Help me find a series of semi-obscure YA Horror Short Story Anthologies?
September 25, 2018 6:42 AM Subscribe
When I was a kid I used to read these horror anthologies (probably aimed at teenagers?) that scared the shit out of me because the kids and their parents often were killed in the end. My feeling is that I most have found them at a book fair or something, so they're probably published by a well-known publisher, but I don't think they were ever very popular (not thinking about the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books). Can anyone help me figure out what these books were? I'm pretty sure my parents gave them away when I moved to college and no amount of googling has got me any closer to finding them.
I remember a story about shadows coming to life, the parents not believing the kids, and then all of them being huddled in a bedroom during a power outage where they were eventually killed by the shadows. My feeling is that I most have found them at a book fair or something, so they're probably published by a well-known publisher, but I don't think they were ever very popular (not thinking about the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books). Can anyone help me figure out what these books were? I'm pretty sure my parents gave them away when I moved to college and no amount of googling has got me any closer to finding them.
Help and thanks!
I remember a story about shadows coming to life, the parents not believing the kids, and then all of them being huddled in a bedroom during a power outage where they were eventually killed by the shadows. My feeling is that I most have found them at a book fair or something, so they're probably published by a well-known publisher, but I don't think they were ever very popular (not thinking about the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books). Can anyone help me figure out what these books were? I'm pretty sure my parents gave them away when I moved to college and no amount of googling has got me any closer to finding them.
Help and thanks!
Are you sure they weren't Christopher Pike books?
Besides Thirteen, he had two anthologies
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/christopher-pike/christopher-pikes-tales-of-terror.htm
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/christopher-pike/christopher-pikes-tales-of-terror-2.htm
posted by OnTheLastCastle at 7:06 AM on September 25, 2018
Besides Thirteen, he had two anthologies
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/christopher-pike/christopher-pikes-tales-of-terror.htm
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/christopher-pike/christopher-pikes-tales-of-terror-2.htm
posted by OnTheLastCastle at 7:06 AM on September 25, 2018
Response by poster: Thanks everyone! Okay, so Thirteen is definitely party of what I'm remembering! I think there was another series though, that I don't think was Pike's Tales of Terror. I remember the cover being illustrated, maybe with like an "outback," Australian theme for one of the books? Does this ring any bells for anyone?
posted by coolguy#1 at 7:35 AM on September 25, 2018
posted by coolguy#1 at 7:35 AM on September 25, 2018
Does anything on this list from White Wolf ring a bell? There's also this list from the Dell Abyss series of YA horror.
(Suggestion based on palmcorder_yajna's comment on another recent 'half-remembered YA horror fiction' question.)
posted by MonkeyToes at 8:10 AM on September 25, 2018
(Suggestion based on palmcorder_yajna's comment on another recent 'half-remembered YA horror fiction' question.)
posted by MonkeyToes at 8:10 AM on September 25, 2018
Best answer: I think I found it: Scary Stories for Sleep-Overs.
Story six, "Shadow Play," sounds like what you described.
posted by tacodave at 3:35 PM on September 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
Story six, "Shadow Play," sounds like what you described.
posted by tacodave at 3:35 PM on September 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
Response by poster: YESS tacodave, YESSSSSSSSSSSS this is it! thank you so much!
posted by coolguy#1 at 5:54 PM on September 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by coolguy#1 at 5:54 PM on September 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
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