Raziaar
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I'm trying to, but can't for the life of me remember the name of this scary book. It might even be two scary books. I want to get the book if possible as a nostalgic trip into my childhood... to read this halloween.
Spoilers are below, so if you'd rather just wait for the answer to the name of the book, don't read the rest of my post.
A few of the scenes i'm reminded of, are this girl who wears a scarf... eventually when it is removed her head falls off.
Another short story in it is this girl who gets bit by a spider, and the red spot where she was bitten grows larger and larger, eventually it bursts and hundreds of tiny spiders crawl out onto her face and all over.
Then another of the stories(might be part of a different book), is these two guys who break into this house or whatever, and have flashlights... and they encounter this ghost dog of sorts, sort of dead and torn up.
Then the last story I remember, and the one that scared me the most as a child reading it, was the story of "Harold", if that is how it is spelled. He would rock up and down on the roof of this house, and hold up a human skin to dry. The exact details elude me...
Please help! I want to read this book during my halloween.
EDIT: Are these them? Did I find them?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Schwartz_(children's_author)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scary_Stories
I think I only found one series of the books... and the other one is something completely different.
Spoilers are below, so if you'd rather just wait for the answer to the name of the book, don't read the rest of my post.
A few of the scenes i'm reminded of, are this girl who wears a scarf... eventually when it is removed her head falls off.
Another short story in it is this girl who gets bit by a spider, and the red spot where she was bitten grows larger and larger, eventually it bursts and hundreds of tiny spiders crawl out onto her face and all over.
Then another of the stories(might be part of a different book), is these two guys who break into this house or whatever, and have flashlights... and they encounter this ghost dog of sorts, sort of dead and torn up.
Then the last story I remember, and the one that scared me the most as a child reading it, was the story of "Harold", if that is how it is spelled. He would rock up and down on the roof of this house, and hold up a human skin to dry. The exact details elude me...
Please help! I want to read this book during my halloween.
EDIT: Are these them? Did I find them?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Schwartz_(children's_author)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scary_Stories
I think I only found one series of the books... and the other one is something completely different.