The Boy Who Fed his Parents to a Monster
A collection of macabre stories for the child in all of us.
“There is a lamb under the table,” Eliza-Beth declared. “It is butting me and seems to want to get my attention for some reason. Furthermore, it is a very uncanny lamb, and its appearance is decidedly odd.”
“It is very impolite to look under the table during dinner,” her mother declared.
In this collection of gothic tales for children aged 10 and up, author and illustrator Simon Skullwright explores the world of quirky, intelligent children who experience things that others do not. Children who read and understand deeply. Children who suffer loss and injustice yet find the strength to carry on. Children with unique views on the world who must fight to maintain them in the face of adult ignorance.
Calamity strikes. Parents are lost. Things enlarge, which are not supposed to enlarge. These stories will not leave you feeling comfortable. They will not give you a heart warming glow, though several are funny. These stories are for children who are not afraid to face the grim realities of injustice, loss, uncertainty and the uncanny. Children who do not flinch from trouble, but who face up to their difficulties, no matter how upsetting they may be.
For children and the young at heart. Shiver, cringe and giggle as…
In Monster Feet, we meet a boy with an ever-increasing problem: whenever he hiccups, his feet grow larger. And hairier.
Eliza-Beth has a wonderful house, awful parents and the ghosts of several dozen animals following her everywhere she goes.
Two recently orphaned twins cross over to the shadowy realm of the afterlife so that they may learn the strength to press on against their crushing loss.
A boy’s parents make the ultimate sacrifice when their son brings home an unidentifiable but decidedly hungry creature.
Experience a nautical adventure so filled with unnecessary sadness that it would not be seemly to describe it here.
In this collection of whimsical, dark and startlingly original tales Simon Skullwright brings to life a world of peculiar happenings, dark old houses, dusty libraries and the clever children who inhabit them.
For those with a taste for the macabre and creepy and a sense of humour to go with it.
Don’t miss out!
For fans of
The Spiderwick Chronicles
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Coraline
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Corpse Bride
Goth Girl
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ghormenghast
The Secret Garden
Edgar Allan Poe
Edward Gorey
Tim Burton
Lemony Snicket
Neil Gaiman
Emily Dickinson
Chris Riddell
Ransom Riggs
Holly Black