When I was little my kindergarten teacher read this story to us after lunch for our Halloween party and she ignited my love of the holiday. It's not actually a Halloween story but it always gets me in the season.
http://www.amazon.com/Tailypo-Ghost-Sto ... 0395300843
Free Version
http://www.scaryforkids.com/tailypo/
Any scary children's books/stories you love?
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Tailypo - And other kid stuff.
'All the water's dead. All of it. And the taps don't work either.'
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Oh WOW!! I haven't thought about that book for twenty years!!! I had that when I was little, and my mother used to read it to my brothers and me all the time!! The bit at the end when there's nothing left of the house but the chimney...wow! Thanks for the link... I've got to get a copy.
Paul Galdone... We also had a book called The Monster and the Tailor about a tailor who had to stitch a pair of trousers in a graveyard, while a giant monster crawled out of the ground. Did you have that one?
Paul Galdone... We also had a book called The Monster and the Tailor about a tailor who had to stitch a pair of trousers in a graveyard, while a giant monster crawled out of the ground. Did you have that one?
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No but I read it 
I spent a lot of time as a kid in the library looking up halloween and ghost story books.
I spent a lot of time as a kid in the library looking up halloween and ghost story books.'All the water's dead. All of it. And the taps don't work either.'
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So did I, but I was always more into monsters than ghosts, especially the Daniel Cohen books (he wrote a good bit on both). One of my earliest conscious memories was checking a book about the Loch Ness monster out of the library; a few years back, I bought a copy of the same book off of ebay.
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You had me at 'Halloween'!Ciuin wrote:No but I read it
It's good to know that there are others such as myself out there, y'all complete me!
All you that doth my grave pass by,
As you are now so once was I,
As I am now so you must be,
Prepare for death & follow me.
As you are now so once was I,
As I am now so you must be,
Prepare for death & follow me.
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Andy, are you secretly a nerd as well?
'All the water's dead. All of it. And the taps don't work either.'
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Andy isn't secretive about it.
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Scary Stories - to Tell in the Dark
I think I actually stole some pages from this book. (Literally, I tore them out and hid them in my backpack, then stuffed the book in the religious non-fiction) I liked it for the art as much as the stories.
http://www.amazon.com/Scary-Stories-Tel ... pd_sim_b_4
Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings was another one I really liked.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Young-Oxford-Bo ... 0192781588
Although I was 16 and not actually a 'kid' when I picked it up in England, I really liked it.
I think I actually stole some pages from this book. (Literally, I tore them out and hid them in my backpack, then stuffed the book in the religious non-fiction) I liked it for the art as much as the stories.
http://www.amazon.com/Scary-Stories-Tel ... pd_sim_b_4
Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings was another one I really liked.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Young-Oxford-Bo ... 0192781588
Although I was 16 and not actually a 'kid' when I picked it up in England, I really liked it.
'All the water's dead. All of it. And the taps don't work either.'
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MacPhantom wrote:Andy isn't secretive about it.
He pretty much wears it on his sleeve...as dos Spooky and his Star Wars stuff but I think we are all pretty much Halloween nerds...my favorite book as a kid was a ghost story called "Georgie" and I read it to my kids now.
They say that life's a carousel
Spinning fast, you've got to ride it well
The world is full of kings and queens
Who blind your eyes and steal your dreams
Its heaven and hell, oh well
I am Vengeance...I am the Night!
I swear to God...[Batman]SWEAR to Me!!
Spinning fast, you've got to ride it well
The world is full of kings and queens
Who blind your eyes and steal your dreams
Its heaven and hell, oh well
I am Vengeance...I am the Night!
I swear to God...[Batman]SWEAR to Me!!
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oh yeah, I'm totally a nerd, I admit it....but, I'm a cute nerd 
http://theyard.netii.net/
"You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar but if you pull their wings off they'll eat whatever you give them!"
"You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar but if you pull their wings off they'll eat whatever you give them!"
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Spookymufu wrote:oh yeah, I'm totally a nerd, I admit it....but, I'm a cute nerd
I see no evidence of that.
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He posted his picture on the Photo thread quite awhile ago...
I posted mine but I'm told I look like a psycho or a dead fat wrestler
I posted mine but I'm told I look like a psycho or a dead fat wrestler
They say that life's a carousel
Spinning fast, you've got to ride it well
The world is full of kings and queens
Who blind your eyes and steal your dreams
Its heaven and hell, oh well
I am Vengeance...I am the Night!
I swear to God...[Batman]SWEAR to Me!!
Spinning fast, you've got to ride it well
The world is full of kings and queens
Who blind your eyes and steal your dreams
Its heaven and hell, oh well
I am Vengeance...I am the Night!
I swear to God...[Batman]SWEAR to Me!!
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no really, I am a nerd...Ciuin wrote:Spookymufu wrote:oh yeah, I'm totally a nerd, I admit it....but, I'm a cute nerd
I see no evidence of that.
http://theyard.netii.net/
"You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar but if you pull their wings off they'll eat whatever you give them!"
"You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar but if you pull their wings off they'll eat whatever you give them!"
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LMAO!!! that was funny!Midnite Shadow wrote:He posted his picture on the Photo thread quite awhile ago...
I posted mine but I'm told I look like a psycho or a dead fat wrestler
http://theyard.netii.net/
"You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar but if you pull their wings off they'll eat whatever you give them!"
"You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar but if you pull their wings off they'll eat whatever you give them!"
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Spookymufu wrote:LMAO!!! that was funny!Midnite Shadow wrote:He posted his picture on the Photo thread quite awhile ago...
I posted mine but I'm told I look like a psycho or a dead fat wrestler
Yeah...I have to admit I got a huge chuckle out of that too...I know Listeningeyes was being sincere in what she said and meant it in a good way but no one had ever told me I looked like a psycho before...hilarious
They say that life's a carousel
Spinning fast, you've got to ride it well
The world is full of kings and queens
Who blind your eyes and steal your dreams
Its heaven and hell, oh well
I am Vengeance...I am the Night!
I swear to God...[Batman]SWEAR to Me!!
Spinning fast, you've got to ride it well
The world is full of kings and queens
Who blind your eyes and steal your dreams
Its heaven and hell, oh well
I am Vengeance...I am the Night!
I swear to God...[Batman]SWEAR to Me!!