Short & Shivery
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| Author | Robert D. San Souci |
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| Illustrator | Katherine Coville Jacqueline Rogers |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Horror, Children's |
| Publisher | Yearling Books |
| Published | 1987-1998 |
Short & Shivery, also known as Short & Shivery: Thirty Chilling Tales, is a series of scary short-story children's books, published from 1987-1998 and written by author Robert D. San Souci (also known for writing various other scary children's books, including Dare to Be Scared: Thirteen Stories to Chill and Thrill. The popular anthology series spawned several sequels throughout an 11-year span. Each book contained 30 tales from America and around the world, including classics by various famous authors throughout history.[1]
Overview
Selected from international ghost folklore, each volume contains 30 stories, specifically retold by author Robert D. San Souci for younger readers. Each book contains a mixture of classic and contemporary tales, including several American classics, all accompanied by illustrations by Katherine Coville and Jacqueline Rogers. Highlights include stories by well-known authors including The Brothers Grimm, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving and Charles Dickens.[2]
The series produced several sequels and were later collected into a compilation book, Giant Short & Shivery. Audiobook versions of the first three volumes have since been released on cassette and compact disc, narrated by Mark Hammer.
School Library Journal called the series "An absolute delight... Young readers will gobble up these thirty thrilling snacks and beg for more."[3]
Books
| # | Title | Author | Original published date | Pages | ISBN | |
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| 1 | Short & Shivery: Thirty Chilling Tales | Robert D. San Souci | September 2, 1987 | 192 | 0-440-41804-6 | |
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Stories include: Robber bridegroom, Jack Frost, Waterfall of ghosts, Ghost's cap, Witch cat, Green mist, Cegua, Ghostly little girl, Midnight mass of the dead, Tailypo, Lady Eleanor's mantle, Soldier and the Vampire, Skeleton's Dance, Scared to death, Swallowed alive, Deacon's ghost, Nuckelavee, Adventure of the German student, Bill Mosby's night ride, Hunter in the Haunted Forest, Brother and sister, Lovers of the dismal swamp, Boneless, Death waltz, Ghost of Misery Hill, Loup-Garou, Golem, Lavender, Goblin spider, Halloween pony. | ||||||
| 2 | More Short & Shivery: Thirty Terrifying Tales | Robert D. San Souci | 1994 | 176 | 0-440-41857-7 | |
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Stories include: "Hold him, Tabb!", The witches' eyes, The duppy, Two snakes, The draug, The vampire cat, Windigo Island, The haunted inn, The rolling head, The Croglin Grange vampire, The Yara, "Me, myself", Island of fear, Three who sought death, Sister Death and the healer, The mouse tower, The devil and Tom Walker, The greedy daughter, The pirate, The golden arm, The serpent woman, Loft the Enchanter, The accursed house, Escape up the tree, The headrest, The thing in the woods, King of the cats, The dead mother, Knock... Knock... Knock..., Twice surprised. | ||||||
| 3 | Even More Short & Shivery: Thirty Spine-Tingling Tales | Robert D. San Souci | December 1, 1997 | 176 | 0-440-41877-1 | |
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Stories include: Appointment in Samarra, Deer woman, Maggot, Witch woman, Berbalangs, Dancing dead of shark island, "That I see, but this I sew", La Guiablesse, Blood-drawing ghost, Guests from Gibbet Island, Haunted house, "Never far from you", Rose Elf, Wind rider, Skull that spoke, Monster of Baylock, New mother, Rokuro-Kubi, Dicey and Orpus, Chips, Skeleton's revenge, Lullaby, Death and the two friends, Forest ghosts, Carolina banshee, Deadly violin, Night of terrors, Sending, Hand of fate, Old raw head. | ||||||
| 4 | A Terrifying Taste of Short & Shivery: Thirty Creepy Tales | Robert D. San Souci | September 8, 1998 | 176 | 0-440-41878-X | |
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Stories include: Crooker waits, Yara-ma-yha-who, The fata, Land-otter, A fish story, Apparitions, The bijli, The lutin, The hundredth skull, The ogre's arm, The hairy hands, The zimwi, Witchbirds, Dangerous Hill, The witch's head, Dinkins is dead, Old Nan's ghost, The interrupted wedding, The mulombe, The haunted grove, The tiger woman, Peacock's ghost, Israel and the werewolf, Hoichi the fearless, A snap of the fingers, Narrow escape, The black fox, The mother and death. | ||||||
| S | Giant Short & Shivery | Robert D. San Souci | 1998 | 163 | 0-760-71145-3 | |
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A compilation of previous short scary stories from the Short & Shivery series. | ||||||
See also
- Robert D. San Souci
- Dare to Be Scared
- Yearling Books
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
- Scary Stories for Sleep-overs
- Tales for the Midnight Hour
References
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_sabc?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&pageMinusResults=1&suo=1350147344425#/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=short+shivery&sprefix=short%20shi&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Ashort%20shivery
- ^ http://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=short+shivery
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Terrifying-Taste-Short-Shivery-Thirty/dp/044041878X/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1350152171&sr=1-4&keywords=short+shivery