Once you open this book, you're doomed . . . Cursed to stay up late, savoring every line of these terrifying stories. Go ahead and try to resist. The Night Things won't let you get far.

Master storyteller Josh Allen, hailed as the heir-apparent to Alvin Schwartz, brings thirteen nightmare scenarios to life in this page-turning collection. From a shiny abandoned bike, to an innocent classroom icebreaker, to a piano recital that requires unusual sacrifices, there's no end to the shocking twists on everyday reality.

In Allen's wondrous world, which looks an awful like our own, danger waits behind every doorway . . . even in the most ordinary places. Kids eager for age-appropriate horror will relish every thrill and chill.

Eerie illustrations by award-winning artist Sarah Coleman accompany the stories, packaged in a stunning hardcover edition complete with a glow-in-the-dark jacket. Readers will sleep with one eye open!

Don't miss the author and illustrator's other creepy collections: Out to Get You and Only If You Dare.

You never know what's out to get you. Though you might think you're safe from monsters and menaces, everyday objects can turn against you, too. A mysterious microwave. A threatening board game. A snowman that refuses to melt. Even your own heartbeat has its secrets. Thu-thump. Thu-thump. When you stop to listen, each beat sounds more menacing than the last.

Master storyteller Josh Allen brings thirteen nightmare scenarios to life in this page-turning collection that's perfect for budding horror junkies. In his wondrous world, danger waits behind every doorway . . . even in the most ordinary places.

Eerie illustrations by award-winning artist Sarah Coleman accompany the stories, packaged in a stunning hardcover edition complete with glow-in-the-dark jacket. Readers will sleep with one eye open!

You never know what's out to get you. Though you might think you're safe from monsters and menaces, everyday objects can turn against you, too. A mysterious microwave. A threatening board game. A snowman that refuses to melt. Even your own heartbeat has its secrets. Thu-thump. Thu-thump. When you stop to listen, each beat sounds more menacing than the last.

Master storyteller Josh Allen brings thirteen nightmare scenarios to life in this page-turning collection that's perfect for budding horror junkies. In his wondrous world, danger waits behind every doorway . . . even in the most ordinary places. Kids eager for age-appropriate horror will relish every thrill and chill.

Eerie illustrations by award-winning artist Sarah Coleman accompany the stories, packaged in a stunning hardcover edition complete with glow-in-the-dark jacket. Readers will sleep with one eye open!

Don't miss the author and illustrator's other creepy collections: Out to Get You and Once They See You.

Wonderful and weird, compelling and unsettling. - Gary Schmidt, two-time Newbery Honor author

Get ready for a collection of thirteen short stories that will chill your bones, tingle your spine, and scare your pants off. Debut author Josh Allen masterfully concocts horror in the most innocent places, like R.L. Stine meets a modern Edgar Allan Poe. A stray kitten turns into a threatening follower. The street sign down the block starts taunting you. Even your own shadow is out to get you! Spooky things love hiding in plain sight.

The everyday world is full of sinister secrets and these page-turning stories show that there's darkness even where you least expect it. Readers will sleep with one eye open. . . .

A glow-in-the-dark cover and thirteen eerie full-page illustrations by award-winning artist Sarah J. Coleman accompany the tales in this frightful mashup that reads like a contemporary Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

Don't miss the author and illustrator's other creepy collections Once They See You and Only If You Dare.

A Junior Library Guild Selection
An ILA-CBC Children's Choice!

Wonderful and weird, compelling and unsettling. - Gary Schmidt, two-time Newbery Honor author

Get ready for a collection of thirteen short stories that will chill your bones, tingle your spine, and scare your pants off. Debut author Josh Allen masterfully concocts horror in the most innocent places, like R.L. Stine meets a modern Edgar Allan Poe. A stray kitten turns into a threatening follower. The street sign down the block starts taunting you. Even your own shadow is out to get you! Spooky things love hiding in plain sight.

The everyday world is full of sinister secrets and these page-turning stories show that there's darkness even where you least expect it. Readers will sleep with one eye open. . . .

A glow-in-the-dark cover and thirteen eerie full-page illustrations by award-winning artist Sarah J. Coleman accompany the tales in this frightful mashup that reads like a contemporary Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

Don't miss the author and illustrator's other creepy collections Once They See You and Only If You Dare.

A Junior Library Guild Selection
An ILA-CBC Children's Choice!

YOU WILL NEVER RETIRE!

YOU GRADUATED, GOT A JOB/CAREER, STUDENT DEBT...YET YOU ARE STRUGGLING.

THAT HYPOTENUSE AND COSINE OF ANGLES SHOULD GET YOU OUT OF YOUR MOUNTING DEBTS. RIGHT?

700 BILLIONAIRES DID NOT GRADUATE. THOSE IDIOTS! AT LEAST YOU HAVE A DEGREE. AM I RIGHT?

Something is amiss here. You always hear of the top 5% or 1%

What does that tell you about the 95-99% That they are all doing the SAME things and THINK the SAME way!

• It's NOT your fault. You are the product of your environment and LEARNING.
• All your best years are spent trying to keep your head above water.
• You have NO idea what you will leave to your kids, and you know that more than likely that they will have the same life as you.
• You numb yourself with television talent-shows, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, not to mention the beer, wine and whatever else.
• Before you got here, you spent your MOST MALLEABLE years in SCHOOL.
• They told you that to succeed you needed MORE SCHOOL.
• But what do you know about investing, the taxes and fees that EVERYONE (your children) must pay upon death, or how to NOT pay about HALF of EVERY pay cheque in TAXES. Did school teach you that?

Do you see yourself being able to retire when you WANT, with enough to last you another 20 years? What can you teach your children if you have no answers to these questions? With the cost of everything going up, it's likely to be far harder for THEM.