The Night Bus

Horrowitz Horror Shorts

by Anthony Horowitz

Three terrifying short stories by Anthony Horowitz, a master-storyteller and the best-selling author of the Alex Rider series. It's Hallowe'en, but the living dead on the Night Bus aren't trick or treaters. And when Nick and Jeremy get on board, it looks like the bus is not going to be taking them home ...When his dad picks up a hitchhiker, Jacob find himself in a life or death situation. Could the hitcher be on the run from the nearby Maximum Security Unit? For sure, someone in the car has a deadly secret ...Who is the man with the damaged yellow face in the middle photo in Peter's strip of passport photos - because it can't be him, can it? Is is a ghost, or something more sinister?

Genres: Horror, Short Stories, Young Adult, Childrens, Fantasy, Fiction

80 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2005

About the author

Anthony Horowitz, OBE is ranked alongside Enid Blyton and Mark A. Cooper as "The most original and best spy-kids authors of the century." (New York Times). Anthony has been writing since the age of eight, and professionally since the age of twenty. In addition to the highly successful Alex Rider books, he is also the writer and creator of award winning detective series Foyle’s War, and more recently event drama Collision, among his other television works he has written episodes for Poirot, Murder in Mind, Midsomer Murders and Murder Most Horrid. Anthony became patron to East Anglia Children’s Hospices in 2009.

On 19 January 2011, the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle announced that Horowitz was to be the writer of a new Sherlock Holmes novel, the first such effort to receive an official endorsement from them and to be entitled the House of Silk.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/anthon...

Reviews

[Peiman E iran · Rating 3 out of 5]

‎دوستانِ گرانقدر، "اتوبوس شب رو" داستانی است که میتوانید هر برگِ آن را با هیجان ورق زده و دنبال کنید... دو برادر به نامِ <نیک> و <جرمی> به مهمانی جشنِ هالووین دعوت میشوند... نیک 17 سال دارد و برادرِ کوچکترش جرمی، تنها 12 سال دارد... پدر آنها با کلی کلنجار رفتن با آنها، بالاخره اجازه میدهد تا آنها در جشن شرکت کنند.. امّا قرار بر این میشود که پدرشان آنها را به همراهِ دوستشان <جاناتان> به محلِ برگزاری مهمانی برساند و شب مادرِ جاناتان، آنها را برگرداند... ساعتِ 11 شب، جاناتان به دو برادر میگوید که وقت رفتن است، امّا آنها قبول نمیکنند و اصرار دارند که در مهمانی بمانند... جاناتان نیز با مادرش رفته و دو برادر را جا میگذارند
‎حال ساعت پنج دقیقه به 12 شب است و آنها در خیابانهای لندن سرگردان هستند... نیک برای شرکت در جشنِ هالووین، لباسِ خون آشام بر تن کرده و جرمی لباسِ شیطان را پوشیده است
‎پس از مدتی پیاده روی، ناگهان اتوبوسی قدیمی را میبینند و با سرعت به سمت آن دویده و سوار میشوند...جرمی به خواب میرود، امّا نیک به مرور زمان متوجه میشود که این اتوبوس و رانندهٔ آن و مسافرانش، بسیار عجیب و ترسناک هستند و همه چیز در آن غیر طبیعی است
‎عزیزانم، بهتر است خودتان این داستان را بخوانید و از سرنوشتِ این دو برادر آگاه شوید
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‎امیدوارم این ریویو در جهتِ آشنایی شما با این داستان، کافی و مفید بوده باشه
‎<پیروز باشید و ایرانی>

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

مدتی پیش در مدرسه ی برادرم نمایشگاه کتابی گذاشته بودند که کتابهای خیلی خوب با قیمتهای مناسب داشت.من پول نداشتم،ولی برادرم دو کتاب ترسناک خرید که اتوبوس شب رو یکی از آنها بود.
برخلاف چیزی که فکر می کردم این کتاب یک داستان بلند ترسناک نیست بلکه چندداستان کوتاه است.داستان های روان و جالبند و مرا که تجربه ی جدی ای در ژانر وحشت نداشتم جذب کردند.هرسه داستان پایان غافلگیرکننده دارند که هرچند قابل پیش بینی است ولی برای من جالب بود.
کلا کتاب خوبی بود و از خواندنش راضی بودم.این روزها درگیری فکری فراوان داشتم و این کتاب باعث می شد چنددقیقه ای از فکر مشکلاتم بیرون بیایم.
البته برای کسانی که کتابهای دیگری در ژانروحشت خواندند احتمالا حرفی برای گفتن ندارد.
ترجمه ی گیتا گرکانی خوب بود و طرح جلد را هم دوست داشتم.-یک اسکلت سبز-فقط جاهایی که حرف از ساعت بود ساعتها برعکس چاپ شده بودند. مثلا ساعت ده،صفر یک چاپ شده بود که امیدوارم در کتابهای بعدی دقت بیشتری به خرج داده شود.

[Chiara · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is nice tale of Halloween

[Ehsan Mohammadzadeh · Rating 2 out of 5]

میراث باقی مونده از کتابخونه‌ی یه رفیق. سه تا داستان وحشت که اگه خواننده زیاد با ژانر آشنا نباشه حتی بعضا می‌تونه براش غافلگیرکننده باشه. از اون کتاب‌ها بود که مثلا از حموم اومدم و با حوله نشستم تو اتاق و تو فاصله‌ی خشک شدنم مثلا یه داستانش رو می‌خونم یا قبل از خواب برا اینکه خستگی روز رو بشوره ببره پایین.

