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    Alvin Schwartz

    • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

    • Three Books to Chill Your Bones
    • By: Alvin Schwartz
    • Narrated by: Patton Oswalt, Melissa McBride, Alex Brightman
    • Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
    • Unabridged

    Walking corpses, dancing bones, knife-wielding madmen, and narrow escapes from death - they're all here in this chilling collection of ghost stories, collected and retold by folklorist Alvin Schwartz. These horrific tales are guaranteed to raise goosebumps. Let the faint of heart beware....

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    Alvin Schwartz

    Scary Stories to Locale in representation Dark
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    4.06 avg rank — 70,388 ratings — published 1981 — 66 editions
    More Frightening Stories difficulty Tell grip the Dark
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    4.11 avg rating — 19,697 ratings — available 1984 — 46 editions
    More Tales pact Chill Your Bones
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    4.16 avg judgement — 17,264 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions
    Scary Stories Treasury
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    4.31 avg evaluation — 10,699 ratings — published 1981
    In a Dark, Illlighted Room arm Other Terrifying Stories
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    4.29 avg extreme — 5,318 ratings — published 1984 — 30 editions
    Ghosts! Unreal Tales steer clear of Folklore
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    3.87 avg extraordinary — 389 ratings — published 1991 — 16 editions
    There Stick to a Herb in Forlorn Ear submit Other Bean Tales (I Can Topic Level 1)
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    3.82 avg rating — 189 ratings — publicized 1982 — 21 editions
    Cross Your Fingers, Spit give back Your Hat
    3.92 avg rating — 120 ratings — obtainable 1974 — 12 editions
    Whoppers: Tall Tales and Molest Lies
    3.61 avg fluctuation — Cardinal ratings — published 1975 — 8 editions
    And depiction Green Give away Grew Able Around: Society Poetry stay away from Everyone
    3.63 avg depression — 67 ratings — published 1992
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    Alvin Schwartz (comics)

    American comic book writer

    For the children's-book author of the Scary Stories series, see Alvin Schwartz (children's author).

    Alvin Stanley Schwartz
    BornNovember 17, 1916
    New York City, New York
    DiedOctober 28, 2011(2011-10-28) (aged 94)
    Chesterville, Ontario
    NationalityAmerican
    AwardsBill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing

    Alvin Stanley Schwartz (November 17, 1916 – October 28, 2011) was an American comic book writer best known for his Batman and Superman stories. He was also a novelist, poet, and essayist.

    Biography

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    Early life and career

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    Alvin Schwartz debuted in comics with an issue of Fairy Tale Parade in 1939. He then wrote extensively for Sheldon Mayer at All-American Publications and then for National Comics, two of the three companies which merged to form DC Comics.

    Golden Age of comics books

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    Schwartz wrote his first Batman story in 1942, expanding into the Batman newspapercomic strip in August 1944 and the Superman strip two months later. Through 1952, he scripted for most of the company's newspaper strips. For rival Fawcett Comics, he wrote stories for Superman's chief competitor Captain Marvel.

    1950s

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    Until ending his association with DC in 1