I've always loved books. And when I was younger: the scarier, the better. One of the scariest books I've ever read is Halloween Horrors: New Tales of Dark Fantasy and Terror by Alan Ryan.
Background - When I was in middle school, I was searching the library's Halloween section one gloomy October day. The cover of this book got me first..... creepy, right?
I checked it out and devoured it in a day. I remember sitting in our dimly lit living room on a cloudy afternoon, reading horror after horror story. They aren't gory.... but truly terrifying.
After going away to college, I forgot about the book. Well, not the book, but the title. It took me years to track it down. I was able to find a used copy on Amazon last year and bought it. I love that I own an old library book.
There are thirteen creepy, spooky, and just-plain scary stories in this book. The one that stands out the most is called "Eyes". It's about a Halloween tragedy involving a small boy. To be honest, as a mother, I refuse to read it now. There is an interesting read about Richard Nixon, as well as few regular old demon/ghost/witches. The truly fearful ones are the ones that take what the reader sees as regular, normal people and shows that the dark side can live in any one of us.
Background - When I was in middle school, I was searching the library's Halloween section one gloomy October day. The cover of this book got me first..... creepy, right?
I checked it out and devoured it in a day. I remember sitting in our dimly lit living room on a cloudy afternoon, reading horror after horror story. They aren't gory.... but truly terrifying.
After going away to college, I forgot about the book. Well, not the book, but the title. It took me years to track it down. I was able to find a used copy on Amazon last year and bought it. I love that I own an old library book.
There are thirteen creepy, spooky, and just-plain scary stories in this book. The one that stands out the most is called "Eyes". It's about a Halloween tragedy involving a small boy. To be honest, as a mother, I refuse to read it now. There is an interesting read about Richard Nixon, as well as few regular old demon/ghost/witches. The truly fearful ones are the ones that take what the reader sees as regular, normal people and shows that the dark side can live in any one of us.
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