They would be at their most potent in these situations and many will have been written for such occasions. However, one could easily imagine many of the stories being read aloud in class by teachers, during circle time with the lights dimmed, around the campfire or at sleepovers. The shortish page length did detract from some of the tales, as it is hard to build-up effective scares with so few words and instead have to rely upon “BOO!” style ending, some of which worked better than others. 35 stories, spread across 380 pages, is a lot of reading with many a mere five-to-seven pages in length.
If you are after a massive multi-author anthology of horror stories to scare young kids (ages 8-12 according to the cover) then Don’t Turn Out the Lights, which has been edited by Jonathan Maberry, has much to recommend.
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