Baleful Beasts and Eerie Creatures

I FINALLY found a copy of this on ebay. Keep looking, and eventually you can catch one for less than $100. I read "The Patchwork Monkey" when I was 7, and slept with my parents for a month. It scared me so bad that my mom had the librarian get rid of the book. We've spent the past 2 years trying to track down an affordable copy, and now that I have it, it's everything I remember it to be. Doesn't really *scare* me now, but is still pretty creepy. I count this book as my inspiration to be a writer. I can only hope that one day I can do to some other kid what this book did to me.

There is a story in this collection called "The Patchwork Monkey". I first read this story when I was in 4th grade and it scared me so good(bad) that I still remember it to this day and I am 34 now. Excellent scary stuff!

I hope you will forgive me if I do not remember everything about this book. It has been over ten years since I read it. I remember checking out of my elementary school's library as often as I could. This book is a collection of short scary stories about monsters. For concerned parents, this book was part of the collection of a very prestigious Christian elementary school's library. The stories are frightening in a mental sort of way, and never resort to blood and guts to scare the readers. Most of the stories end with the monsters either being destroyed, or losing their potential victims, but for those who like that sort of thing, there are two stories that leave the reader hanging, so beware. They probably won't give you nightmares, but any of the stories in this book are suitable for campfire use for children and adults alike. Enjoy.

A book of short stories containing everything a young child fears. A little girl's doll comes to life and does terrible things, a boy is kidnapped by a monster, and slowly becomes the monster himself. These and three other chillers really effected me as a kid, and because of that I still remember them today.