Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a children's horror book written by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated by Stephen Gammell. It was released on October 14, 1981.

Plot
This spooky addition to Alvin Schwartz's popular books on American folklore is filled with tales of eerie horror and dark revenge that will make you jump with fright. There is a story here for everyone: skeletons with torn and tangled flesh who roam the earth, a ghost who takes revenge on her murderer, and a haunted house where every night a bloody head falls down the chimney.

Stephen Gammell's splendidly creepy drawings perfectly capture the mood of more than two dozen scary stories, and even scary songs, all just right for reading alone or for telling aloud in the dark...if you dare!

Stories
Main article: List of stories

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark consists of twenty-nine stories, the most of any book in the series. It contains one more than the second book, and four more than the third.

Notes and trivia

 * The story The Big Toe will be adapted to appear in the film adaption of the series.

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