Do you like to be scared?
Ellen had just fallen asleep when she heard a strange voice.
Ellen, it whispered, I am coming up the stairs.
Ellen was frightened and called her parents, but they didn't hear her, and they didn't come. . . .
Welcome to the frightening world of Scary Stories, a collection of folklorist Alvin Schwartz's most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time, with spine-tingling illustrations by renowned artist Brett Helquist.
