"Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a timeless collection of chillingly scary tales and legends, in which folklorist Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time." -- Amazon.

"Now a major motion picture."--Cover.

"AAAAAAAAAAAH!". Thebig toe ; -- The walk ; -- "What do you come for?" ; -- Me tie dough-ty walker! ; -- A man who lived in Leeds ; -- Old woman all skin and bone -- He heard footsteps coming up the cellar stairs.... The thing ; -- Cold as clay ; -- The white wolf ; -- The haunted house ; -- The guests -- They eat your eyes, they eat your nose. The hearse song ; -- The girl who stood on a grave ; -- A new horse ; -- Alligators ; -- Room for one more ; -- The wendigo ; -- The dead man's brains ; -- "May I carry your basket?" -- Other dangers. The hook ; -- The white satin evening gown ; -- High beams ; -- The babysitter -- "AAAAAAAAAAAH!". The viper ; -- The attic ; -- The slithery-dee ; -- Aaron Kelly's bones ; -- Wait till Martin comes ; -- The ghost with the bloody fingers -- Notes -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments.