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Scaring and daring : terrifying takes on 15 classic tales : a Horror Writers Association anthology Cover Image Book

Scaring and daring : terrifying takes on 15 classic tales : a Horror Writers Association anthology / edited by Eric J. Guignard.

Terrifying takes on fifteen classic tales (other title)
Terrifying takes on 15 classic tales (portion title)
Guignard, Eric J., (editor.). Gold, Maxwell I., (author.). Morton, Lisa, 1958- (author.). Armstrong, Kelley, (author.). Broaddus, Maurice, (author.). Dawson, Delilah S., (author.). Lansdale, Joe R., 1951- (author.). Hernández, Carlos, 1972- (author.). Kenyon, Sherrilyn, 1965- (author.). Chadda, Sarwat, (author.). Jiang, Ai, (author.). Maberry, Jonathan, (author.). Holder, Nancy, (author.). Horror Writers Association, (sponsoring body.).

Summary:

"Get ready for a terrifying spin on some of literature's most beloved tales--no story is safe! From Captain Hook's run-in with dark magic to Sherlock Holmes narrowly escaping graveyard spirits to a happily NEVER after for Cinderella, this horror anthology is anything but a bedtime story."-- Page 4 of cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0063372479
  • ISBN: 9780063372474
  • Physical Description: 295 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Hook and the hand of fate / by Teel James Glenn and Maxwell I. Gold -- What we found beneath Mount Etna / by Lisa Morton -- Prince Badi az-Zaman and the ogress Fattan / by Tanvir Akhtar Ahmed -- The hound of the basking villas / by Kelley Armstrong -- The lost musketeer / by Maurice Broaddus -- The secret (thing in the) garden / by Delilah S. Dawson -- The shadows in the rock / by Joe R. Lansdale -- A lucky find / by Kristi Petersen Schoonover -- The boy of La Mancha rides a ghost horse / by Carlos Hernandez -- The glass slipper / by Sherrilyn Kenyon -- Wolf in the mirror / by Sarwat Chadda -- Vessel eaters / by Ai Jiang -- Freckle and Hide / by Jonathan Maberry -- Out on a limb / by Nancy Holder -- The gruelmaster / by Nathan Carson.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 8-12. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Grades 4-6. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

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Subject:
Monsters > Juvenile fiction.
Fairy tales > Adaptations.
Folklore > Adaptations.
Characters and characteristics in literature > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Horror fiction.
Short stories.

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Summary: "Get ready for a terrifying spin on some of literature's most beloved tales--no story is safe! From Captain Hook's run-in with dark magic to Sherlock Holmes narrowly escaping graveyard spirits to a happily NEVER after for Cinderella, this horror anthology is anything but a bedtime story."--

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