The Fly and Other Horror Stories

by John Escott

Flies are a nuisance. They are annoying when they buzz around you, but you can brush them away with your hand. After all, a fly is only about half the size of your fingernail. But suppose it wasn't. Catch a fly and look at it closely and#150; at its head, its eyes, its legs. Now imagine that this thing was the size of a human being... These eight stories offer horror in many shapes and forms, in worlds full of monsters and evil spirits, where terror lies waiting in the shadows, and where the living and the dead dance hand in hand.

Genres: Short Stories, Horror

Paperback

First published April 29, 2009

About the author

John Escott started by writing children's books and comic scripts, but now writes and adapts books for students of all ages. He especially enjoys writing crime and mystery thrillers, and is a member of the British Crime Writers Association.

With Oxford University Press John has published London for the Oxford Bookworms Factfile series; Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery, Star Reporter, Girl on a Motorbike, The Fly and Other Horror Stories, and The Scarlet Letter for the Oxford Bookworms Library series; The Magician, Time for a Robbery, Star for a day, Tomorrow's Girl, and The Man with Three NAMEs for the Hotshot Puzzles series; and A Pretty Face for the Dominoes series.

Reviews

[Fishface · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eight wonderful reads, including the source of all the "Fly" movies, 2 old favorites, and several more delights that were new to me. I would never have thought of Saki's contribution as a horror story, but seen from a certain angle, hey, why not?

[Nhi Nguyễn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holy shit! This book is freaking AMAZING!!! Every story in this collection is fully packed with eerie, scary, chilling and beautifully haunting tone that I couldn't help but devoured it! Each story is unique and scary in its own way, but the thing in common is that they always captured the horror feeling up until the last words were read! Such amazing horror stories! Among the best ones I've ever read in my life! And this collection is certainly one of the best book in the Oxford Bookworms Library!

[Namiko · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the stories, especially "The Fly" and the fungus story. It is amazing to know that Roald Dahl wrote horror stories.

[Maja · Rating 1 out of 5]

spale tą książkę

[Eva Martín · Rating 3 out of 5]

mmm un poco asquerosito y un poco rollo

[Lola · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un libro bastante bueno de historias cortas escritas por diversos autores, con un nivel de inglés muy satisfactorio y que cualquiera con ciertos conocimientos de la lengua puede utilizar para practicar las áreas de comprensión lectora, listening y lectura. Aunque algunos de los relatos resultan algo pesados (demos gracias de que sean breves), un porcentaje importante de ellos son bastante interesantes y capaces de sorprenderte en menor o mayor medida, con un final abierto pero ampliamente satisfactorio para el lector.

[Dieu Thi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first time I have read horror stories in English, which is not my native language. I am impressed that horror elements can appear in various meticulous aspects of our lives, rather than being associated with ghosts or monsters. These images are metaphors for "ridiculous" events or traits of human beings in daily life. Some food for thought in the free time.

P/s: This is a graded reader suitable for intermediate to advanced learners of English.

[Nicholas Gray · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this for The Fly and The Fly alone. The other stories in this collection are good, but The Fly is one hell of a short story!

[haizea · Rating 2 out of 5]

un libro de clase pero lo pongo para llegar al challenge😘

[Alla Sobirova · Rating 5 out of 5]

The end is quite unexpected!!!!

[Mees · Rating 3 out of 5]

In my opinion some of the stories were much better than others, but overall I quite enjoyed this read

[Tahani Bantan · Rating 3 out of 5]

من تنوع القصص سببلي تشوش في تخيل القصص لأن فيه فصول تكون لقصة وحدة وفيه فصول تكون تكملة لقصة سابقة!!

[Mariam Ibrahim · Rating 3 out of 5]

مجموعة قصصية تدور حول الدوافع المختلفة لارتكاب الجريمة.
قصرها ولغتها البسيطة يجعلانها مناسبة كفاصل قراءة بين كتابين دسمين.

[Ľuboš · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe it’s just me, but I haven’t any of these stories even remotely scary, even though I would consider myself as someone who gets frightened easily. I got the book after watching The Fly, which I also didn’t find scary, rather than disgusting. I thought the book might be better (as per usual), but I finished it being quite disappointed. The only short story that got me a bit invested was Cooking the Books. Other than that a pretty mediocre read.

[Iván Olhaff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Algunas historias son más bien de suspenso, pero todas son de cierto nivel de intriga que te mantienen atrapado hasta la última línea.

No pude evitar comparar algunos con el estilo narrativo de mi amado Edgar Allan Poe, pues en la última línea de la historia donde se resuelve la historia.

[Asinhar · Rating 1 out of 5]

Pestiño

[Madina · Rating 2 out of 5]

the fly was the worst story yet it was the title of this book? unbelievable

[오성우]

ok

[Mostafa]

Very beautiful story