num_pages: 241
description: Drawing on dark fantasy and the fairy tale as well as horror and wild humor, ten acclaimed authors pay homage to the gothic tale in wide-ranging stories of the supernatural and surreal.Lungewater / Joan AikenMorgan Roehmar's boys / Vivian Vande VeldeWatch and wake / M.T. AndersonForbidden brides of the faceless slaves in the nameless house of the night of dread desire / Neil GaimanThe dead and the moonstruck / Caitlin R. KiernanHave no fear, crumpot is here! / Barry YourgrauStone tower / Janni Lee SimnerThe prank / Gregory MaguireWriting on the wall / Celia ReesEndings / Garth Nix
language: English
title: Gothic!: The Original Dark Tales
titlecomplete: Gothic!: The Original Dark Tales
genres: Short Stories, Young Adult, Gothic, Horror, Fantasy, Teen, Anthologies, Fiction, Vampires, Paranormal
ratings_count: 937
awards: name: Kentucky Bluegrass Award
publisher: Scholastic