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Summary: A Great Horror Read
Review: Collect Call I by Christopher Pike
Janie Adams and Caroline Spencer are rivals for the affections of Bobby Walker, the new guy in town. All three attend a party where Bobby gives Caroline a tape for her birthday. Janice ends up driving Caroline home. The two girls play the tape, which bares a single song "Black Walker". They get into a fight over Bobby causing an accident, takes Caroline's life. Then things get really weird....Lucinda by Lael Littke
Lucinda disappeared in the lake six years ago on graduation night after having a break-up fight with her boyfriend Brandon. Now Brandon has returned after much counseling to try to find her; but someone wants to send him back into madness. The Guiccioli Miniature by Jay Bennett
Jerry Moore, a college student in Venice buys a cursed miniature from a down on his luck fellow American. Blood Kiss by D.E. Athkins
Elizabeth Smith has fallen in love with Ken the new guy at school. Ken's different and the rumor is that he's a vampire. A Little Taste of Blood by Patricia Windsor
Louey reads a personal ad in the newspaper that pertains to something that happened to her long ago. She attends a meeting where the attendees make a suicide pact. Louey exits stage right then things get really weird.... The Doll by Carol Ellis
Abby's family moves into an old house where she discovers an antique doll in the attic, which she places it on a shelf in her room. Afterward things turn deadly for her friends and family. House of Horrors by J.B. Stamper
Mark gets tricked into spending the night in the haunted house where he works at a guide and discovers that not all the figures are wax. Where the Deer Are by Caroline B. Cooney
Someone always has to pay for the environmental damage humans do. The Spell by R.L. Stine
William is jealous of Marty, who's always ribbing him, so he learns hypnotism in order to exact his revenge. Dedicated to the One I Love by Diane Hoh
Richie was dating three friends at the same time. Because he was older than them, he instructed the girls to keep their relationship a secret because their parents wouldn't approve. When the three best friends compare notes, things turn deadly. Hacker by Sinclair Smith
Violet takes a computer class at her father's insistence and becomes embroiled in a murder case. Deathflash by A. Bates
Marissa can see the deathflash, as the soul leaves the body of the deceased she can also see IT, the evil soul-swallower. The Boy Next Door by Ellen Emerson White
Matt Wilson wants to commit a murder just to see what it feels like but gets a surprise from his chose victim. Collect Call II by Christopher Pike
This is a continuation of Collect Call I. Things get macabre as Bobby takes Caroline out for their first date and players her his song once again. Though all the stories were scary, Lucinda was my favorite in this anthology. Anthologies are a great way to discover new authors that a reader has never read before. I recommend take a long look at those folded with Thirteen's pages.
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Summary: "13 Tales of Horror by 13 Masters of Horror"
Review: For teen horror, this is pretty good; fans of horror in general will enjoy a couple of the stories. Here are the must reads, with comments: 'Collect Call': A weird one. (Pike's a wizard at chronicling the soft underbelly of the high school social scene.) The first part is better, but the second is necessary to completely understand the story.
'The Guccioli Miniature': One of the three stories in this collection which lacks a supernatural element; a crime story with a tragicomic twist.
'A Little Taste of Death': A genuinely original idea, imperfectly developed, but tantalizing nonetheless. Tasty.
'House of Horrors': This falls into the fairly narrow subgenre of wax-museum horrors (either the wax coming alive or the living turning to wax - I won't tell you which this is), but there're plenty of chills nonetheless.
'Deathflash': Another really original idea. The vague, eerie telling (which intentionally leaves a lot to the imagination), combined with the pseudoscientific premise, gives it a slightly Lovecraftian flavor, and the ending is only a little implausible. Of all the stories, the only one I really object to is 'The Spell' by R. L. Stine. He's written a lot of good stuff - his Goosebumps series shows him to excel at childrens' gross-out horror, and the Fear Street books at their best are as good as anything by Pike - but 'The Spell' is a sloppy, contrived, confusing mess, a sad addition to an otherwise appealing collection.
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Summary: A couple of must-reads; you can take or leave the rest
Review: For teen horror, this is pretty good; fans of horror in general will enjoy a couple of the stories. Here are the must reads, with comments: 'Collect Call': A weird one. (Pike's a wizard at chronicling the soft underbelly of the high school social scene.) The first part is better, but the second is necessary to completely understand the story.
'The Guccioli Miniature': One of the three stories in this collection which lacks a supernatural element; a crime story with a tragicomic twist.
'A Little Taste of Death': A genuinely original idea, imperfectly developed, but tantalizing nonetheless. Tasty.
'House of Horrors': This falls into the fairly narrow subgenre of wax-museum horrors (either the wax coming alive or the living turning to wax - I won't tell you which this is), but there're plenty of chills nonetheless.
