The Horrors: Terrifying Tales [Paperback]

Grade 9 Up-A collection of 15 horror stories by Canadian young adult writers. In one tale, a yearbook editor makes psychic predictions about students' futures; when one girl is killed in an accident just as foretold, the students realize they could be next. Another selection involves an old man telling his son about the day he met Johnny Cash on his way to the Promised Land and how the encounter changed his life. In another, a girl can't understand why her family has locked her out of the house and why no one will talk to her. When she overhears her friends talking about a train crash, she realizes that she was the victim. All of the stories offer scary scenes of everyday life, but they are not filled with blood and gore. Readers who loved R. L. Stine's Goosebumps (Scholastic) and Fear Street (S & S) when younger may find that these stories fill the void when they reach high school years.-Diana Pierce, Running Brushy Middle School, Cedar Park, TX
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"The Horrors runs the gamut from Stephen King-like gore . . . to gentle ghost tales."

-Quill & Quire

"Readers who loved R. L. Stine's Goosebumps and Fear Street when younger may find that these stories fill the void when they reach high school years."

--School Library Journal

Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice, 2006

This chilling collection brings together fifteen spine tingling tales written by some of Canada's leading writers for teens-and also a number of talented emerging writers. Each of these stories illuminates a distinct path through fearful territory-for readers fourteen to forty and beyond who thrive on the stimulation of a chilling tale. Enjoy them if you can. Enjoy them if you must.

Contributors include Don Aker, Diana Aspin, Karleen Bradford, Brian Doyle, Kristyn Dunnion, Sylvo Frank, Barbara Haworth-Attard, Martine Leavitt, R.P. MacIntyre, Rob Morphy, Kathy Stinson, W.D. Valgardson, Bill Valgardson, Alice Walsh, and Anne Wessels.

“The Horrors runs the gamut from Stephen King-like gore . . . to gentle ghost tales.” —Quill & Quire

Peter Carver is currently Red Deer Press' Children's Book Editor. Under his direction, Red Deer Press has published notable talents as Kevin Major, Martine Leavitt, Cora Taylor, Ted Staunton and many more. Peter Carver was awarded the Canadian Library Association Award for Advancement of Intellectual Freedom in Canada and the Writers' Union Freedom to Read Week Award. When he's not editing children's books, Peter Carver teaches creative writing classes in Toronto.