Short & shivery : thirty chilling tales retold by Robert D. San Souci ; illustrated by Katherine Coville.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-175).

Robber bridegroom (adapted form the Brothers Grimm) -- Jack Frost (from a Russian folktale) -- Waterfall of ghosts (from the Japanese writings of Lafcadio Hearn) -- Ghost's cap (from a Russian folktale) -- Witch cat (folklore of the United States- Virginia) -- Green mist (a legend from Lincolnshire, England) -- Cegua (a folktale from Costa Rica) -- Ghostly little girl (United States- California) -- Midnight mass of the dead (a Norse folktale) -- Tailypo (United States- West Virginia) -- Lady Eleanor's mantle (from a tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne) -- Soldier and the Vampire (a Russian folktale) -- Skeleton's Dance (a folktale from Japan) -- Scared to death (United States- South Carolina) -- Swallowed alive (a British folktale) -- Deacon's ghost (a folktale from Ireland) -- Nuckelavee (a folktale from the Orkney Islands) -- Adventure of the German student (from a tale by Washington Irving) -- Bill Mosby's night ride (United States- New England) -- Hunter in the Haunted Forest (a Native American legend) -- Brother and sister (retold from an African folktale) -- Lovers of the dismal swamp (United States- Virginia) -- Boneless (based on the folklore of the Shetland Islands) -- Death waltz (United States- New Mexico) -- Ghost of Misery Hill (United States- California) -- Loup-Garou (Werewolf) (from French Canadian folklore) -- Golem (based on Jewish folklore) -- Lavender (United States) -- Goblin spider (a Japanese legend) -- Halloween pony (from a French folktale).

A collection of thirty short and spooky tales from the folklore of Russia, Virginia, Ireland, Canada, and other areas of the world.