Children's Fiction Horror & Ghost Stories
Tales from the Fringes of Fear
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2020
- Category
- Horror & Ghost Stories, Short Stories, Paranormal
- Recommended Age
- 9 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 7
- Recommended Reading age
- 9 to 12
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459824607
- Publish Date
- Apr 2020
- List Price
- $9.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781459824584
- Publish Date
- Apr 2020
- List Price
- $12.95
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Description
Key Selling Points
- With the resurgence of the Goosebumps books and movies and the popularity of Netflix’s Stranger Things, kids are gobbling up horror now more than ever.
- Like the author’s previous book, Tales from Beyond the Brain, this book features thirteen tales that will either make you laugh out loud or never want to go to sleep again.
- The book is a throwback to the spooky horror tales of yore—think Tales from the Crypt meets The Twilight Zone.
- Vivid and creepy black-and-white illustrations from Steven P. Hughes help to set the spooky tone of these thirteen stories.
- The author is a horror-film aficionado and a teacher.
About the authors
JEFF SZPIRGLAS is the author of multiple books in the Countdown to Danger series. In addition to his choose-your-own-path titles, Jeff has written award-nominated non-fiction books and several terrifying novels and horror collections for middle-grade readers, including Tales from the Fringes of Fear and Tales from Beyond the Brain. With his wife, Danielle Saint-Onge, he is the co-author of the Orca Echoes books X Marks the Spot!, Something's Fishy and Messy Miranda. He's worked at CTV Television and was an editor at Chirp, chickaDEE and Owl magazines. He has twin children, two cats (the cats are not twins) and one dog. In his spare time, he teaches elementary school. He lives in Kitchener, Ontario. Visit him online at www.jeffszpirglas.com.
Steven P. Hughes is an award-winning Canadian illustrator whose clients include the Globe and Mail, Reader's Digest and Scientific American. He graduated from Sheridan College with a BAA in Illustration. He lives in Bolton, Ontario, with his wife and their two dogs.
Awards
- Commended, CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens
Editorial Reviews
“Thrilling...Hand to fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark or Creepshow.”
Booklist
“This book is perfect for younger fans of the recent movie version of Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark. Each creepy story ends like a door being slammed shut; elementary and middle school readers will be eager to open the door to the next one.”
School Library Journal (SLJ)
“Szpirglas writes with a casual straightforwardness and has a keen sense of when to embrace terror and, crucially, when it is more effective to cut away...In the main, genuinely scary, achieving Edgar Allan Poe’s ideal ‘single effect’: every element of each story working together to frighten a new generation of children.”
Quill & Quire
“Will have readers of all ages looking for monsters under the bed, in the hallways at school, behind the walls, and even inside themselves. This frightening, darkly fun anthology is perfect kids’ horror.”
Spooky KidLit
“A spine-tingling collection that's dead on for young horror buffs.”
Kirkus Reviews
“Szpirglas will capture and hold the reader’s attention to the last page...Perfect bite-sized tales of spine-tingling fun.”
CM: Canadian Review of Materials
