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His books are rich and warm, and tell stories every child can relate to. See more ideas about childrens books, books and vintage childrens books. Short horror stories, scary stories, ghost stories, african american authors, american history, king author, book wizard, book finder, books for tweens. But poe only really wrote a couple of scary horror stories the tell tale heart is brilliant. Stine, scary stories to tell in the dark by alvin schwartz, monster blood by r. With the allnew film adaptation sweeping box offices across the country in 2017, theres no better time to read stephen kings scariest novel. The best horror authors are stephen king, dean koontz, anne rice, mylo carbia, ramsey campbell, clive barker and jonathan maberry to name a few. The closeknit childrens book world has always taken care of its own, and the response to the current health crisis by middle grade and ya authors is no exception. The 10 best scary books for kids for halloween fatherly.
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