John Wayne Cleaver, a teenager who is obsessed with serial killers, lives his life by a strict moral code to avoid becoming a killer himself. When a demon begins stalking John's town and killing in order to survive, John is determined to stop it regardless of the consequences.
The pit and the Pendulum, the Tell-Tale Heart, the Purlioned Letter, the Oval Portrait, the Premature Burial, the Cask of Amontillado, the Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The Black Cat.
Presents abridged and adapted versions of twenty-one horror stories, including Charles Dickens' "The Signalman" and Edgar Allan Poe's the "Black Cat.".
Presents a brief, illustrated, biography of children's author R.L. Stine, providing information on his childhood, his education, and his writing career.
A collection of modern stories and traditional folk tales about ghosts and other spooky things by such authors as Margaret Mahy, Judith Gorog, and Virginia Hamilton.
