Great Read- Especially for Folk Tales

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I've been infatuated (and terrified) of scary stories ever since I could read. So it's no wonder that as soon as I picked up my first copy of Short of Shivery at my Elementary School Library, I had a difficult time putting it down. Even now, some odd 10 or 15 years later, I still love picking up these books at reading them again and again.

The stories are always fresh and colorful, (though some may be a bit tedious for younger kids) and the accompanying illustrations provide an excellent atmosphere to the book. Of course, it's 10 times more frightening when your 7 and suddenly the Murdering Rampage of some psychopath or ghost pops into your head while your trying to sleep, but in general, even adults can appreciate the folklore and mysticism of these short stories.

For any lover of urban legends, folklore, ghost stories, or paranormal, I'd definitely recommend this for a read.

Not as scary as it claimed to be!

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I THINK THAT THIS BOOK WAS NOT SCARY AT ALL. ALL IT DID WAS INTERTAINED ME BUT NOT IN THE HORROR TYPE OF WAY. IT WAS LAGING IT IN THE SCARE DEPARTMENT SICKLIKE. THIS BOOK DIDN'T EVEN SCARE MY LITTLE BROTHER. HE ACTUALY FOUND SOME OF THE STORIES KIND OF FUNNY. THIS BOOK WAS MORE OF A COLLECTION OF STUPID STORIES THAN SCARY STORIES. THAT IS WHY I THINK THAT THIS BOOK SHOULD BE NAMED "EVEN MORE SHORT AND STUPID" THAT IS WHY I GIVE THIS BOOK ONE STARS.

This book was boring.

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This book is boring because it doesn't have a lot of entertainment.Also this is realy dumd who will ever read this. I can not read this book cause I will go to sleep like nothing. This book is so dumd my friend hugo wont even read this boring book.

To Scary!

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This book is so scary I put it down the first time I read it!Robert D. San Souci should be ashamed.So should Jacqueline Rogers!This book was so scary I had to give it to my friend Bj for an eary Christmas present!So all you people out there I say it would'nt be that smart to read this book.At least thats my opinion.

Even More Short And Shivery; A Review By: Maris

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Even More Short and Shivery
By: Robert D. San Souci

Have you ever read a book that you were afraid to read because it was so frightening? For me this book was just like that. In my book there are forty- five scary stories, but I think the scariest one was "Knock, Knock, Knock." It's about this girl and her boyfriend that were going out to eat, but their car dies. It was a stormy night and a notice on the radio said that a crazy guy was on the loose, but the had to find a repair shop for their car. So her boy friend said he would go find one and when he came back he would knock on the car door three times. (spoiler)
Another spooky story was called "A Night Of Terrors." The story is mostly about a young girl and her dog. There is another scary maniac on the loose again and the girl is at home with her dog. She was feeling really depressed and her dog was under the bed. She put her hand down over the bed and he licked it as always. Then suddenly a police man burst in the door and told her she had to get out of the house.(spoiler) .
For me this was a really great book but my favorite short story was probably "Knock, Knock, Knock," because it seemed the scariest. The story I didn't really like was, "A Night Of Terrors," because it was really creepy and kind of sad. (spoiler) The characters in the story were either dead, scared to death, or completely crazy. I'm not sure if I want to read this story again, I probably have nightmares or just be freaked out.