and Mr. Stine himself. SC Thi Thirteen : 13 tales of horror. New York : Scholastic, [1991]. Collection of thirteen horror tales by masters of the genre. SC Vam Vampires : a collection of original stories. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1991. Nobody has to know / James D. Macdonald and Debra Doyle -- There's no such thing / Charles de Lint -- Curse of the undead / Chuck Rothman -- Blood kin / Delia Sherman -- Miss Emily's roses / Mary Frances Zambreno -- The blood-ghoul of Scarsdale / Esther M. Friesner -- The magic-stealer / Josepha Sherman -- Ahvel / Mary K. Whittington -- A cold stake / Phyllis Ann Karr -- Blood libel / Leigh Ann Hussey -- Aunt horrible's last visit / Jeff Hecht -- Mama gone / Jane Yolen -- Richie / Lawrence Watt-Evans. A collection of thirteen original stories about vampires by a variety of authors. SC Van Vande Velde, Vivian. Curses, Inc. : and other stories. San Diego, Calif. : Harcourt Brace, c1997. Curses, Inc. -- Skin deep -- Past sunset -- To converse with the dumb beasts -- Boy witch -- Lost soul -- Remember me -- Witch hunt -- Cypress swamp granny -- The witch's son. SC Yas Ghostwise : a book of midnight stories. Little Rock : August House Publishers, 1997. Contains thirty-five stories from many different cultures about strange experiences, supernatural happenings, good ghosts, and evil phantoms. SC You The Scary story reader : forty-one of the scariest stories for sleepovers, campfires, car & bus trips-- even for first dates. Little Rock, Ark. : August House, 1993. The classic Carthage Junior High School Bibliography Report 10/21/2008 @ 9:15am Page 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ urban legends -- The urban runners-up -- A terror tour of our nation -- Jump! -- Laugh yourself to death -- Our favorite horror tales. A collection of scary urban legends and other modern-day horror tales preserved by oral tradition.