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Horowitz Horror
£0.90
Seventeen brilliantly chilling tales from the master of storytelling.
Welcome to a strange and twisted world where the spooky, the shocking, and the positively petrifying are lurking just out of sight.
A bus ride home … turns into your worst nightmare.
A quaint country cottage … has a grisly secret.
A hot bath … swirls with blood.
Horowitz Horror. It’s all around you. Alive. Waiting. Enter if you dare.
Horror fans will love these twisted tales from the bestselling author of the Alex Rider books.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Orchard Books (4 April 2013) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 1541 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 452 pages |
by Janet Elder
Like the endings and bought it myself
by Miss C.
This isn,t just one book its a collection of diffrent storys all horror.This book has some scary ones and not so scary ones thats why i give it four stars there is some really gruesome bits one of best story in this collection is the bathtub (in my opinion) that has some evil stuff. BEWARE SOME SCARY THINGS!
by Ray
Always a good read
by Josephine James
Ideal for a quick read
by Jon Chambers
Put the two components of the author’s surname together, horror and witch, and you might expect supernatural things to start happening.
But to begin with a gripe. This two-in-one edition is American. The stories are set in England, but references to ‘sidewalk’, ‘paper route’ (meaning round) and ‘public school’ (meaning comprehensive) soon make it clear that the original language has been Americanised. No problems though, until we read The Night Bus – a time-warp story that depends for its effect on knowing the difference between British pre-decimal and decimal coins. Inexplicably, the main character, Nick, hands the London bus conductor ‘a dollar bill’. The ‘man squinted at it distastefully. “New currency,” he muttered. “I still haven’t gotten used to it.”‘ No wonder the poor bloke’s nonplussed. So am I! Most teenagers, of the kind the book is aimed at, have no trouble picking up on clues that tell us which side of the Atlantic we’re supposed to be on. Moreover, with short stories especially, it’s vital that the reader quickly grasp who’s who and what’s where, and this mindless decision to tamper with Horowitz’s language doesn’t just insult the reader’s intelligence – it causes confusion. Whoever was responsible should be shot with the camera that features in the book’s second tale. (If that weren’t enough, the penultimate story, ‘Twist Cottage’, features an old thatched cottage that has tiles falling off the roof!)
The stories themselves, though, are competent, entertaining and reminiscent of Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected. The cover of this double edition tells us that Horowitz is a New York Times #1 best-selling author, and some of the American readers might have been those who scripted the Final Destination films. There are similarities between the central idea in both Killer Camera and Final Destination 3, while Flight 715 may well have inspired Final Destination 1. Horowitz’s prose, meanwhile, is leaner and more matter of fact than we occasionally find, with far fewer puns than in, say, Groosham Grange (despite such delicious wordplay as where Harriet wouldn’t dream of having a black-and-white dream). All in all, therefore, one star deducted for clueless editing. Although better value than the two single-volume alternatives, the latter have the advantage of preserving British English spelling and idioms, thereby avoiding the confusions that will probably trip up even experienced readers.
by Jeff
Another great from the legendary Anthony Horowitz this time containing 17 chilling stories for teenagers and adults. My favourite is “the Hitchhiker”- It’s cool and creepy and sickening towards the end. I like Horowitz’s cameo in “Burnt”. For young and old horror fans I would recommend but it is not for the faint hearted.
by Jolanta
The book was suggested by a teacher for my 10 years old son (as he is not a very keen reader). He loved this book!
by edncora
Cleverly written stories, some predictable but still enjoyable to read. Reminded me of Tales of the Unexpected for those old enough to remember the old TV series.