Don’t Turn Out the Lights Audiobook By Jonathan Maberry - editor, Amy Lukavics, Barry Lyga, Brendan Reichs, Brenna Yovanoff, Christopher Golden, Courtney Alameda, D. J. MacHale, Josh Malerman, Kami Garcia, Madeleine Roux, Margaret Stohl, Michael Northrop, Micol Ostow, R. L. Stine cover art

Don’t Turn Out the Lights

A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

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Don’t Turn Out the Lights

By: Jonathan Maberry - editor, Amy Lukavics, Barry Lyga, Brendan Reichs, Brenna Yovanoff, Christopher Golden, Courtney Alameda, D. J. MacHale, Josh Malerman, Kami Garcia, Madeleine Roux, Margaret Stohl, Michael Northrop, Micol Ostow, R. L. Stine
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Featuring stories from R.L. Stine and Madeleine Roux, this middle-grade horror anthology, curated by New York Times best-selling author and master of macabre Jonathan Maberry, is a chilling tribute to Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

Flesh-hungry ogres? Brains full of spiders? Haunted houses you can’t escape? This collection of 35 terrifying stories from the Horror Writers Association has it all, including ghastly illustrations from Iris Compiet that will absolutely chill listeners to the bone.

So turn off your lamps, click on your flashlights, and prepare - if you dare - to be utterly spooked!

The complete list of writers: Linda D. Addison, Courtney Alameda, Jonathan Auxier, Gary A. Braunbeck, Z Brewer, Aric Cushing, John Dixon, Tananarive Due, Jamie Ford, Kami Garcia, Christopher Golden, Tonya Hurley, Catherine Jordan, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Alethea Kontis, N.R. Lambert, Laurent Linn, Amy Lukavics, Barry Lyga, D.J. MacHale, Josh Malerman, James A. Moore, Michael Northrop, Micol Ostow, Joanna Parypinksi, Brendan Reichs, Madeleine Roux, R.L. Stine, Margaret Stohl, Gaby Triana, Luis Alberto Urrea, Rosario Urrea, Kim Ventrella, Sheri White, T.J. Wooldridge, Brenna Yovanoff.

©2020 Jonathan Maberry (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers Anthologies & Short Stories Fantasy Fantasy & Magic Fiction Literature & Fiction Paranormal & Supernatural Scary Stories Science Fiction & Fantasy Scary Paranormal Short Story Kids Horror
Scary Stories • Creepy Atmosphere • Excellent Narration • Tribute Collection • Unique Story Flavors
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This was the perfect book to kick off the spooky season! Such creepy stories all told in honor of Schwartz's classic collection that is still one of my all time favorites.

Spooky Goodness!

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There is something to say when scary stories meant for children give an adult the chills. This is full of those kind of stories. This book is worth more than money. It holds age old traditions of mystery, things that go bump in the night, and allowing the reader/Listener's imagination go wild.

Scary good fun!

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Stories without mentions of tech and social media are pretty good, but god does it grind on you when you hear mention of a character being a SoundCloud rapper and "pixigram." I couldn't stand the thing after that point

Pretty good sometimes

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some were great, some not so much . I liked the lot overall. would recommend for being a free option

decent short stories to pass the time

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An excellent tribute for the author of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Each story, while unique and with its own flavor, is told in the same spirit by excellent narrators. I would definitely recommend this collection to fans of other short scary story collections.

Loved It

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I really enjoyed all these stories. Reminds me a lot when I was growing up. Had that same Nostalgia. Both narrators did a great job.

awesome!

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I know this is a kid’s book, but I throughly enjoyed listening to this during my daily lunch break. I highly recommend for adults who want to give their brain a rest sitting in your car, eating your lunch and just listening!

Great lunch time listen

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I loved the Scary Stories books as a kid and this is an awesome collection very much in the same spirit as those classics. The stories are very scary for kids and creepy for adults. I’m a huge horror fan and this is definitely going in my collection of favorites.

Wonderful Tribute

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My sister and I grew up reading the scary stories to tell in the dark books to each other. As an adult, she ended up giving me the collection for Christmas about 20 years ago and I still have the books in my nightstand.
This collection of short stories held me. I especially enjoyed The Neighbor and The Tall Ones. I recommend this book for kids and adults alike.

What an excellent tribute to Schwartz!

Final note, LOVE Adam Verners narration. Kinda wish he would have read the entire book.

Great even for "big kids"!

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Stories – 4.5/5

Narration – 5/5

“Don’t Turn Off the Lights” edited by Jonathan Mayberry is “A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” as told by a number of select authors of Horror.

The stories are all pretty good, but you have to remember that these are intended for Middle Graders, so nothing really heavy. A few of the stories and one poem gave even me a creepy feeling, though.

It’s nice to see that these authors can write a story that depends on plot and atmosphere, and not entirely on the gag factor.

Recommendation – it’s a fun read and if you can see still through the eyes of a child, then you might like this.

A Nice Change From the Heavier Stuff

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