Short Circuits

Prepare to be jolted . . . electrified . . . zapped. Here are thirteen hair-raising stories that are bound to stun and shock you. There is great suspense in Robert Westall's "Aunt Florrie" and Larry Bograd's "The Reincarnation of Sweet Lips." Horrifying happenings occur in Annette Curtis Klause's "The Hoppins" and Patricia Windsor's "Teeth."Ghosts abound in stories by Joan Aiken, Vivien Alcock, Elsa Marston, Jane McFann, Frances A. Miller, and Joan Lowery Nixon. For a dose of comic relief, readers will gulp with glee at Ellen Conford's "For Pete's Snake," Gary Blackwood's "Ethan Unbound," and Steven Otfinoski's "Salesman, Beware!" Read this shocking collection at your own risk."From the Paperback edition." xi • Introduction (Short Circuits: Thirteen Shocking Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults) • (1992) • essay by Donald R. Gallo 3 • There's a Tomb Waiting for Yor • (1992) • novelette by Joan Lowery Nixon 24 • Anubis • (1992) • novelette by Elsa Marston 47 • Save the Elephant, the Ant, and Billikins • (1992) • short story by Vivien Alcock 60 • Ethan Unbound • (1992) • short story by Gary L. Blackwood [as by Gary Blackwood] 75 • TLA • (1992) • short story by Jane McFann 89 • For Pete's Snake • (1992) • short story by Ellen Conford 104 • Aunt Florrie • (1992) • short story by Robert Westall 118 • The Reincarnation of Sweet Lips • (1992) • short story by Larry Bograd 136 • A Nasty, Muddy Ghost Dog • (1992) • short story by Joan Aiken 147 • Salesman, Beware! • (1992) • short story by Steven Otfinoski 156 • Something's Different • (1992) • short story by Frances A. Miller 171 • Teeth • (1992) • short story by Patricia Windsor 183 • The Hoppins • (1992) • novelette by Annette Curtis Klause