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Walking Trees: and Other Scary Stories
These stories are short, creepy, and perfect for reading around a campfire when the sky is full of stars.
Roberta Simpson Brown's stories take place in familiar country. Children ride rides at traveling shows. The clang of the locker doors is between-class music at the high school. Parents send their children off to bed with a snack of milk and cookies. There are, though, other... things... in this fictional landscape. Things that want a little snack themselves, and not of the milk-and-cookie variety, either. There are trees that walk, statues that accuse, and white-faced ticket takers with gentle names like "Dave" who send people on very long journeys. There are fish here that we certainly hope you're never on the other end of the fishing line from. Ms. Brown, an acclaimed storyteller, has put together this collection of original modern-day scary stories. They're intense, creepy, and perfect for reading aloud to a friend on a crisp fall evening, or for telling around a campfire when the sky is full of stars, or for reading by yourself in an isolated old house as the wind rises and the rain blows against the roof and a shutter bangs downstairs.... Well, maybe not.
Roberta Simpson Brown's stories take place in familiar country. Children ride rides at traveling shows. The clang of the locker doors is between-class music at the high school. Parents send their children off to bed with a snack of milk and cookies. There are, though, other... things... in this fictional landscape. Things that want a little snack themselves, and not of the milk-and-cookie variety, either. There are trees that walk, statues that accuse, and white-faced ticket takers with gentle names like "Dave" who send people on very long journeys. There are fish here that we certainly hope you're never on the other end of the fishing line from. Ms. Brown, an acclaimed storyteller, has put together this collection of original modern-day scary stories. They're intense, creepy, and perfect for reading aloud to a friend on a crisp fall evening, or for telling around a campfire when the sky is full of stars, or for reading by yourself in an isolated old house as the wind rises and the rain blows against the roof and a shutter bangs downstairs.... Well, maybe not.
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First published October 16, 2006
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Roberta Simpson Brown
19 books15 followersRoberta Simpson Brown was born in Russell Springs, Kentucky, at the edge of Appalachia. Her family, with roots in the rich Irish tradition of storytelling, got together often with other relatives and neighbors to share personal experiences and scary stories that preserved and perpetuated this age-old art. She and her husband Lonnie
enjoy doing paranormal investigations for stories with their friends.
Roberta has told stories at festivals, workshops, schools, libraries, programs, prisons and conferences from coast to coast. She has also performed on National Public Radio, Voice of America, and Lifetime's TV's show, "Beyond Chance." While she enjoys telling stories, she prefers to write.
A retired teacher, Roberta lives with her husband Lonnie in Louisville, KY. She would love to hear from readers, especially with stories of ghosts, fairies, leprechauns, or interesting personal experiences! She would welcome any comments about her 11 books! Her latest book is Scariest Stories Ever Told, published by August House. Contact her on Facebook, Twitter or at robertasbrown@twc.com.
enjoy doing paranormal investigations for stories with their friends.
Roberta has told stories at festivals, workshops, schools, libraries, programs, prisons and conferences from coast to coast. She has also performed on National Public Radio, Voice of America, and Lifetime's TV's show, "Beyond Chance." While she enjoys telling stories, she prefers to write.
A retired teacher, Roberta lives with her husband Lonnie in Louisville, KY. She would love to hear from readers, especially with stories of ghosts, fairies, leprechauns, or interesting personal experiences! She would welcome any comments about her 11 books! Her latest book is Scariest Stories Ever Told, published by August House. Contact her on Facebook, Twitter or at robertasbrown@twc.com.
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February 27, 2017
A book by a friend who is a marvelous storyteller. I was honored to have met this author over twenty years ago. I would highly recommend this book.
October 8, 2008
I read this because I have some supernatural short stories of my own in the works that I think might be appropriate for a youth audience.
I like a good ghost yarn as much as the next person, but these I found unsettling. In nearly every story, a normal, ordinary child meets a grisly end. One or two stories like this in a collection, I understand. But an entire book for young readers in which children are eaten, mauled, vanished, or drowned in every story? It's a bit much.
I like a good ghost yarn as much as the next person, but these I found unsettling. In nearly every story, a normal, ordinary child meets a grisly end. One or two stories like this in a collection, I understand. But an entire book for young readers in which children are eaten, mauled, vanished, or drowned in every story? It's a bit much.
November 18, 2007
I read this book because storyteller Mary Hamilton tells a story she calls "Stormwalker" which is based on a Roberta Simpson Brown story. I was disappointed with the book, but I highly recommend Mary Hamilton. I've seen her at a storytelling festival and own a wonderful tape of her stories called "Some Dog and Other Kentucky Wonders."
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