The audiobooks are presented in unabridged format with the exception of a handful of missing stories from the first book.Īs of 2017, the books had collectively sold more than seven million copies, and appeared on numerous children's best-seller lists. There is also an audiobook version of each book, read by George S. The first volume was published in 1981, and the books have subsequently been collected in both a box set and a single volume. Eliot, Mark Twain, Joel Chandler Harris, Bennett Cerf and Jan Harold Brunvand. Acknowledged influences include William Shakespeare, T.
Author Schwartz drew heavily from folklore and urban legends as the topic of his stories, researching extensively and spending more than a year on writing each book. The three books each feature numerous short stories in the horror genre. The titles of the books are Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1981), More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1984), and Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones (1991). Subsequent printings have restored the original Gammell art. In 2011, HarperCollins published editions featuring new art by Brett Helquist, causing mass controversy amongst fans of Gammell. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a timeless collection of chillingly scary tales and legends, in which folklorist Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time.Īvailable for the first time as an ebook, Stephen Gammell's artwork from the original Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark appears in all its spooky glory.Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a series of three collections of short horror stories for children, written by Alvin Schwartz and originally illustrated by Stephen Gammell. The iconic anthology series of horror tales that's now a feature film!
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