Short and Shivery: Thirty Chilling Tales

by Robert D. San Souci

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Summary

Robert D. San Souci, acclaimed for his retellings of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and other favorite works, brings his story-spinning skill to hair-raising tales from the Brothers Grimm, Nathaniel Hawthorne and many more.

Robber bridegroom (adapted form the Brothers Grimm) --
Jack Frost (from a Russian folktale) --
Waterfall of ghosts (from the Japanese writings of Lafcadio Hearn) --
Ghost's cap (from a Russian folktale) --
Witch cat (folklore of the United States- Virginia) --
Green mist (a legend from Lincolnshire, England) --
Cegua (a folktale from Costa Rica) --
Ghostly little girl (United States- California) --
Midnight mass of the dead (a Norse folktale) --
Tailypo (United States- West Virginia) --
Lady Eleanor's mantle (from a tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne) --
Soldier and the Vampire (a Russian folktale) --
Skeleton's Dance (a folktale from Japan) --
Scared to death (United States- South Carolina) --
Swallowed alive (a British folktale) --
Deacon's ghost (a folktale from Ireland) --
Nuckelavee (a folktale from the Orkney Islands) --
Adventure of the German student (from a tale by Washington Irving) --
Bill Mosby's night ride (United States- New England) --
Hunter in the Haunted Forest (a Native American legend) --
Brother and sister (retold from an African folktale) --
Lovers of the dismal swamp (United States- Virginia) --
Boneless (based on the folklore of the Shetland Islands) --
Death waltz (United States- New Mexico) --
Ghost of Misery Hill (United States- California) --
Loup-Garou (Werewolf) (from French Canadian folklore) --
Golem (based on Jewish folklore) --
Lavender (United States) --
Goblin spider (a Japanese legend) --
Halloween pony (from a French folktale)

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