Just picked up this for 59p from The Works for the younger spawn. Edited by Susan Rich, it is described as very small stories, very big scares. Perhaps a bit inaccurate there, but still reasonable value. It contains several comic strip stories and poems, and the longest runs to just over 3 pages. Some are very creepy, others a bit lame, but I think mini-me will enjoy this.
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The contents; Something You Ought to Know, Lemony Snicket
The Chicken or the Egg, Jerry Spinelli
In Hiding, Kenneth Oppel
The Old Man in the Picture, Richard Sala
The Babysitter, Erin Hunter
Grand Entrance, James Patterson
Halloween Mask, Sonya Sones
Tenton, Tom Genrich & Michele Perry
Nanny, Angela Johnson
The Legend of Alexandra and Rose, Jon Klassen (my favourite - very subtle one-picture tale, very funny)
What's Coming, Arthur Slade
An Easy Gig, MT Anderson
Mr Black, Yvonne Prinz
The Foot Dragger, ME Kerr
Trick, Adam Rex
Hank, Dean Lorey
One of a Kind, Sarah Weeks
A Walk Too Far, Gloria Whelan
A Very Short Story, Holly Black
Deep Six, Faye Kellerman
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James (30 second version by Lisa Brown)
The Attack of the Flying Moustaches, Pseudonymous Bosch
Takowanda, Nadia Aguiar
Heart Stopper, Sienna Mercer
Up to My Elbow, Jack Gantos
Four Gleams in the Moonlight, Stephen Marche
The Goblin Book, Brad Meltzer
Worms, Lane Smith
The Dare, Carol Gorman
The Ballad of John Grepsy, David Rich
Soup, Jenny Nimmo
The Creeping Hand, Margaret Attwood
Wet Sand, Little Teeth, Mariko Tamaki
A Thousand Faces, Brian Selznick
Chocolate Cake, Francine Prose
At the Water's Edge, Ayelet Waldman
My Worst Nightmare, RL Stine
The Beast Outside, Adele Griffin
Unnanounced, Aliza Kellerman
Kruger's Sausage House, Mark Crilley
There's Something Under the Bed, Allan Stratton
Cat's Paw, Sarah L Thompson
Horroku, Katherine Applegate
The Itch, Avi
The New Me, Gail Carson Levine
Always Eleven, David Stahler Jr
Aloft, Carson Ellis
Skittering, Tui T Sutherland
Stuck in the Middle, Abi Sloane
All Fingers and Thumbs, Joseph Delancey
Don't Wet the Bed, Alan Gratz
The Final Word, Josh Greenhut and Brett Helquist
The Shadow, Neil Gaiman
A Day at the Lake, Lesley Livingston
Whispered, Jon Sciezka
A Disturbing Limerick, Vladimir Radunsky
Through the Veil, Alison McGhee
The Rash, Daniel Ehrenhaft
Where Nightmares Walk, Melissa Marr
On a Tuesday During that Time of Year, Chris Raschka
Death Rides a Pink Bicycle, Stacey Godenir
I'm Not Afraid, Dan Gutman
The Doll, Alice Kuipers
Easy Over, Frank Viva
Them, Libba Bray
Tiger Kitty, Joyce Carol Oates
Inventory, Jonathan Lethem
Shortcut, Michael Connelly
Strawberry Bubbles, Lauren Myracle
We think You Do, Barry Yourgrau
The Prisoner of Eternia, Aaron Renier
In Conclusion, Gregory Maguire