Origins - Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Welcome to My Nightmares...

My horrors began in books as I stated previously... before it moved onto movies it began with simple childhood fears... like the dark... or more appropriately In A Dark, Dark Room by Alvin Schwartz. At

was only mildly scary... weaving classic yarns like The Green Ribbon, The Pirate, Teeth and In The Graveyard for young minds to be afraid of...
but his next 3 books were the stuff of nightmares quite literally as they fueled mine for years to come.

The Original Trilogy of Terror

The illustrations by Stephen Gammell are terrifying to say the least, to call them Boschian would be an understatement and they look like something of a fucked up lovechild from HP Lovecraft and HR Giger.
I remember they were so controversial they stirred the local news to do a story and the school library threatened to pull them for the trouble they caused. Now they have been re-issued and de-fanged with new, more tame artwork... they are depriving the younger generations of more much-needed horror fuel... like this

have a listen to the audiobook version of the first Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark:

More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (my first encounter with this trilogy of terror):

...and the final installment Scary Stories 3: More Tales To Chill Your Bones

Now if those stories or images weren't enough to give you the willies as a kid then perhaps now they can!
 

BOO!