The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings
Dennis Pepper, Roald Dahl, Ramsey Campbell, Robin Klein, Marc Alexander, Robert Scott, Alison Prince, Sydney J. Bounds, E. Nesbit, Ruskin Bond, Lance Salway, Anthony Boucher, John Collier, T.H. White, Fredric Brown, Henry Slesar, Richard Matheson, Kenneth Ireland, John Christopher, Ray Bradbury, Gerald Kersh, Harold Rolseth, Dannie Plachta, Geraldine McCaughrean, John Wyndham, Ethel Helene Coen, Patrick Bone, Jack Ritchie, Michael Avallone, Evan Hunter
3.67 · 3 ratings · Published: 05 Apr 1998
You’ll meet sinister landladies, weird sweetshops, evil statuettes, deadly coffins, poisonous hats, awful slitherings, murderous monks, and real lions in the nursery.
But watch out for the ending—it could be nasty.
- horror 3
- suspense 3
- dark 3
- dark fantasy 2
- mystery 2
- children 2
- friendship 2
- crime 1
- ghosts 1
- law enforcement 1
- supernatural 1
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- format - reader age
- young adult 3
- anthology 3
- middle grade 2
- content warnings
- death / grief 1