Climb Not - A boy finds a strange tree on his new estate, and against all warning climbs it. He is chased by an unknown presence and is ultimately killed. This is the kind of story that I find scary, one where force is never seen, leaving me to imagine the worst.
The Un-Door - This story features the classic twist of the con-woman becoming the victim when a face seance team discovers that ghosts are real. Our fake assistant/thief becomes trapped in a doll-house when a supposed fake seance becomes very real.
Offerings - Every parents worst nightmare comes true in this story of a sweet little boy who befriends a deamon. When a preacher and his family move to a new town, their little boy turns from an innocent lad into a demon influenced killer.
The Gilt Frame- A story about a girl who finds her wishes are coming true in the most horrible of fashions. This realization becomes even more horrific when she realizes that it is she, and not the girl in the mirror who is bringing this awful events about.
The Path - A boy who is becoming a man decides to leave his small village. As he is walking up the hidden path, he realizes he is being followed. He tries to out run this apparition, only to realize it is a bloody, injured, ruin of himself...which turns out to be a terrible foreshadowing of his own fate.
I read a couple of these stories to my Hubbin as we drove through the back roads in the middle of the night and the atmosphere was fantastic. I found these tales to be moderately spooky, but at the same time a bit predictable. I found it a bit crazy that in every story somebody died a horrible death...or became a monstrous killer...or both. Over all the atmosphere, illustrations, and the writers tendency to kill people made this a decent Halloween read. I give it 7 out of 10 demon bench ends.
What makes a story scary for you? How do you feel about everybody always dying? How dangerous is it to scare the person driving you around?
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