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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Schwartz, Alvin.
More scary stories to tell in the dark.
Sequel to: Scary stories to tell in the dark. 1981.
Bibliography: p.
Summary: More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, “jump” stories, and scary songs.
Digital Edition APRIL 2019 ISBN: 978-0-06-268286-4
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-268285-7 (pbk.)
1. Ghost stories, American. 2. Tales, American. [1. Ghosts—Fiction. 2. Horror stories. 3. Folklore—United States] I. Gammell, Stephen, ill. II. Title.
PZ8.1.S399Mo 1984 83-049494
398.2’5
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1718192021PC/LSCH10987654321
Revised edition, 2017
“Something Was Wrong” and “The Bed by the Window” are adapted from the untitled stories on pages 275–76 and 288–89 of Try and Stop Me by Bennett Cerf. Copyright © 1944 by Bennett Cerf, renewal copyright © 1971 by Mrs. Bennett Cerf, Christopher Cerf, and Jonathan Cerf. Reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
“The Cat in a Shopping Bag” is adapted from untitled texts on pages 108 and 109 of The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings by Jan Harold Brunvand, by permission of W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. Copyright © 1981 by Jan Harold Brunvand.
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