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Ghostly, Ghastly Tales
Frights to Tell at Night Series
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Ghostly, Ghastly Tales by Teo Skaffa and Anastasia Garcia is jam-packed with spine-tingling tales and haunting illustrations, inspired by cultures from around the world. Read them before bedtime or share them to spook your friends — if you dare! Each tale in this magical collection pulls...
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See more"Each tale in this magical collection pulls you into a dark world of contemporary stories based on myths and legends from around the world. Haunted battlefields? Talking heads? Ghosts? Nefarious creatures in the night? Read all about spooky field trips, ghostly omens, cautionary tales, and more."--
Jam-packed with spine-tingling tales and haunting illustrations, this collection is inspired by cultures from around the world. Read them before bedtime or share them to spook your friends--if you dare!
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Description
Ghostly, Ghastly Tales by Teo Skaffa and Anastasia Garcia is jam-packed with spine-tingling tales and haunting illustrations, inspired by cultures from around the world. Read them before bedtime or share them to spook your friends — if you dare!
Each tale in this magical collection pulls you into a dark world of contemporary stories based on myths and legends from across the globe. Haunted battlefields? Talking heads? Ghosts? Nefarious creatures in the night? Discover the thrills of spooky field trips, ghostly omens, and cautionary tales.
This collection features stories inspired by folklore from Nigeria, the Philippines, the Caribbean, Iceland, England, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Ancient Egypt, Germany, Mexico, and the American South.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781423664925
Publisher: Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 08 August 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Illustration: Colour illustrations throughout
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 184.0mm
Height: 248.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 192
About the Author
Originally from Texas, Anastasia Garcia is a Mexican-American writer of horror and speculative fiction. Anastasia’s short fiction appears in online publications like Corvid Queen and Mixed Mag, in podcasts like Lunatics Radio Hour, and in print anthologies like Weird Horror from Flame Tree Press, The Deep from Ghost Orchid Press, and Shadow Atlas: Dark Landscapes of the Americas from Hex Publishers. In her free time, Anastasia reads 50 books a year and runs an all-women New York City book club called Fiction Addiction with over 2,000 members.?She currently lives on Long Island.
Follow her writing journey on Instagram at @anastasiawrites, on Twitter @agarcia_writes, or at her website anastasiawrites.com.
Teo Skaffa has lived in many places but currently lives in Istanbul. He grew up in a small town in the Netherlands you’ve probably never heard of. He uses simple shapes filled with texture and detail to tell a story and is grateful that he’s able to make a living by drawing, especially since he’s not particularly good at anything else.
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