By Anthony Horowitz
Ever pictured your individual funeral? You won’t have the capacity to support it in case you learn a few of the tales during this nightmarish assortment, the place issues are by no means what they seem. Funerals are only the start. How a few day on the seashore that leads to a mischievous homicide? Or a mobile phone that has an instantaneous dial to . . . the dead?
From the writer of the blockbuster Alex Rider Adventures and The Diamond Brothers Mysteries comes 8 extra superbly scary stories. no matter what you do, don’t take this publication to mattress with you!
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We're all going to do it. " "Well said, Ann," Kezzy approved. " the skeleton cackled. " I patted her on the shoulder. Then she walked over, got down on her knees, and got to it. Hannah was already going a mile a minute, and her guy was making noises like a cowboy at a rodeo. Mole Face grinned and flexed his boner for me. Fuck. I just leaned over and started sucking. It was awful, pathetic, and ridiculous: three 19-year-old girls blowing really old men. Of course, my guy's crotch stunk, but by then I was cauterized to it.
But, you know, that's another thing you constantly notice when you're fat. The slim, beautiful people can stuff their faces all they want and never gain an ounce, but me? If I eat, like, one candy bar, I put on five fuckin' pounds before I'm even done eating the motherfucker. Anyway, here's how the deal went for the next four days. " The Old Manning on that second night was nothing compared to what Kezzy had in store for us, and she wasn't kidding when she said the rest would be "exponentially worse" than blowing those old turds at the American Legion.
I got the Great Dane. Mercy and Hannah kind of went into shock just looking at these dogs, but I set an example, I guess. It's a state of mind, I told myself. I just had to get into that state, and then I could do anything. No way in a million years would I have even thought about doing something like this a week ago. But now? The carrot Kezzy was dangling in front of me was my fuckin' inheritance. I was not going to throw in the towel now. doing it to the Great Dane. His name was George, by the way, and he was a big ass dog.