Darkness Creeping: Twenty Twisted Tales

<p><p>imagine Being Trapped Forever In Someone Else's Nightmare, With No Means Of Escape. Or Caught On One Of The Most Terrifying Roller Coasters Of All Time, When Suddenly The Tracks Ahead Just Disappear. Enter The World Of Darkness Creeping, Where Hollow-eyed Skulls Arrive In The Mail And Nothing Is As It Seems. Boston Globe&#151;horn Book Award Winner And Beloved Author Neal Shusterman Walks On The Dark Side With This Classic Collection Of Masterfully Creepy Stories So Horrifying, You May Have To Read Them Twice To Remind Yourself They're Not Real.</p><h3>voya</h3><p>twisted Indeed. The Author Takes A Walk On The Dark Side In This Collection Of Spooky Stories, Some Old, Some New, All Delightfully Creepy. He Knows His Audience, Providing Enough Horrific Touches To Appeal To The Most Challenging Readers-those Hard-to-reach Middle School Boys. Each Story Is Introduced With A Brief Statement Describing Where He Got The Idea. The Four New Stories Run The Gamut From Who Do We Appreciate, The Opening Story That Features A Soccer Game Between The Minions Of Heaven And Hell, To Ralphy Sherman's Root Canal, With A Recurring Character Who In This Case Has A Wormhole Toothache. Along The Way There Is Also The River Tour, A Contemporary Take On Charon And The River Styx, And Catching Cold-beware The Neighborhood Ice Cream Truck. From 1993 Comes Monkeys Tonight And The Fear Of Monkeys; Black Box, Which Is A Retelling Of Pandora's Box; Flushie, About Revenge On A Bully; Screaming At The Wall In Which A Grandmother Sees Visions Of The Future; And Alexander's Skull-literally. Riding The Raptor Features A Roller Coaster To Die For, And Trash Bin Warns Readers To Beware The Garbage Pit. An Ear For Music Portrays A Musical Vampire, And A Teenage Ghost Populates Survivor. A Quilt Scarfs Up Children In Security Blanket. The Result Of This Gathering Of Stories Is A Spook Fest Of Menacing Tales-sometimes Subtle But Always Sinister-with Plenty Of Teen Appeal.</p>