Chills and Thrills: Tales of Terror and Enchantment

by Priscilla Hawthorne (Editor)

Trapdoors, coffins, strange voices and haunting laughter - these are just a few of the extraordinary sights and sounds you'll encounter in this new collection of deliciously scary tales. Featuring more than twenty of the world's best storytellers, Chills and Thrills is sure to appeal to all those who enjoy nothing more than exciting, spine-tingling stories. You'll find scary classics such as "The Body Snatcher" by Robert Louis Stevenson. You'll enjoy a retelling of Hansel and Gretel from the witch's point of view. You'll discover new tales of horror such as "Beginning with Ears". And you won't easily forget the mesmerizing poetry in "The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill" by Robert William Service or the bizarre spells and charms uttered by the witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth. For mythology and adventure, join Perseus on his dangerous quest in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Gorgon's Head." For a chilling story of beauty and mystery, read about a man who is haunted his whole life by the vision of a green door that leads to an enchanting garden in "The Door in the Wall" by H.G. Wells. You'll find humour, too, in stories such as Stephen Leacock's " 'Q.' A psychic pstory of the psupernatural." With strikingly beautiful illustrations by Bill Slavin and Vesna Krstanovich, Chills and Thrills is sure to be treasured by young readers everywhere.

Genres: Horror

270 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2001

Reviews

[Edwina Book Anaconda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pure brain candy ... which I thoroughly enjoyed!