'Deathflash': Another really original idea. The vague, eerie telling (which intentionally leaves a lot to the imagination), combined with the pseudoscientific premise, gives it a slightly Lovecraftian flavor, and the ending is only a little implausible. Of all the stories, the only one I really object to is 'The Spell' by R. L. Stine. He's written a lot of good stuff - his Goosebumps series shows him to excel at childrens' gross-out horror, and the Fear Street books at their best are as good as anything by Pike - but 'The Spell' is a sloppy, contrived, confusing mess, a sad addition to an otherwise appealing collection.
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Summary: Thirteen - Tales of Horror by Masters of Horror
Review: Good Book. I say that this book is a great way to find new authors. The stories of the book go both ways, from good to bad. Christopher Pike is a great author, with a beautiful way of writing, while D.E. Athkins, (in my opinion) is writing more for a little kid, than a young adult. Although your opinion will switch from story to story, this is a great instrument to gain new insight to authors you never would think of reading. I give this book 3 stars. I feel it could have more suspense and sometimes better writers. None the less, I feel it is a great 'light' book. You can use this book on a trip or just if you want to relax. The short stories are a great way of letting go for a little while. Sit back and enjoy
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Summary: I think this was a creative idea...
Review: I bought this book at a little used book store by my house, interested in checking it out for a long time. So, I got it and it's a month or two later, and I've read all the stories. (I think) Well, each story was pretty interesting, I must say that. Well, maybe not all of them. I dread all R.L. Stine novels, and his story bored the hell out of me, even though the idea was kinda cool. Christopher Pike wrote the most amazing story of that whole book. His talent is amazing, and he scared the hell out of me. Then there was "Deathflash," by A. Bates, which had the most radically stupid story of them all. She's not a bad writer, but that story was so odd. Same with Caroline Cooney's "Where the Deer Are." Soemthing about that story that I can't put my finger on didn't sit write with me. "Dedicated to the One I Love" by Diane Hoh was impressive, and it indeed scared me, unlike "The Train," one of her novels. "House of Horrors" by J.B. Stamper was another good one. "The Guiccioli Miniature" by Jay Bennett, who I never read anything of, was creative. Carol Ellis is one of my favorite authors, and "The Doll" was pretty cool, even though the story is rather monotonous and predictable. It had a certain something that made it great, and that's why I like her work so much. Those are the only ones I can remember reading of the top of my mind, and I think I only read those. So far, I was impressed. The rest of the stories should also be good.
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Summary: A great book of horror
Review: I read the book "Thirteen" and thought it was great! All of the short, scary stories were filled with mysterious twists and unpredictable endings. The authers of this book came together to make a great book of horror. I liked one story inpreticular, it was the one called "The Doll" and it was great. I had to stop reading it so I could get to sleep that night. I would recomend this book for middle school reading and high school reading because littler kids might be too scared. I encourage anyone who loves horror stories to get their hands on this book, because it is definitly worth reading.
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Summary: A great book of horror
Review: I read the book "Thirteen" and thought it was great! All of the short, scary stories were filled with mysterious twists and unpredictable endings. The authers of this book came together to make a great book of horror. I liked one story inpreticular, it was the one called "The Doll" and it was great. I had to stop reading it so I could get to sleep that night. I would recomend this book for middle school reading and high school reading because littler kids might be too scared. I encourage anyone who loves horror stories to get their hands on this book, because it is definitly worth reading.
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Summary: Thirteen
Review: its 13 tales of Horror by 13 masters of Horror!
collect call by Christoper Pike
Lucinda by lael littke
the guiccioli miniature by jay bennett
blood kiss by d.e. athkins
a little taste of death by patricia windsor
the doll by carol ellis
house og horrors by j.b. stamper
where the deer are by caroline cooney
the spell by r.l. stine
dedicated to the one i love by diane hoh
hacker by sinclair smith
deathflash by a. bates
the boy next door by ellen emerson white These are all great storys all about the new guy in town who is very handson, very sexy and very deadly!
read it its great!
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Summary: Thirteen [AH!]
Review: The book Thirteen is not just one story. There are 13 short extremely scary stories. They are a variety of horrifying events. For example there is this one story called The Doll. This story was the scariest to me. It was about a girl who found a doll in her attic and she thought it was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. So she brought it down to her room and kept it there. But ever since then strange things started happening. The doll would move its head without anyone touching it, and it also caused nightmares. These nightmares would come true. In the dream it would always have someone get hurt or die. And you wouldn't see that it's the doll. You would just see a little girl and hear gigiling. If you like scary stories then i highly recommend this book to you. It's an amazing book that will make you want to scream with fear!!!!!
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Summary: excellent book!
Review: Thirteen was a great book. Most of the stories in it wre very good. "Dedicated To the One I Love", "The Black Walker", and "Hacker" were the ones I found particularly good and well-written. If you love scary stories, then you'll love this book!
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