Spine-tingling Tales to Tell in the Dark
Edited by Eric B. Martin
These are not your typical campfire yarns involving ghosts or a Freddy Kruegeresque maniac but 17 near-death nightmares of people in the great outdoors. "Come quick, I'm being eaten!" screams one woman after a black bear gnashes its teeth into her skull. Other unlucky souls have their lungs clog climbing the Himalayas, ride a shipwreck to the bottom of a whirlpool or freeze to death in the Yukon. And for anyone who finds camp grub inedible, consider the desperate diet of the 19th-century Donner party while crossing the Sierra Nevada. Hint: There were a few vacant places around the fire—and plenty of left-overs. (Chronicle Books, $15.95)
Bottom Line: Frightful tales of things that go bump—and much worse—in the night
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