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Short Stories for Young Adults

This booklist was contributed by Appleton Public Library Childrens Services Staff, 11/06 4/08

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book jacketAll the Old Haunts by Chris Lynch(2001)Our lives are shaped by events from the moment we are born. Sometimes we are lucky...sometimes we are not. Almost always, we find a way to get by....A kid visited by memories of his dead cousin and tortured by his decision not to take a leap. A twin tormented by his monstrous brother. A couple blown apart by an unintended pregnancy. A personal discovery that threatens disaster. A bitter anger whose object is beyond the reach of revenge. A longing to live a forbidden life.In a new collection of sharp, glittering short stories, award-winning author Chris Lynch gives us a candid and intense look at a collection of young lives from the inside out.Sydetic Solutions

book jacketBeing Dead: Stories by Vivian Vande Velde(2001)Seven supernatural stories, all having something to do with death.

book jacketDemons and Shadows: the Ghostly Best Stories of Robert Westall by Robert Westall(1993)A collection of ten of the author's previously published ghostly tales, including "Rachel and the Angel" and "The Creatures in the House," and the previously unpublished "Graveyard Shift."

book jacketGothic: Ten Original Dark Tales(2004)Drawing on dark fantasy and the fairy tale as well as horror and wild humor, ten acclaimed authors pay homage to the gothic tale in wide-ranging stories of the supernatural and surreal.

book jacketHorowitz Horror: Stories You'll Wish You'd Never Read by Anthony Horowitz(2006)Nine horror stories set in England focus on everyday items that have sinister qualities.

book jacketInvasion of the Road Weenies and other Warped and Creepy Tales by David Lubar(2005)A collection of thirty-five stories featuring such horrors as a monstrous Halloween costume, a midnight visit to a graveyard, and a hearing-impaired genie. Includes author's notes on how he got his ideas for these stories.

book jacketTales of Terror by Edgar Poe

The masque of the Red Death -- The black cat -- The pit and the pendulum -- The tell-tale heart -- The cask of Amontillado -- The fall of the House of Usher.

book jacketTruly Grim Tales(1995)A guilt-ridden prince with a foot fetish seeking his glass-slippered dance partner and a beauty contest winner as Snow White's murderous stepmother are featured in two of the original "grim" plots in this young adult collection loosely based on eight traditional fairy tales.

book jacketWhat are you afraid of? Stories about Phobias(2006)Presents ten short stories by well-known authors featuring teenagers with phobias, inluding fear of gaining weight, fear of clowns, and fear of cats.

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