Out to Get You

Written by Josh Allen · Illustrated by Sarah J. Coleman

Thirteen tales reveal sinister secrets lurking in everyday life.

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176 pages

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In thirteen chilling stories, ordinary kids in ordinary towns face unexpected horrors. From a menacing kitten to a taunting street sign, the familiar turns frightening. As shadows come alive, these tales uncover the darkness hidden in plain sight. Will you dare to discover the sinister secrets lurking around every corner?

From the publisher

Thirteen ordinary kids. Thirteen ordinary towns. Danger lurks around every corner!

“Wonderful and weird, compelling and unsettling.” - Gary Schmidt, two-time Newbery Honor author

Get ready for a collection of thirteen short stories that will chill your bones, tingle your spine, and scare your pants off. Debut author Josh Allen masterfully concocts horror in the most innocent places, like R.L. Stine meets a modern Edgar Allan Poe. A stray kitten turns into a threatening follower. The street sign down the block starts taunting you. Even your own shadow is out to get you! Spooky things love hiding in plain sight.

The everyday world is full of sinister secrets and these page-turning stories show that there’s darkness even where you least expect it. Readers will sleep with one eye open. . . .

A glow-in-the-dark cover and thirteen eerie full-page illustrations by award-winning artist Sarah J. Coleman accompany the tales in this frightful mashup that reads like a contemporary Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

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