Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters
- Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters
"Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters" is the first in a series of "Book of" anthologies edited by Bruce Coville. It was first published in September 1993 by Scholastic Publishing. It is collection of stories aimed at juvenile readers that advertises itself as "scary", but in fact contains a wide variety of stories and genres such as science fiction, horror, fantasy, and realistic with some supernatural elements. In this aspect the "Book of" anthologies differ from many other scary anthologies for juvenile readers which often lean towards straight horror.
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1. "My Little Brother is a Monster" by Bruce Coville
2. "Momster in the Closet" by Jane Yolen
3. "Merlin's Knight School" by Michael Markiewicz
4. "Uncle Joshua and the Groogle Men" by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald
5. "Friendly Persuasion" by Bruce Coville
6. "Kokolimalayas, the Bone Man" by Laura Simms retold from a story by the Native American Modoc people.
7. "The Thing That Goes Burp in the Night" by Sharon Webb
8. "Personality Problem" by Joe R. Lansdale
9. "Duffy's Jacket" by Bruce Coville
10. "The Bogeyman" by Jack Prelutsky
11. "Bloody Mary" by Patrick Bone
12. "The Beast with a Thousand Teeth" by Terry Jones
13. "Timor and the Furnace Troll" by John Barnes
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