A group of girls give their gym teacher a dose of her own medicine, a boy plots the perfect murder of his 'perfect' parent, a boy falls for a girl so beautiful she's to die for, and ten more tales of doom from David Lubar.David Lubar opens by saying "This is not a book for children," but honestly I think this would be a pretty good read for horror fans of many ages. Sure it has a good amount of death, dismemberment, and murderous teens, but the carnage and gore is kept to a nice minimum. It makes for a nice alternative to the likes of Charlie Higson and Darren Shan's hyper-gory scare fests. I love all the guts and grime of their books, but its nice to have creepy alternatives that don't get so vivid about viscera. It reminds me of a modern update to the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series (J 398.25 SCHWARTZ), which is my gold standard for creepy! The stories are almost all very quick. Just long enough to set a mood and pull off a fun or sick or shocking (or a combination of the three) twist and end strong. But he's really good at pacing the longer stories, so they are just as compelling as the quick ones. His writing is super simple and very easy to read, which works very well for the type of page turning, look over your shoulder, goosebump raising stories he's writing. A really fun and classically creepy read for the horror fans from casual to serious.
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