Spooky Stories for a Dark & Stormy Night - for Ages 8 & Up

New York: Hyperion Books, 1994. As new condition, with some rubbing, "19 ghastly tales from the dark corners of the imaginaton." For ages 8 and up. Gahan Wilson's illustrations are creepy, eerie and fun. Contents include; Taily-po retold by Stephanie Calmenson; Captain Murderer by Charles Dickens, retold by George Harland; Wait Till Martin Comes retold by Maria Leach; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving, retold by Della Rowland; The Devil's Trick retold by Isaac Bashevis Singer; Little Buttercup retold by Margaret Read MacDonald; Wiley and the Hairy Man retold by Della Rowland; "My Neighbor Is a Monster, Pass It On" by Eric Weiner; Bedtime Snacks by Laurence Yep; The Black Geese retold by Alison Lurie; Uninvited Ghosts by Penelope Lively; Duffy's Jacket by Bruce Coville; Good-bye, Miss Patterson by Phyllis MacLennan; The Witch Who Was Afraid of Witches by Alice Low; Rap! Rap! Rap! retold by Jeanne B. Hardendorff; I'm Coming Up the Stairs retold by Wendy Wax; The Strange Visitor retold by Wendy Wax; The Golden Arm retold by Wendy Wax; Boo! by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Included 20 full page colour illustrations by Gahan Wilson plus many more smaller full colour illusrrations. This book has no store stamps or names, only 128 clean pages. A tight and square First Edition. Check out the scans. . First Edition First Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Wilson, Gahan. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.