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.