Good anthology of scary stories. A bunch of them were what we call urban legends when I was young and I reminded me of those and it was fun. Not as dark or provocative as I thought with all the talking and buzz it did back then when it was publish. Yes it's dark and it's for kids, but kids can handle it well enough and it can even bring non readers to read so that's great. The illustrations did bring a creepy vibes to the book, they are great. It was fun and a perfect October read!