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Stories to Keep You Alive Despite Vampires
By (Author) Ben Acker
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
20th September 2023
Reprint
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Fantasy
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Mysteries and the unexplained
Paperback
192
Width 130mm, Height 194mm, Spine 15mm
120g
This fourth wallbreaking middle grade collection of spooky, scary, and spoopy stories for fans of Lemony Snicket and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark might just help you survive the night in a house full of vampires.
If you are reading this book, then you must be trapped in that spooky house with those vampires. Sorry about that.
But! You might just make it out if you manage to tell them one scary story each night in accordance with standard vampire rules. Dont know any scary stories Good thing you found this book! Every tale in this tome is truemore or less (more more than less).
You get a little bit of everything in this monster mash: from hitchhiking phantoms to women in white, a carnivore beast that loves a good vacation to a haunted mannequin with a bug problem, killer phones, concerned werewolves, you name it. Everything you need to keep those vampires on the edge of their seatsand well away from your neck.
But bewaredont get too comfortable. Names have power, and if you whisper about too many things in the dark, they might just hear you.
"Offering unexpected twists on established tropes, this collection will delight horror fans." -- -Kirkus Reviews * 11/1/2022 *
Ben Acker is best known as the cocreator and writer ofThe Thrilling Adventure Hour, a monthly comedic variety stage show and podcast in the style of old-timey radio. That would have been enough. Acker has written for television, comic books, and actual radio. Stories to Keep You Alive Despite Vampires is his first book about defeating vampires with the power of storytelling.