Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

"I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes"

October 21, 2017, 11:06 PM

RAMIUS

Tell them in the dark...read them in the light.

October 21, 2017, 11:15 PM

radioman

can you quote some passages?

October 21, 2017, 11:56 PM

shiftyvtec

Seeing those covers bring back memories. I had all 3 of those books. I don't remember them being that scary however. I was probably about 10 - 11 when I bought those at school.

October 22, 2017, 12:22 AM

tgtshuter

The thread title made me think of one of my favorite episodes of The Andy Griffith Show.

Where Andy takes Opie and his friends on a camping trip, with Barney and Gomer.
Andy is telling a scary campfire story...

October 22, 2017, 01:05 AM

Rightwire

... and then Hillary ascended the podium to be sworn in.

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October 22, 2017, 01:58 AM

egregore

Are they better than Goosebumps?

October 22, 2017, 07:04 AM

Fredward

My girls loved those books.

October 22, 2017, 08:56 AM

flesheatingvirus

I still have those books. Remember the Hearse Song?

Awesome!

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-- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. --

October 22, 2017, 08:59 AM

flesheatingvirus

quote:
Originally posted by egregore:
Are they better than Goosebumps?

I still have all of those, too. SSTTITD was a collection of short stories. Goosebumps was a series where each book was a single story. In my opinion, Goosebumps tended to swing a bit more towards the fun type of scary as opposed to the give-you-nightmares scary.

October 22, 2017, 07:11 PM

wrightd

yea, my girls read Goosebumps too. Good memory.

October 22, 2017, 07:13 PM

Phantom229

The one about the little black dog and the one with the horse that would kill it's owner, scared the shit out of me. So much so that I still remember the stories to this day.

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October 22, 2017, 07:30 PM

Aeteocles

I still check the back seat of my car because of that book.

October 22, 2017, 09:14 PM

RAMIUS

The weird creepy illustrations that went along with the stories were absolutely haunting and still stick with me to this day.

October 22, 2017, 09:15 PM

RAMIUS

quote:
Originally posted by flesheatingvirus:
I still have those books. Remember the Hearse Song?

Awesome!

This one?

Hearse Song

Don’t ever laugh when a hearse goes by,
You just might be the next to die
They’ll wrap you in a big white sheet
From your head down to your feet.
They’ll throw you in a big black box
And fill your grave with dirt and rocks.
And there you’ll lie for about a week,
Until your coffin springs a leak.
The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out,
The worms play pinochle on your snout.
They’ll eat your ears, they’ll eat your nose,
They’ll gobble your fingers and your toes.
But then a great big rat will come
Crawl in your mouth and out your bum.
Your skin will turn a sickly blue,
Your brains will melt and turn to goo
You spread them on a slice of bread,
And that’s what you eat when you are dead.