The Spookiest Campfire Stories

Forty Frightening Tales Told by the Firelight

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Pub Date 01 Oct 2018 | Archive Date 30 Nov 2018

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Description

Nothing goes better with gooey s’mores and a glowing campfire than a ghost story. Vampires, werewolves, witches, Bloody Mary, the Wendigo, and other frightening specters populate the pages of this compelling collection of S.E. Schlosser’s best ghost stories and her favorite horror classics from Edgar Allen Poe, Charles Dickens and more. From a mad logger to the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow, these tales will send shivers up the spines of every camper.

Look inside to find campfire tales like:
·Dracula’s Guest
·Jack O’Lantern
·Masque of the Red Death
·Wraith of the Creek
·One Last Head
·Dance with the Devil
·The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

And many more!



S. E. Schlosser has been telling stories since she was a child, when games of “let’s pretend” quickly built themselves into full-length stories. She created and maintains the website AmericanFolklore.net, where she shares a wealth of stories from all 50 states, some dating back to the origins of America. She lives in Fountain Hills, Arizona.

Paul Hoffman illustrates books of many genres—children’s titles, textbooks, short story collections, natural history volumes, and cookbooks. For the Spooky series, he employs a scratchboard technique and an active imagination. He lives in Massachusetts.



Nothing goes better with gooey s’mores and a glowing campfire than a ghost story. Vampires, werewolves, witches, Bloody Mary, the Wendigo, and other frightening specters populate the pages of...


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ISBN 9781493032686
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The Spookiest Campfire Stories by author S.E Schlosser and illustrated by Paul Hoffman is a great October read! Full of spooky dark campfire stories, spooky characters, it’s one you’ll want to pick up when the urge for a scare approaches.
Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of The Spookiest Campfire Stories in exchange for an honest review.

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What a great book! I just read it so it was in time for my Halloween celebration. New stories and old are included in this book.. They are short enough that you can read the stories and stop without missing anything. I, personally could not stop reading them until I finished the book.. All the stories were great and I appreciate that the author included old stories as well as new ones. It is well written and a must for those who like scary stories. I received this book from Net Galley and the publisher for a honest review and no compensation otherwise. The opinions expressed are my own.

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A perfect read for the crisp fall nights. Full of classic horror/scary stories, this collection provided spooks and scares that were short enough to be read aloud and short enough to read at my own pace. The Illustrations from Paul Hoffman were a delightful addition that added the perfect amount of creep to be left behind in my mind, long after I had finished the stories.

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While summer may be over, S. E. Schlosser’s newest book, “The Spookiest Campfire Stories,” still ignites horror and fun for readers.

I have always been a fan of S.E. Schlosser’s work because she and I share the same bond, we both love folklore. Her site American Folklore is one of my favorites to go on, so naturally, I had to read her newest addition, “The Spookiest Campfire Stories.”

One thing I like about Schlosser is she doesn’t sugarcoat these legends. She doesn’t leave out of the gore or horror because it might scare or disgust someone, she leaves that in there because that’s what books like this are supposed to do.
The book is made up of sections, the first being Ghost Stories, Dark Tales, and lastly her favorite classic horror stories. You’ll find tales about the Wendigo, vampires, the devil, bloody mary, and a take on two urban legends, “Don’t Turn on the Lights,” and “The Dead Boyfriend,” which Schlosser retells the tale in an interesting way.

I do want to comment that the illustrations were done by Paul Hoffman, though I sadly didn’t get to see them because I read an ARC from NetGalley.

The book starts off with a ghost story called, “Dispatched.” The tale starts off with a taxi driver talking about the murder of another taxi driver and how a group kills the man who did it (or who they think did it). Well, later in the story the driver has to go to the same place where it happens to pick up someone, who happens to be the man that was wrongfully murdered. Schlosser describes the ghost as “a tall, battered figure, blood-stained, knife-torn clothes, and bloody hands.”

That’s not the only gruesome tale a man throws his wife into a sausage grinder and her ghost is described as if “she had been ground to pieces and then stuffed into a human-size sausage skin.”

So these stories are not for the faint of heart, though I recommend everyone to read them. You don’t need a campfire to enjoy this book, a fireplace will just do just fine.

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