E-Books: The Mammoth Book of HAUNTED HOUSE STORIES
By Elizabeth Albright and Ray Bradbury
Edited by Peter Haining
This little tale was written to mark Hallowe'en 1999: the last of the twentieth century, but surely not the last to be celebrated. It marks the first appearance in print for eight-year-old Elizabeth and is Ray Bradbury's first collaboration in a career that spans sixty years. Where one writer finished and the other began is a secret - just like the enduring mystery of haunted houses . . .
By Elizabeth Albright and Ray Bradbury
Edited by Peter Haining
This little tale was written to mark Hallowe'en 1999: the last of the twentieth century, but surely not the last to be celebrated. It marks the first appearance in print for eight-year-old Elizabeth and is Ray Bradbury's first collaboration in a career that spans sixty years. Where one writer finished and the other began is a secret - just like the enduring mystery of haunted houses . . .
Once there was a haunted house where ghosts and goblins lived.
Also The Headless Horseman - Ichabod's ghost - and eerie Jack O'Lanterns.
On the night of Hallowe'en, five kids went to the house.
They had never seen it before.
One of the kids said, "Let's go to the door."
Another kid said, "No! It looks like it is haunted."
The kid who wanted to go in said, "Whoever is with me, say 'I' "
No-one said "I" because they were all scared.
The brave kid said, "Fine. I'll go by myself."
So he went to the door. It opened slowly, but no-one was there.
"I'm here" said a voice, "but you can't see me!"
"Who are you?" the kids cried.
"I am the man from that famous poem,
'Last night I saw upon the stair
A little man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today,
My Gosh, I wish he'd go away.'"
"So you were never here?" the kids cried.
"Never and never will be!" said the voice.
"Nice to meet you!" said the kids.
"Even if we really didn't!" said the voice.
"Goodbye!" said the kids.
"Hello," said the voice.
And the door shut.
Also The Headless Horseman - Ichabod's ghost - and eerie Jack O'Lanterns.
On the night of Hallowe'en, five kids went to the house.
They had never seen it before.
One of the kids said, "Let's go to the door."
Another kid said, "No! It looks like it is haunted."
The kid who wanted to go in said, "Whoever is with me, say 'I' "
No-one said "I" because they were all scared.
The brave kid said, "Fine. I'll go by myself."
So he went to the door. It opened slowly, but no-one was there.
"I'm here" said a voice, "but you can't see me!"
"Who are you?" the kids cried.
"I am the man from that famous poem,
'Last night I saw upon the stair
A little man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today,
My Gosh, I wish he'd go away.'"
"So you were never here?" the kids cried.
"Never and never will be!" said the voice.
"Nice to meet you!" said the kids.
"Even if we really didn't!" said the voice.
"Goodbye!" said the kids.
"Hello," said the voice.
And the door shut.
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