Scared Stiff and Other Creepy Tales

by Andy Helfer

A girl finds a mysterious ball of string, a boy discovers a monster in the basement of his family's new house, and a frightened movie-goer is buried alive.

Genres: Picture Books, Horror

48 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1991

About the author

Andrew Helfer usually credited as Andy Helfer, is an award-winning comic book creator best known for his work as an editor and writer at DC Comics, where he founded the Paradox Press imprint. Helfer joined DC in the 1980s, and was responsible for placing Keith Giffen and J.M. deMatteis on the Justice League titles; as well, he was the editor for The Man of Steel limited series by John Byrne. He also developed the Max Allan Collins-written series Road to Perdition and the John Wagner-written A History of Violence, both of which became successful films.

Reviews

[Dope Ghost Library · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute, non-spooky yet light horror themed children's book that youngsters will probably get a hoot out of. There's only three stories, the title story being the last one and they're all about six to seven pages each. Innocently creepy, weird book! Nothing more.

[Magenta Cooly · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm thinking the stories in this book are a little too scary for children. I mean, come on! A little girl who finds a disembodied eyeball! I wouldn't read this to my kids, if I had any.
Anyway, I liked it well enough. Just something I can add to my ghost story collection.