A follow up to Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror, this is another creepy middle grade story collection with a chilling frame. This time, the stories are all tales of the sea: pirates and plagues and storms a plenty...
Young Edgar begins to wonder just how Uncle Montague knows all these ghastly tales. This clever collection of stories-within-a-story is perfectly matched with darkly witty illustrations by David Roberts.
A boy is put on a train by his stepmother to make his first journey on his own.
So did Mrs Barker. 'Purchase?' said Mrs Barker. 'Buy, you mean? Don't be daft, Reverend. You can have it if you want it. Here.' Mrs Barker picked up the drawing from the table and handed it to him. 'All the same,' said Reverend Baxter.
Chris Priestley has readers on the edge of their seats in this trio of terrifying stories as a teacher and his pupils share three spine-chilling tales.
When Michael's parents die, he is invited to stay with his guardian in a desolate country house.
Billy is a street urchin, pickpocket and petty thief. Mister Creecher is a giant of a man who terrifies everyone he meets. Their relationship begins as pure convenience.
Retells the story of the Trojan War, from the quarrel for the golden apple, and the flight of Helen with Paris, to the destruction of Troy.
In a harbour town long ago, a boy is entranced by his uncle's stories of adventure in lands far away.
But what should be a thrilling ride becomes weirder than anyone could have imagined when the train stalls at the mouth of a tunnel and an elegant woman in white offers to help the boy while away the hours by telling him stories.But these ...
The starving Indian and the dying Hood were alone when Richardson, off scraping lichen from the rocks, had heard the shot. Suicide, Teroahaute had insisted, but Dr. Richardson, who had attended on more than a few suicides, knew that the ...