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For fans of Stephen King, American Horror Story and The Walking Dead comes a powerhouse anthology featuring some of the best thriller and horror writers in YA Stefan Bachmann, Leigh Bardugo, Kendare Blake, A. G. Howard, Jay Kristoff, Marie Lu, Jonathan Maberry, Danielle Paige, Carrie Ryan, Megan Shepherd, Nova Ren Suma, McCormick Templeman, April Genevieve Tucholke, Cat Winters A host of the sharpest young adult authors come together in this collection of terrifying tales and psychological thrillers. Each author draws from a mix of literature, film, television, and music to create something new and fresh and unsettling. Clever readers will love teasing out the references and can satisfy their curiosity at the end of each tale, where the inspiration is revealed. There are no superficial scares here; these are stories that will make you think even as they keep you on the edge of your seat. From blood horror, to the supernatural, to unsettling, all-too-possible realism, this collection has something for anyone looking for an absolute thrill. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Speak; Reprint edition (September 6, 2016)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0147514088


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 80


Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 - 17 years


Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 9


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #139,233 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #39 in Short Stories in Teen & Young Adult Literature #636 in Teen & Young Adult Horror #1,235 in Short Stories Anthologies


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    • YES! All the Creepy Stories...
All stories were inspired by old classics - mostly horror. I really liked this! Individual thoughts below. The Birds of Azalea Street - Strange and spooky, weird and dark. I’m not familiar with the inspiration for this story, but I thought this was very interesting. In the Forest Dark and Deep - Omg!! This was so creepy and disturbing! Totally freaked me out. Loved the Alice in Wonderland vibes. Emmeline - A little Dracula-esque. Kept me wondering the whole time if I could trust the narrator. Good story. Verse Chorus Verse - Not familiar with the inspiration behind this either. This was strange. Loved the atmosphere, very disturbing. I would have liked a clearer ending though. Hide-and-Seek - This was fun to read. Not frightening in any way, but fast paced and vivid. The Dark, Scary Parts and All - No, I didn’t like this at all. It was too obvious what was happening, and the weirdness didn’t feel natural to me. The Flicker, The Fingers, The Beat, The Sigh - Is it weird I thought this was beautiful? I did. It got stuck in my head for a while. Fat Girl with a Knife - The narration was a little jerky and probably not on purpose. I didn’t love this, but it wasn’t bad. Had a fun ending. Sleepless - Oh my gosh, slow clap, this was fantastic. So dark. So many great clues lying around. So good. M - Fantastic murder mystery with a supernatural twist and an awesome lead character. So much tension! Loved it! The Girl Without A Face - Oh my. Things got kind of sloppy at the end, like some of the descriptions were repeated or just didn’t make sense, but the story was super creepy and surprising. The Girl Who Dreamed of Snow - This just wasn’t my kind of story. It’s really hard for me to like this kind of fantasy in short story form, but it was well written. Stitches - Really interesting take on Frankenstein. And interesting that this is the second story in this anthology involving Texas, an abusive father figure, and birds. On the I-5 - Daaaark. Awesome. I would love to have this as a full novel and get all the gut wrenching details. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2018 by Krystal
    • ... mind when I decided that it would be a good idea to pick up this book
I can't remember what exactly went through my mind when I decided that it would be a good idea to pick up this book. I'm the type of person who can't watch American Horror Story without feeling the urge to sleep with the lights on for days afterward. But something about this book caught my attention, and I couldn't resist the urge to pick it up and have it scare me witless. After reading the first few stories, I thought it was going to do just that, but as I continued on, something changed. I'm not sure if it was that I got tougher and my nerves got better, but by fourth story or so, I wasn't "scared" by any of them. Some of the stories creeped me out, but I'm not sure that any of them really belong in the horror genre, because I never felt even remotely terrified during any of them. Overall though, it was a really good read. The stories that I liked, it seemed that I really liked, while I found the rest to be mostly mediocre. As I read, I rated each story and wrote down my thoughts on them, and then I calculated my overall rating (around a 3.5, rounded up for stars) by averaging the 14 separate stories together. Below are my rankings and thoughts on the individual stories: THE BIRDS OF AZALEA STREET 3 STARS The way this one started, I honestly questioned whether or not I'd be able to make it through an entire anthology of stories like it. I really thought I was going to have to set aside the book just because it would be too scary for me. It wasn't scary in a paranormal sense, but I've started to think that some of the scariest things are done by us humans, not the imaginary creatures we dream up. The neighbor, Leonard, is the kind of character that makes me think that the random noises I hear at night are somebody in my house. But then, as the story continued, it got weirder, and as it got weirder, it got less scary. It was still pretty creepy, but the ending had me more confused than anything else, and it left me with more questions than it answered. IN THE FOREST DARK AND DEEP 5 STARS After the confusion caused by the story before it, this was refreshing, and it was outright terrifying for me. This is the famous "March Hare story", and the other reviewers aren't lying when they say that you'll never be able to think of the March Hare in the same way after reading this. As a kid (and even now, if I'm being truly honest), I never liked Alice in Wonderland. It was too out there and creepy for me