A collection of poems with an emphasis on the grisly or ghastly, including "If You're Strolling in a Sewer," "Mr. One Leg," and "A Vampire Bit a Ghostly Neck.".
While visiting London, Sue and her brother get separated from the tour group and find themselves trapped in a prison tower and transported back in time.
During a stay at King Jellyjam's Sports Camp, Wendy thinks the counselors are a little too happy--eerily happy--and concerned about winning, but her "sports freak" brother is not convinced.
Hill House is the biggest tourist attraction in town. Duane and Stephanie love it because it is dark and creepy and really scary. Still, they've never seen a real ghost until the night they decide to go on a search.
Todd is obsessed with worms and keeps a worm farm in his basement, but after he cuts a worm in half worms start showing up in the worst places--in his bed, in his homework, and even in his food.
Margaret and Casey become worried about their father when they meet some of the plants he is growing down in the basement. Is this just another harmless experiment or is the basement becoming another little shop of horrors?.
On his way to join the army, the big strong man of the village, who is scared of nothing, spends the night in a spooky house where a series of ever-larger cats ask him the same unusual question.