[Mojtaba Ml · Rating 3 out of 5]

اولین کتابی که خودم در سن چهارده پونزده سالگی به سراغش رفتم. در واقع شروع حرکت من به سمت کتاب خوانی. خیلی جالب بود. این کتاب شامل سه داستان در سبک معمایی و ترسناک برای نوجوون هاست. اسم یکی از این داستان ها اتوبوس شب رو هست. خدا میدونه اون موقع وقتی واژه ترسناک رو میشنیدم چقد واسه خوندنش شوق و ذوق داشتم :))

[Jack Gorst · Rating 2 out of 5]

A collection of three short horror stories written by Anthony Horowitz.

I have read several of the Horowitz Horror series over the last few months, with “The Night Bus” being my most recent read. I should add that these books are clearly written for a younger audience, so when I review it I have to keep that in mind - I am a man in my 20s after all.

I found the first story to be interesting but silly. I also felt it never really decided what it wanted the reader to feel at the end of it - I was left with questions and found myself not really caring about anything from the story. I guess straight away what was happening, and I think children would also do so. Not a very good start.

I found the second story of “The Hitchhiker” to be more entertaining, as well as more unnerving. I didn’t actually anticipate where the story ended which was nice, and I found the context given much more entertaining. A better read.

The final story of “The Man with the Yellow Face” was also an entertaining read. While I anticipated where the story would go, I was surprised at the extent explored. I think this story was braver than the others. I also enjoyed it.


Overall, a short read that would be well suited to a young person wanting to delve into the horror world. It’s not a groundbreaking read, but I found it good for a days read.

[Sheila · Rating 5 out of 5]

I know these are only short stories but I was hooked to all of them didn't put the book down 🙂 the night bus was brilliant it made me laugh when the conductor says what was it that took you and Nick says my dad's car I was gone 😂😁, I don't want to spoil anything but I felt like I was there with Jacob when I read the hitchhiker I was there thinking get the ******* and then by the end my reaction was on my god wow! Finally the man with the yellow face I really felt for Simon he already was going through enough. Loved the whole book and would recommend to kids and adults it was a nice light read and I will definitely read it again and again. Thank you so much Anthony Horowitz.

[Susan]

عجیب این که فکر می کردم این را نصفه خواندم و الان گودریدز گفت قبلا کامل خواندمش.
این هم وضع حافظه و کتابخوانی ما!
موقع خواندن هم از داستان دوم به بعد کاملا برایم جدید بود و اصلا یادم نبود قبلا خواندم.
بهرترتیب...
مجموعه داستان خیلی خوبی در ژانر وحشت نوجوان است که ایده های جذاب و نسبتا بدیعی را با پایان بندی های شوک آور ترکیب می کند و نتیجه کتابی لذتبخش است.

[Leilanie Stewart · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this at work, and really liked it. Each of the three stories got progressively more sinister. I liked the twist in the Hitchhiker. The man with the yellow face was by far my favourite. I was expecting a classic ghost story with this one, but found it to be much more original and eerie than expected.

[Slow Man · Rating 5 out of 5]

3 stories to give you nightmares for the next couple of nights. I crave for horror. Heartbeats throbbing non-stop. I like the last two stories. They are very current and the style of writing is not too challenging.

[Nadhilla Melia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun creepy little stories. Most of them were quite predictable but I really enjoyed 'The Hitchhiker'.

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

A master of the short horror story. Sadly the Night Bus, the titular book is probably the worst, the Hitch Hiker and the Man With the Yellow Face are both really good though.

[Mo A · Rating 3 out of 5]

( 3.5 ★ )

[Aniela Semeniuk · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was recommended for me by a friend and it was fantastic. I really loved all the stories but especially the second one.

[Ben Christopher Smith · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was really excited going in to this book. In my early teens, I couldn't get enough of this sort of thing so experiencing some nostalgia was a very enjoyable idea for me.

I struggle to be over critical here because, obviously, this book is meant for kids but I just found the stories to be very, very silly and I rolled my eyes after each one.

Like I said, it is for kids so I guess I couldn't expect too much but authors like RL Stine write awesome kids stories. This just felt really silly. As I was reading some of the stories, I was guessing what the endings would be but they often turned out to be more cringey than I expected.

[Junayde · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not too bad, I preferred the Hitch Hiker to the first and last .

[Emespre · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm not really sure how to rate this as I hardly ever read or watch horror. It wasn't enthralling but was interesting, but I only really kept reading it because I'm in the school library after my exam and wanted something that I would definitely finish before my bus arrived. So it was okay enough for people who aren't experienced in the genre or don't really like being scared but want to try a horror book, but it may be a bit tame for people who love being scared.

I did quite like the second story.

[Alison · Rating 3 out of 5]

I haven't really been reading for a while so I thought I'd start getting back into the swing of things with this little collection of horror shorts for children. I think if you bear in mind that that's what they are, then you could have fun with these nicely written tales, which are reminiscent of the kind of apocryphal tales that primary school children like to spook each other with in the playground.

[Owen Law · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not much of a horror at all! The charcter choice was bad and the storyline was shocking. There wasnt a strong base made from the start, not really giving this book much of a fighting chance.

[Glenn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting short stories, with surprising endings. Well worth a read

[Crazyf · Rating 3 out of 5]

it was so funny :)