Publisher's Synopsis
A collection of short horror stories with surprise endings. Hark! You should not read this book: 1.if you are afraid of your own shadow. 2.during a thunderstorm that could plunge your home into pitch blackness. 3.if you don't own a crucifix, and you hate the smell of garlic. 4.around a campfire after dark in a dense forest. 5.if a deranged maniac escaped from the local asylum. 6.if you live next door to a haunted house or a graveyard. 7.if you believe the boogeyman lives in your closet. 8.if you believe in ghosts, demons or the Loch Ness monster. 9.if you have rats in the cellar or bats in your belfry. 10.if limbs being hacked off makes you queasy. Otherwise: Enjoy ! STORIES IN THIS BOOK: SOMETHING IN THE ATTIC Norma went to the attic to get her costume for Halloween. After reading from an old book that belonged to a grandma who was burned at the stake during the Salem witch trials, she lapsed into unconsciousness. FIDO George lost his job and needs to leave his hometown and start a new life. A rich recluse seems like an easy target to get fast cash except for a sign on the wall surrounding her estate, "Beware of Fido." NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS Four friends make New Year's resolutions to overcome phobias each of them have in the coming year. A month later, three of them have met with unexplained deaths, and the survivor keeps having nightmares that they were murdered. RED HATS MASQUERADE BALL A retired psychopath's favorite past time is wreaking havoc on people she doesn't know. She can't wait to blind and disfigure a group of ladies with an exploding gag gift at their upcoming Halloween party. THE ICE MAN A woman and her boy friend try to convince her bridge partner that her husband is an infamous hit man who has a reputation for unspeakable acts and cruelty. THE MAKEOVER A plastic surgeon seeks revenge for being framed by a malicious, wealthy client who bribes the judge, jury, the attorneys, and the warden to make sure he serves hard time in prison for ten years. THE BLIZZARD Helen's Christmas holiday with her husband at her parents' secluded estate is disrupted by the worst blizzard in over thirty years on the very night a maniac has escaped from the local asylum. IT LURKS ON THE MOUNTAIN Three hunters are missing and bloody body parts of headless torsos have been found at Widow's Peak. Is there really a hairy monster on the mountain or is Bubba Rexrode up to his old tricks? COLD CALLS Mortimer will stop at nothing to find new clients for a failing funeral parlor business passed down to him by his ruthless father. THE TOMB The museum director has offered Brian one last chance to keep the job he has held only because of his father's legendary accomplishments. His must find the last undiscovered Egyptian Pharaoh's tomb, despite ancient beliefs that breaking the seal will bring death to all mankind.
