The complete Horowitz horror

Format:

Book

Title:

The complete Horowitz horror

Other title(s):

Horowitz horror

Uniform Title:

Horowitz horror

Author:

Horowitz, Anthony, 1955- author.

ISBN:

9780142411629

9781439557716

Publication Information:

New York, N.Y. : Puffin Books, 2008.

Physical Description:

432 pages ; 20 cm

General Note:

"Previously published as Horowitz horror and More Horowitz horror."

"Horowitz horror first published in Great Britain by Orchard Books Ltd, 1999. More Horowitz horror first published in Great Britain by Orchard Books Ltd, 2000"--Title page verso

Contents:

Bath night -- Killer camera -- Light moves -- The night bus -- Harriet's horrible dream -- Scared -- A career in computer games -- The man with the yellow face -- The monkey's ear -- The hitchhiker -- The sound of murder -- Burned -- Flight 715 -- Howard's end -- The elevator -- The phone goes dead -- Twist cottage -- The shortest horror story ever written.

Summary:

Ever thought a bathtub could drive you to want to kill? How about a restaurant that's famous for serving up the rarest and most spoiled little girls, or a bully who is transformed into a real scarecrow? Who would guess that ordinary objects could turn out to be evil, such as a murdering camera, or a cell phone that communicates with the dead? Whether it's an elevator full of hungry cannibals or a haunted cottage with a terrifying curse, this collection of master storyteller Anthony Horowitz's wicked and unusual tales promises to send chills down your spine.

Subject(s):

Horror tales, English.

Children's stories, English.

Genre:

Added Author:

Horowitz, Anthony, 1955- More Horowitz horror.

Added Title:

More Horowitz horror.

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Stayton Public Library	TEEN HOROWITZ	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

New York Times Bestseller Anthony Horowitz's horror collections, now in one volume!

Welcome to a world where everything seems normal. At least, at first. But the sinister and truly terrifying lurk just beneath the surface. Like a bathtub with a history so haunted, no one dares get in it, or an ordinary-looking camera that does unspeakable things to its subjects, or an elevator filled with cannibals just waiting for their next victim to walk in.This wicked collection of eighteen macabre tales combining both Horowitz Horror and More Horowitz Horror will send shivers up your spine.

Author Notes

Author and television scriptwriter Anthony Horowitz was born in Stanmore, England on April 5, 1956. At the age of eight, he was sent to a boarding school in London. He graduated from the University of York and published his first book, Enter Frederick K. Bower (1979), when he was 23. He writes mostly children's books, including the Alex Rider series, The Power of Five series, and the Diamond Brothers series.

The Alex Rider series is about a 14-year-old boy becoming a spy and was made into a movie entitled Stormbreaker. He has won numerous awards including the 1989 Lancashire Children's Book of the Year Award for Groosham Grange and the 2003 Red House Children's Book Award for Skeleton Key. He also writes novels for adults including The Killing Joke and The Magpie Murders. He has created Foyle's War and Midsomer Murders for television as well as written episodes for Poirot and Murder Most Horrid. He made The New York Times Best Seller list with his titles The House of Silk Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin and Moriarity.Most recently he was commissioned by the Ian Fleming Estate to write the James Bond novel Trigger Mortis. Anthony was awarded an OBE for his services to literature in January 2014.

(Bowker Author Biography)