Mystifying: Sinister Stories of the

Just in time for the spooky season, this collection of nineteen stories is full of mysterious circumstances and spine-tingling plot twists. Edited by one of the greats of children's literature and including stories by such masterful authors as Ursula Le Guin, Joan Aiken, Diana Wynne Jones, and Agatha Christie, this collection is just the thing to get readers' pulses racing.

Helen Cresswell (1934-2005) was the award-winning author of more than one hundred books for children. In addition she adapted numerous children’s books for stage and screen. She was the recipient of the BAFTA Children’s Writer’s Award and a five-time nominee for the Carnegie Medal.

THE GREEN ARCHES by Joan AikenTHE AZTEC OPAL by Rodrigues OttolenguiWUTHERING HEIGHTS (an excerpt) by Emily BronteTHE GIRL WHO KISSED THE PEACH TREE (an Italian folktale) by Elenor FarjeonTHE THING IN THE POND by Paul ErnstSMART ICE CREAM by Paul JenningsTHE PELICAN by Ann PillingTHE ADVENTURES OF JOHNNIE WAVERLY by Agatha ChristieTHE TOWER by Carl JungTHE SCYTHE by Ray BradburyA SEA ABOVE THE SKY by Thomas WrightA VINE ON A HOUSE by Ambrose BierceTHE MASTER by Diana Wynne JonesKING ARTHUR (an excerpt) by Sir Thomas MaloryTHE WHISPERER by Viien AlcockTEXTS by Ursula Le GuinTHE SKY SEA by Helen CresswellTHE ADVENTURE OF THE SUSSEX VAMPIRE by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleTHE BEWITCHED JACKET by Dino Buzzati

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Mystifying: Sinister Stories of the Unexplained

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