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How scared can you get in only 30 seconds? Dare to find out with Half-Minute Horrors, a collection of deliciously terrifying short short tales and creepy illustrations by an exceptional selection of writers and illustrators, including bestselling talents Lemony Snicket, James Patterson, Neil Gaiman, R.L.Stine, Faye Kellerman, Holly Black, Melissa Marr, Margaret Atwood, Jon Scieszka, Brett Helquist, and many more. With royalties benefiting First Book, a not-for-profit organization that brings books to children in need, this is an anthology worth devouring. So grab a flashlight, set the timer, and get ready for instant chills!

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Table of Contents:

• Something You Ought To Know - shortfiction by Lemony Snicket
• The Chicken or the Egg - shortfiction by Jerry Spinelli
• In Hiding - shortfiction by Kenneth Oppel
• The Old Man in the Picture - shortfiction by Richard Sala
• The Old Man in the Picture - interior artwork by Richard Sala
• The Babysitter - shortfiction by Erin Hunter (I)
• Grand Entrance - shortfiction by James Patterson
• Halloween Mask - poem by Sonya Sones
• Tenton - shortfiction by Tom Genrich and Michele Perry
• Nanny - shortfiction by Angela Johnson
• Cartoon: The Legend of Alexandra & Rose - interior artwork by Jon Klassen
• What's Coming - shortfiction by Arthur Slade
• An Easy Gig - shortfiction by M. T. Anderson
• Mr. Black - shortfiction by Yvonne Prinz
• The Foot Dragger - shortfiction by M. E. Kerr
• Trick - graphic format - shortfiction by Adam Rex
• Hank - shortfiction by Dean Lorey
• One of a Kind - shortfiction by Sarah Weeks
• A Walk Too Far - shortfiction by Gloria Whelan
• A Very Short Story - shortfiction by Holly Black
• Deep Six - shortfiction by Faye Kellerman
• The Turn of the Screw By Henry James, A Novel As Told By Lisa Brown In Fewer Than 30 Seconds - graphic format - shortfiction by Lisa Brown
• The Attack of the Flying Mustaches - shortfiction by Pseudonymous Bosch
• Takowanda - shortfiction by Nadia Aguiar
• Heart Stopper - shortfiction by Sienna Mercer
• Up to My Elbow - shortfiction by Jack Gantos
• Four Gleams in the Moonlight - shortfiction by Stephen Marche
• The Goblin Book - shortfiction by Brad Meltzer
• Worms - graphic format - poem by Lane Smith
• The Dare - shortfiction by Carol Gorman
• The Ballad of John Grepsy - poem by David Rich
• Soup - shortfiction by Jenny Nimmo
• The Creeping Hand - shortfiction by Margaret Atwood
• Wet Sand, Little Teeth - shortfiction by Mariko Tamaki
• Chocolate Cake - shortfiction by Francine Prose
• At the Water's Edge - shortfiction by Ayelet Waldman
• My Worst Nightmare - shortfiction by R. L. Stine
• The Beast Outside - shortfiction by Adele Griffin
• Unannounced - shortfiction by Aliza Kellerman
• Krüger's Sausage Haus - graphic format - shortfiction by Mark Crilley
• There's Something Under the Bed - shortfiction by Allan Stratton
• Cat's Paw - shortfiction by Sarah L. Thomson
• Horrorku - poem by K. A. Applegate
• The Itch - shortfiction by Avi
• The New Me: A Pantoum - poem by Gail Carson Levine
• Always Eleven - shortfiction by David Stahler, Jr.
• Aloft - graphic format - poem by Carson Ellis
• Skittering - shortfiction by Tui T. Sutherland
• Stuck in the Middle - shortfiction by Abi Slone
• All Finger and Thumbs - shortfiction by Joseph Delaney
• Don't Wet the Bed - shortfiction by Alan Grats
• The Final Word - graphic format - shortfiction by Josh Greenhut
• The Shadow - shortfiction by Neil Gaiman
• A Day at the Lake - shortfiction by Lesley Livingston
• Whispered - shortfiction by Jon Scieszka
• found & envisioned: a disturbing limerick - poem by Vladimir Radunsky
• Through the Veil - shortfiction by Alison Mcghee
• The Rash - shortfiction by Daniel Ehrenhaft
• Where Nightmares Walk - shortfiction by Melissa Marr
• On a Tuesday During that Time of Year - shortfiction by Chris Raschka
• Death Rides a Pink Bicycle - shortstory by Stacey Godenir
• I'm Not Afraid - poem by Dan Gutman
• The Doll - shortstory by Alice Kuipers
• Easy Over - shortstory by Frank Viva
• Them - shortstory by Libba Bray
• Tiger Kitty - shortstory by Joyce Carol Oates
• Inventory - shortstory by Jonathan Lethem
• Shortcut - shortstory by Michael Connelly
• Strawberry Bubbles - shortstory by Lauren Myracle
• We Think You Do - shortstory by Barry Yourgrau
• The Prisoner of Eternia - graphic format - shortstory by Aaron Renier
• In Conclusion - shortstory by Gregory Maguire
• Susan Rich - essay by uncredited

Copyright © 2009 by Susan Rich

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