Creepies
7 total works
Two cousins spending the night in a tent in the dark back yard succeed in scaring each other, with a little help from brother Simon.
Convinced that a monster Ankle-Grabber lives in a marsh under her bed, a little girl refuses to get out of bed until her Dad finally scares the monster away.
A boy lying in bed at night has fun scaring himself by imagining the noises he hears are coming from the Flat Man, who is creeping up to get into bed with him.
A young boy enlists his friend in an attempt to scare his younger sister as they explore their grandmother's attic but the plan backfires in an unexpected way.
A boy spends the night in his grandpa's spare room which has a door to what the boy's uncle used to tell his mother was the Bogeyhole, full of ghosts and ghouls and vampires waiting to creep out and get her as soon as it gets dark. His grandfather shows him there is nothing to be afraid of, hangs up a kite shaped like a dragon, and leaves a nightlight on for him. The boy imagines the kite turning into a flying vampire and attacking him.
