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"A delightfully creepy collection of tales about everything from a Jekyll/Hyde homeroom teacher to a boiler-room ghoul to a kid's wobbly ""baby eye,"" woven between excerpts from a central story about a girl whose favorite horror author is stealing children's nightmares for his books."

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"""This chilling collection of short stories is a perfect choice for middle-grade readers who crave a good scare. It cleverly combines spine-tingling tales with a wraparound story that adds a layer of mystery and suspense...A great introduction to horror for younger readers. It's both entertaining and suspenseful, leaving you guessing until the very end."" -- ""Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD)"" ""A collection of scary short stories that run the horror gamut."" -- ""School Library Journal"" ""This well-paced, rather disturbing, and very creepy collection will appeal to a wide variety of readers."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"""

"""A collection of scary short stories that run the horror gamut."" -- ""School Library Journal"" ""This well-paced, rather disturbing, and very creepy collection will appeal to a wide variety of readers."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"""

"""This well-paced, rather disturbing, and very creepy collection will appeal to a wide variety of readers."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"""

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Jeff Szpirglas is the author of several works for young people, including the horror collections Tales from Beyond the Brain and Tales from the Fringes of Fear. He is also the co-author, with Danielle Saint-Onge, of a number of Orca Echoes titles, including Shark Bait!, X Marks the Spot! and Messy Miranda. Jeff has worked at CTV and was an editor at Chirp, Chickadee and Owl magazines. In his spare time, he teaches grade school. Jeff lives with his family in Kitchener, Ontario. Steven P. Hughes is an award-winning Canadian illustrator whose clients include the Globe and Mail, Reader's Digest and Scientific American. He graduated from Sheridan College with a BAA in illustration. He lives in Bolton, Ontario.

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