SOLVED. Dark, illustrated children's story - Halloween or vampires? [s]

[Benjamin]

I remember finding this book at my elementary school's library in the late 90's. It was an illustrated "book" (probably only about 25 pages actually) and I remember the artwork not being the best.

It was a dark book and I think it was about either vampires or halloween. There was a main kid with a dog, both dressed in costumes IIRC. At some point, the kid and his dog were getting chased by vampires I think.

The part that I remember most though was how it ended. Something happened to the dog and the narrator said something like, "For him, the nightmare is now over" and the book ended.

Does this sound familiar to anyone?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Benjamin, are you still looking for this book?

[Benjamin]

I am! Any leads?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Not yet...but 94 people have viewed this thread so keep bumping it every so often and eventually someone will know the answer.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Still looking?

[Benjamin]

Still looking...

[Kris]

A shot in the dark - Velcome by Kevin O'Malley? "In the first story, a boy is chased by a coffin; when he arrives home, he grabs a box, throws a cough drop at the coffin, "AND the coffin stopped."

Benjamin, can you describe the pictures - cartoony or realistic, bright or dark colors, funny or scary, etc.?

[Sarah]

Could it be Bone Dog by Eric Rohmann?

If not, I hope you manage to find it soon.

[Adele]

That line, "For him, the nightmare is now over" sounds exactly like the kind of thing they would put in a bad ending of a choose-your-own-adventure type book. I'm almost sure I read that line or something very similar in one of those.

Could it be:

[Benjamin]

Definitely not Bone Dog... it's too recent.
I think it might be The Haunted House CYOA! It's at my local library, so I'm going to check there the next time I go to see if that's right. Thanks!

[Adele]

Benjamin wrote: "Definitely not Bone Dog... it's too recent.
I think it might be The Haunted House CYOA! It's at my local library, so I'm going to check there the next time I go to see if that's right. Thanks!"

Great! Good luck!

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Still looking now?

[Benjamin]

now that I'm returning to this topic, I think it's more than likely Velcome, but I haven't been able to find a copy to check. it can be marked solved for now!

[Kris]

Here's one image from inside Velcome by Kevin O'Malley. The artwork is quite distinctive. This page is hosted by Google's Blogger.com service:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bNwMwIe6lHs...

[Benjamin]

Yeah, that's definitely it. Thanks for the help!