Spooky Texas Tales

by Tingle, Tim

• ISBN13: 9780896725652
• ISBN10: 0896725650
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-05
• Publisher: Texas Tech Univ Pr

Summary

A beady-eyed varmint crawls through the floor of a lonely old man's cabin. A boy spends the night in a haunted house, complete with a grinning skeleton in the chimney. A girl foolishly taunts a giant owl-woman. A young man's prom date has a spooky secret. The Hairy Man will catch you--unless you can fool him three times. Graveyard ghosts and creatures from swamps and riverbanks slink through ten creepy tales presented by master storytellers Tim Tingle and Doc Moore. Guaranteed to send shivers down the spines of younger readers, each of these stories comes with its own eerie illustrations. Some humorous, some haunting, these tales guarantee thrills and chills for youngsters from any state.

Table of Contents

Tailybone	1	(8)
A beady-eyed varmint crawls through the floor of a lonely old man's cabin. The old man chops off the intruder's tail, but the varmint wants it back
The Golden Arm	9	(10)
A mysterious young woman dazzles her husband with her arm, her Golden Arm
The Hairy Man	19	(10)
Young Wiley always minds his mama, and he'd better. She's the best conjuring woman in the county and his only hope against the Hairy Man
Prom Queen	29	(9)
Without a date on prom night, a young man finds a beautiful girl on a deserted road. She is dressed for the prom
Milk for Baby	38	(7)
A young woman appears at a small grocery store in Graham, Texas. Her request is commonplace, but her residence is not
Don't Fall in My Chili	45	(7)
Jack spends the night in a haunted house. No one tells him about the skeleton in the chimney
Knock! Knock!	52	(6)
While a hurricane blows, a Cajun grandmother warns her grandson of a floating coffin and the perils of being stingy
Little Eight John	58	(5)
In this popular slave narrative, Little Eight John is mean as the dickens. Meaner still is Raw Head and Bloody Bones
He Came from the Grave	63	(14)
At an all-night backyard sleepover, a young girl accepts a dare. She seeks---and finds---the grave of the city's cruelest man
La Lechuza	77
An owl-like creature appears and terrifies a girl and her grandmother near Pleasanton, Texas