The Dark Side
Truly Terrifying Tales
Susan Price(Author)
Kingfisher Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 3. September 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-7534-1538-2 (ISBN)
Description
This wide-ranging collection of twenty-four spine-tingling stories draws on the best traditions of classic horror, from powerful myths and folktales to contemporary stories of man-made terrors. With contributions by writers of the calibre of John Steinbeck, Edgar Allen Poe, Charles Dickens, T. H. White, Philip K. Dick and Stephen King, this is a truly chilling anthology. The collection includes: "The Kit-Bag" - Algernon Blackwood; "Here There Be Tygers" - Stephen King; "The Room in the Tower" - E. F. Benson; "Beyond Lies the Wub" - Philip K. Dick; "Feeding the Dog" - Susan Price; "Teddies Rule, OK?"
- Nicholas Fisk; "Grendel the Monster" - Eleanor Farjeon; "A Grave Misunderstanding" - Leon Garfield; "Captain Murderer" - Charles Dickens (from "The Uncommercial Traveller"); "Something" - Joan Aiken; "The Hand" - Guy de Maupassant; "The Boy Next Door" - Ellen Emerson White; "The Murder Hole" - Scottish Folktale; "The Famous Five Go Pillaging" - Terry Jones and Michael Palin; "The Affair at 7 Rue de M" - John Steinbeck; "A Change of Aunts" - Vivien Alcock; "The Cask of Amontillado" - Edgar Allen Poe; "The Pear-Drum" - English Folktale; "The Dog Got Them" - Philippa Pearce; "Gabriel-Ernest" - Saki (H. H. Munro); "Nule" - Jan Mark; "The Dancing Partner" - Jerome K. Jerome; "The Ring" - Margaret Bingley; and, "The Troll" - T. H. White.
- Nicholas Fisk; "Grendel the Monster" - Eleanor Farjeon; "A Grave Misunderstanding" - Leon Garfield; "Captain Murderer" - Charles Dickens (from "The Uncommercial Traveller"); "Something" - Joan Aiken; "The Hand" - Guy de Maupassant; "The Boy Next Door" - Ellen Emerson White; "The Murder Hole" - Scottish Folktale; "The Famous Five Go Pillaging" - Terry Jones and Michael Palin; "The Affair at 7 Rue de M" - John Steinbeck; "A Change of Aunts" - Vivien Alcock; "The Cask of Amontillado" - Edgar Allen Poe; "The Pear-Drum" - English Folktale; "The Dog Got Them" - Philippa Pearce; "Gabriel-Ernest" - Saki (H. H. Munro); "Nule" - Jan Mark; "The Dancing Partner" - Jerome K. Jerome; "The Ring" - Margaret Bingley; and, "The Troll" - T. H. White.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Children/juvenile
Young adult
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7534-1538-2 (9780753415382)
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Previous edition
Susan Price
Horror Stories
Book
06/2005
Kingfisher Books Ltd
€27.43
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Person
Susan Price is the acclaimed author of many books for children of all ages. In 1987 she won the Carnegie Medal for her novel The Ghost Drum and in 1994 was shortlisted again for Heads and Tales (both Faber). Her work draws inspiration from her native Black Country, where she still lives.