Michael Dahl's Really Scary Stories
17 total works
After enjoying some tasty cupcakes together, siblings Kareem and Amina hear a loud noise in the cupboards. They are horrified when they open the cupboards and find the leftover cupcakes have come to life and are eating each other! Soon the siblings crave more and more cupcakes, and their desire for sweets is making them crazy. Will Kareem and Amina be able to stop the madness before the zombie cupcakes take over? This collection of scary stories will bring you the answer to that question and many others, but you may never want a cupcake again!
Having grown up watching her dad tend their lawn, Lisa has always wondered: where does the poison in weedkiller go after the weeds die? When Lisa has a dream one night about a monster that lives below their garden, she doesn't think anything of it - until she goes outside sees a grass goblin and plants with teeth and horrible, gleaming eyes. Is Lisa doomed forever or will she stop the garden madness? Read this collection of scary stories to find out what happens to Lisa and many others.
This collection of spine-chilling stories is sure to scare you silly. A movie about alien invasion transforms into real life. A hunt in a snowy forest suddenly turns dangerous when a monster appears. A greant-aunt comes back from the dead, just in time for a little girl's birthday party. With writing prompts and discussion questions to continue the fright, you'll be spooked long after you finish reading.
Don't turn off the lights when reading this collection of spine-chilling tales. A strange, silent girl who only appears in phone pictures. A school prank with a Christmas elf that goes terribly wrong. A piece of chalk that draws frighteningly fast. A boy's bone-tingling encounter with the world's weirdest toothpaste! With writing prompts and discussion questions to continue the fright, you'll be spooked long after you finish reading.
In this collection of spine-chilling tales, a doll comes to life and haunts a little girl, a young writer only has one hundred words to let others know about an approaching danger, and a boy is trapped in an underground bunker with spooky people who have been missing for years and years. With writing prompts and discussion questions to continue the fright, you'll be spooked long after you finish reading.
Dory is brand-new to her neighbourhood, so it’s a good thing she has a pet monster to keep her company. When she tells the mailman about her monster, he doesn’t believe her. When Dory begins to get angry that he’s not taking her seriously, she opens up the mailbox to show him the monster – only to find that the mailbox is empty! Is Dory’s monster real, or part of her imagination? Find out what happens to Dory, the mailman, and many others in this collection of spooky stories.
A game of tag turns monstrous one night in the forested village of Pine Bluff, where kids who are it for too long transform into something terrifying. When little Mateo goes missing after being it, the kids begin to worry who the next victim will be only to discover that the truth may be scarier than they thought! Follow Mateo and others in this collection of scary stories.
When she discovers a pair of mysterious shoes under her bed one night, Daphne decides to try them on. Suddenly she can flit noiselessly through the house. She can move through walls, trees and even people as though she were a phantom. But she must remove the shoes by midnight, or they will disappear forever. Learn what happens to Daphne and many others in this collection of scary tales.
There's something for everyone in this anthology of scary stories. Featuring tales that range from creepy to bone-chilling, from suspicious and strange to downright frightening, Michael Dahl's Really Scary Stories will come back to haunt you again and again.
There's something for everyone in this anthology of scary stories. Featuring tales that range from creepy to bone-chilling, from suspicious and strange to downright frightening, Michael Dahl's Really Scary Stories will come back to haunt you again and again.
There's something for everyone in this anthology of scary stories. Featuring tales that range from creepy to bone-chilling, from suspicious and strange to downright frightening, Michael Dahl's Really Scary Stories will come back to haunt you again and again.
Our greatest fears are brought to life in this collection of spine-chilling tales. An ordinary round of a playground game turns terrifying. An old lodge in the forest is haunted by a miserable ghost. A boy thinks he's home alone until he finds evidence someone else is there with him. With writing prompts and discussion questions to continue the fright, you'll be spooked long after you finish reading.
On the way home from a friend's house late one night, Bradley takes a shortcut through the graveyard. A mysterious girl keeps popping up from behind the gravestones and her face resembles a doll that belonged to Bradley's sister, a doll he stole from her as a prank. Could the spooky doll be back for revenge? Find out the answer to this question and many more in this collection of scary tales.
The dark, secluded biography section at the back of the ancient public library is not a place many people want to visit. But when Darren gets a history assignment that leads him to the spooky room, he finds surprises around every corner and behind every shelf. Follow along to find out what happens to Darren and many others in this collection of really scary stories.
During a visit to her great-aunt Glory, Simone is frightened of the curtains in the room where she sleeps. Like the movement of an octopus, the curtains curl and wave in the light breeze. As the night goes on, the curtains begin to look more and more like a pale, tentacled creature. But surely it is just Simone's imagination . . . Read this collection of scary stories to find out what happens to Simone and many others.