as a kid, and I still have no desire to rewatch it or any of the newer adaptations, and it's never once been an urge of mine to read the book. I can say that, after reading this, my aversion to the story has only grown even stronger. Though I struggled with imagining exactly what this twisted version of the March Hare looked like, I think that inability made the story even creepier. The creepiest part of the whole thing? Easily the heroine's repeated use of the phrase "Exactly so". I'm still getting goosebumps every time I even think the phrase, and I can only imagine what actually hearing someone say it would do to me. EMMELINE 2 STARS This one wasn't even remotely scary to me. It was pretty easy to figure out what exactly was going on in the story, and more than anything, it just left me feeling sad for the main character at the end. VERSE CHORUS VERSE 4 STARS This started off not-so-good for me. I thought it was going to end up being one where I just wanted to skim through the whole thing, but instead, it took a turn for the extremely unsettling and has left me terrified to get in a bathtub. This was definitely one of the strongest entries for me, and I've found myself still trying to figure it all out even now. HIDE-AND-SEEK 3 STARS This one wasn't scary for me at all, but it was one that I read compulsively until I finished. It started off really strong, but I think I would have enjoyed this more if there were even more elements of the supernatural included. Instead, it just kind of felt like a less gory version of the Final Destination franchise. THE DARK, SCARY PARTS AND ALL 2 STARS All I could think of while reading this was the books that spawned from the Twilight craze. It took the tropes that people use most often to bash the YA genre and instead of using them in a way that was self aware and satirical, used them just as expected. THE FLICKER, THE FINGERS, THE BEAT, THE SIGH 2 STARS The best part about this whole story to me is the title. I love how evocatively it reads, and I love it even more when spoken aloud. This is the kind of scary story title that would have me hiding behind someone else if it was told around a campfire, but the story behind it just didn't even remotely scare me, or do much of anything for me. The only part of this story that really creeped me out was the discussion of various urban legends, all of which I still find absolutely terrifying even after hearing them years ago. FAT GIRL WITH A KNIFE 2 STARS In my mind, this was very similar to the two stories before it, and it was getting pretty discouraging to read stories that weren't scary and more frustrating than anything else. This was a zombie story with basically no zombies, and it was kind of a yawn to get through. SLEEPLESS 5 STARS I loved this one. It was easy to deduce which story it was inspired by, but it was still fun all the way through. It had enough twists and turns that it was able to keep my interest, and the entire time I found myself wishing I could read faster. Instead of being outright creepy, this story created a creepy ambiance in much the same way that movies like The Silence of the Lambs does. The introduction of new elements to a classic story made this one of my favorite stories in the collection. M 4 STARS While I was reading this, I couldn't help but think that this story didn't truly belong in this collection. I enjoyed it immensely, and I especially loved that it told the story of a main character who was blind, but I fail to see how it was scary, or even really creepy. The inclusion of small children singing songs (while always definitely creepy) seemed as if it was done almost because the story wouldn't have been allowed in the anthology otherwise. The most thrilling aspect of this story was that it was a murder mystery as experienced by a blind young woman. THE GIRL WITHOUT A FACE 3 STARS I was hesitant to read this one only because of all that I had heard about it. Lots of people whose reviews I read claimed that this was the scariest story in the bunch, but I found myself very underwhelmed by it overall. It was spooky, but it really didn't do much for me overall. The beginning had me agreeing with other reviewers, but it quickly faded into a story that I felt was too predictable and overdone. I'm willing to admit that with this story and several others in the collection, I might have enjoyed them more if I had waited to read them at the right time (not on a sunny morning) and in the right setting, perhaps right next to my closet for this one. A GIRL WHO DREAMED OF SNOW 5 STARS This one was my absolute favorite in the anthology, but definitely not because I found it scary, or even creepy, really. There were twists and turns throughout this story, but I don't think I would even classify it as thrilling. The strength of the main character was refreshing after the characters in some of the collection's middle stories, and I loved that there were different cultures at play within the same short story. I can't really put my finger on what made this one so great to me, but I really, really enjoyed it. STITCHES 4.5 STARS I probably looked forward to this story more than any other in the collection. It wasn't as gory as I was lead to believe it would be, and it was more unsettling than scary or creepy, but I definitely think this is one of the strongest pieces in the anthology. The Collector and the other characters set a mood that made me thankful I wasn't reading it in a cabin in the middle of the woods, and I really thought it was an interesting take on the story that inspired it. ON THE I-5 4.5 STARS This was more of a revenge-thriller than a horror story, but I love the "system" that was created. I was a little frustrated that we didn't receive the whole back story of the main character, but the bits that we did get were so tantalizing that it more than made up for any questions that I had. It's the stories like this throughout this collection that have helped me realize that sometimes it's better to not have all of the answers in hand. Overall, I'm so glad that I picked this book up. It's helped me learn that maybe I don't get spooked as easily as I've always thought I did, and it's made it so that I can feel confident in saying that I'll pick up more horror in the future. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2015 by Danielle

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