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OCTOBER 29, 2010
Are you afraid of the dark?
I was scared of lots of things when I was little. I was really scared of E.T. For some reason I thought he would hide under my bed and then scare me by stretching his neck out like he did in the movie. I also went through a phase where I was sure that someone was going to break into our house while my family was sleeping, so for a while I was scared to go to bed. I was scared of dark, and I never liked being home alone. But, despite all this I LOVED scary stories. I owned and read all of Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in Dark books, and can still clearly remember the incredibly creepy illustrations. For example I never forgot the wolf girl, or the girl that had spiders crawl out of her face:

       
 
(BTW: These books often make their way onto banned and challenged book lists!)
 
I also remember reading Wait Till Helen Comes, by Mary Downing Hahn over and over in fourth grade. I still remember the final scenes where Helen, a ghost, tries to drown the main character. Hahn just came out with a new spooky story called, The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall.
 
     
 
Nowadays I am probably a bigger scaredy cat then when I was young. I never read scary stories and I never watch scary movies. I still hate being home alone and I am still scared of the dark. So come Halloween I am much more apt to promote our funny and silly Halloween stories, some of my favorites include:
 
     

    
 
Have a safe and happy Halloween!
 
     
 
 Ewww. I still don’t like him.

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