A collection of thirty-six eerie, mysterious, intriguing, and very short short stories presented by the cabinet's esteemed curators, otherwise known as acclaimed authors Stefan Bachmann, Katherine Catmull, Claire LeGrand, and Emma Trevayne. Perfect for fans of Alvin Schwartz and anyone who relishes a good creepy read-alone or read-aloud story. Features an introduction and commentary by the curators, and illustrations and decorations throughout. Fairy cakes / by Emma Trevayne—The cake made out of teeth / by Claire Legrand—The other house / by Stefan Bachmann—The wolf inside / by Katherine Catmull—Motherhood / by Stefan Bachmann—The graveyard of hearts / by Emma Trevayne—Dark valentine / by Katherine Catmull—Red shoes and doll parts / by Claire Legrand—Footprints / by Emma Trevayne—The tin man's price / by Claire Legrand—Johnny knockers / by Stefan Bachmann—The circus / by Emma Trevayne—Lucky, lucky girl / by Katherine Catmull—Just a little graveyard game / by Claire Legrand—Transcript: information provided by an eleven-year-old male, two weeks after the incident / by Katherine Catmull—Quicksilver and the stranger / by Claire Legrand—Plum boy and the dead man / by Stefan Bachmann—Generously donated by / by Emma Trevayne—The hive / by Stefan Bachmann—The iron rose / by Katherine Catmull—The garden full of bad things / by Claire Legrand—Mabel Mavelia / by Stefan Bachmann—Mirror, mirror / by Claire Legrand—The trouble with the ghoul / by Stefan Bachmann—Clickety-clack / by Emma Trevayne—Red raging sun / by Katherine Catmull—Tale of two towns / by Stefan Bachmann—Rhapsody in doom / by Claire Legrand—Wayward sons and windblown daughters / by Stefan Bachmann—Spidersong / by Emma Trevayne—The talent of the howl / by Katherine Catmull—The book of bones / by Emma Trevayne—The shoes that were danced to pieces / by Katherine Catmull—The sandman cometh / by Claire Legrand—Jack Shadow / by Emma Trevayne—The storyteller's shadows / by Katherine Catmull
Authors
Stefan Bachmann was born in Colorado and spent of most of his childhood in Switzerland, where he graduated from the Zürich University of Arts with degrees in musical composition and theory. He's lived in Tokyo, Prague, and Berlin, and now divides his time between Zürich and a small town on the Dutch border. He's the author of several books for young readers, including his debut, THE PECULIAR, which was an international bestseller, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, and was translated into eight languages. His latest book, CINDERS AND SPARROWS is a Bank Street Best Book of the Year and a Golden Dome Award finalist. His other books have been named a VOYA Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, a New York Times Editor's Choice, a New York Public Library's 100 titles for reading and sharing, and have been selected multiple times for the Junior Library Guild. website | insta | blog | twitter (Note about my reviews: I use Goodreads to keep track of the books I read, and to rave about books I love. Not rating a book doesn't mean I *didn't* love it, but five stars - which is pretty much the only rating I use - means I really, really did.)
Stefan Bachmann was born in Colorado and spent of most of his childhood in Switzerland, where he graduated from the Zürich University of Arts with degrees in musical composition and theory. He's lived in Tokyo, Prague, and Berlin, and now divides his time between Zürich and a small town on the Dutch border. He's the author of several books for young readers, including his debut, THE PECULIAR, which was an international bestseller, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, and was translated into eight languages. His latest book, CINDERS AND SPARROWS is a Bank Street Best Book of the Year and a Golden Dome Award finalist. His other books have been named a VOYA Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, a New York Times Editor's Choice, a New York Public Library's 100 titles for reading and sharing, and have been selected multiple times for the Junior Library Guild. website | insta | blog | twitter (Note about my reviews: I use Goodreads to keep track of the books I read, and to rave about books I love. Not rating a book doesn't mean I *didn't* love it, but five stars - which is pretty much the only rating I use - means I really, really did.)
Claire Legrand used to be a musician until she realized she couldn’t stop thinking about the stories in her head. Now she is a New York Times bestselling author of darkly magical books. Her first novel is THE CAVENDISH HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, one of the New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing in 2012. She is also the author of THE YEAR OF SHADOWS, a ghost story for middle grade readers; and WINTERSPELL, a young adult re-telling of The Nutcracker. SOME KIND OF HAPPINESS, her middle grade novel about mental illness, family secrets, and the power of storytelling, is a 2017 Edgar Award Nominee. Claire’s latest middle grade novel, FOXHEART, is a classic fantasy-adventure and a 2016 Junior Library Guild selection. The companion novel, THORNLIGHT, was a Kids' Indie Next Pick in 2021. She is one of the four authors behind THE CABINET OF CURIOSITIES, an anthology of dark middle grade short fiction that was a Junior Library Guild selection, a Bank Street Best Book, and among the New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing in 2014. Her bestselling Empirium Trilogy consists of epic fantasy novels FURYBORN, KINGSBANE, and LIGHTBRINGER. Her young adult horror novel SAWKILL GIRLS received five starred reviews. It was also a 2018 Bram Stoker Award finalist and a 2019 Lambda Literary Award finalist. Her latest novel, EXTASIA, is a young adult horror novel described as "The Handmaid's Tale meets The Craft" and was a Kids' Indie Next Pick. Her adult debut, book 1 of THE MIDDLEMIST TRILOGY, releases in spring 2023.
