Imprint:New York : Harper, 2009.
Description:141 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Note:"A collection of instant frights from the world's most astonishing authors and artists"--Jtk.
Note:Something ou 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 & Rose/Jon Klassen -- What's coming/Arthur Slade -- An Easy gig/M.T. Anderson -- Mr. Black/Yvonne Prinz -- The Foot dragger/M.E. Kerr -- Trick/Adam Rex -- Hank/Dean Lorey -- One of a kind/Sarah Weeks.
Note:A Walk too far/Gloria Whelan -- A Very short story/Holly Black -- Deep six/Faye Kellerman -- The Turn of the screw/Henry, James, a novel as told by Lisa Brown in fewer than 30 seconds -- The Attack of the flying mustaches/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/Jerry Nimmo -- The Creeping hand/Margaret Atwood -- 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/R.L. Stine -- The Beast outside/Adele Griffin.
Note:Unannounced/Aliza Kellerman -- Kruger's sausage haus/Mark Crilley -- There's scomething under the bed/Allan Stratton -- Cat's paw/Sarah L. Thomson -- Horrorku/Katherine Applegate -- The Itch/Avi -- The New me: a pantoum/Gail Carson Levine -- Always eleven/David Stahler Jr. -- Aloft/Carson Ellis -- Skittering/Tui T. Sutherland -- Stuck in the middle/Abi Slone -- All fingers and thumbs!/Joseph Delaney -- Don't wet the bed/Alan Gratz -- The Final word/Josh Greenhut -- The Shadow/Neil Gaiman -- A Day at the lake/Lesley Livingston -- Whispered/Jon Scieszka -- A Disturbing limerick/Vladimir Radunsky -- Through the veil/Alison McGhee -- The Rash/Daniel Ehrenhaft -- Where nightmares walk/Melissa Marr.
Note:On 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.
Note:An anthology of very short, scary stories by an assortment of authors and illustrators including Chris Raschka, Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, Jack Gantos, and Lane Smith.
Audience:Ages 10 up.
