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favorite ghost story?

Oct 25, 2009 22:14

Do you have a favorite short scary story that would be easy for me to find in the next week? My 8th grade writing club meets the day before Halloween, so of course we're going to write ghost stories. I want to set the scene by reading one (by candlelight in a library study room -- don't tell my boss).

Any suggestions?

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Comments 6

ruthling October 26 2009, 10:31:46 UTC

Hawthorne actually wrote a couple that were pretty creepy.

halo October 26 2009, 13:53:20 UTC

"The Cask of Amontillado" is my favorite!

fairdice October 27 2009, 02:17:21 UTC

For the love of God, Montresor!

martini_corona October 26 2009, 17:29:39 UTC

Neither of these is a short story, but I have fond memories of the following children's books:

Voices after Midnight by Richard Peck
http://www.amazon.com/Voices-after-Midnight-Richard-Peck/dp/0440403782

Wait 'til Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn
http://www.amazon.com/Wait-Till-Helen-Comes-Camelot/dp/0380704420

They're for younger readers, but they hold up, as I recall.

anonymous October 26 2009, 20:59:53 UTC

There's room for one more- 3 minute scary stories might be the book?

chieur October 28 2009, 15:05:59 UTC

I can only think of things that are wildly inappropriate. "The Depressed Person" by DFW, which is scary only in the most existential sense. Or Jorge Luis Borges's "The Circular Ruins," which is actually scary, but also a Borges story, and therefore quite probably a bit too grown up for your 8th-graders. But you should read both for yourself!