Bloody Mary and Other Tales for a Dark Night (2000) Stefan Dziemianowicz (Author)
This first fiction collection features 34 urban legends and campfire stories for a variety of occasions. The stories are divided into sections that include "Tales for After Dinner," "Slumber Party Terrors," "Halloween Horrors," and "Frights for the Christmas Fireside." Also included are "Roadside Stop," about a hotel with a disappearing guest room; "The Doom of the House of Gaskell," in which a revolting family curse is revealed; "Initiation into Terror," about a fraternity prank that goes fatally wrong; and the title story, about the ghoulish turn of events that happens when a bunch of teenagers invoke the name of Satan at midnight on Halloween.
GENRE :
Horror stories
SUB GENRE :
Collection
SUBJECT :
Horror, Legends, Supernatural
Gale Document Number: GALE|M1300108510
Gale Database: What Do I Read Next?, 2012
SOURCE CITATION : "Bloody Mary and Other Tales for a Dark Night." 2012. Books & Authors Gale. Gale Internal User. 16 May 2012 <http://bna.galegroup.com/bna/start.do?p=BNA&u=gale>
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