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Skeleton crew

A collection of horror stories from Stephen King.

Haunted houses

A collection of ten scary stories about haunted houses, pirate treasure, and ghosts.

Sports shorts

an anthology of short stories
A collection of eight semi-autobiographical stories about the authors' experiences with sports while growing up.

Beware the ninja weenies and other warped and creepy tales

Thirty-three stories about stranded aliens, a horrifying cheesemaker, a boy with the power to make stars vanish, and other frightening things. Includes notes on how the author got his ideas for these stories.
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A people's future of the United States

speculative fiction from 25 extraordinary writers
Provides twenty-five speculative fiction short stories that address a future America, be it utopian or dystopian. Each of the twenty-five writers were given a directive: to present "narratives that would challenge oppressive American myths, release us from the chokehold of our history, and give us new futures to believe in.".
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Short stories and tall tales

Presents more than twenty short stories by nineteenth-century American author Mark Twain--including "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" and "How to Tell a Story"--and an essay on the author by Charles Neider.
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Disney Princess storybook collection

A collection of 19 stories featuring princesses from Disney films.
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5 classic Golden Book tales

2018
Includes: The Poky Little Puppy, The Shy Little Kitten, Tawny Scrawny Lion, Scuffy, and Tootle.
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The bazaar of bad dreams

Features 20 short stories written by Stephen King. Each includes a passage explaining how he came to write the story.
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