Dim the lights.
Lock the doors.
Pull down the shades -- and BEWAREIt s time to read R.
Stine s favorite scary stories, plus two new tales of his own R.
Stine has gathered a selection of all things scary.
Short stories, tales old and new, comics, and poems.
It s a spine-tingling collection of work by dozens of writers and artists who are famous for hair-raising fun.
Discover a ghastly secret in a retelling of the classic story ``The Judge s House,`` by Bram Stoker.
Peek into a Christmas stocking that holds a shocking surprise in a Vault of Horror comic, ``A Sock for Christmas.
`` Meet an ice cream man who will chill your blood in ``Mister Ice Cold`` by Gahan Wilson.
But first, visit an evil carnival in ``The Black Ferris,`` by Ray Bradbury.
Stine says that this story changed his life Find out why in his introduction.
Be sure to read all the introductions -- because R.
reveals why he picked these stories for you, why he finds them the creepiest .
the funniest .
the scariest.