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Tables of Contents for Short & Shivery
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
The Robber Bridegroom (adapted from the Brothers Grimm)
1
8
Jack Frost (from a Russian folktale)
9
6
The Waterfall of Ghosts (from the Japanese writings of Lafcadio Hearn)
15
7
The Ghost's Cap (from a Russian folktale)
22
6
The Witch Cat (folklore of the United States---Virginia)
28
7
The Green Mist (a legend from Lincolnshire, England)
35
6
The Cegua (a folktale from Costa Rica)
41
7
The Ghostly Little Girl (United States---California)
48
5
The Midnight Mass of the Dead (a Norse folktale)
53
5
Tailypo (United States---West Virginia)
58
4
Lady Eleanore's Mantle (from a tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne)
62
6
The Soldier and the Vampire (a Russian folktale)
68
5
The Skeleton's Dance (a folktale from Japan)
73
5
Scared To Death (United States---South Carolina)
78
6
Swallowed Alive (a British folktale)
84
4
The Deacon's Ghost (a folktale from Iceland)
88
4
Nuckelavee (a folktale from the Orkney Islands)
92
4
The Adventure of the German Student (from a tale by Washington Irving)
96
7
Billy Mosby's Night Ride (United States---New England)
103
9
The Hunter in the Haunted Forest (a Native American legend)
112
5
Brother and Sister (retold from an African folktale)
117
6
The Lovers of Dismal Swamp (United States---Virginia)
123
4
Boneless (based on folklore of the Shetland Islands)
127
6
The Death Waltz (United States---New Mexico)
133
6
The Ghost of Misery Hill (United States---California)
139
5
The Loup-Garou (The Werewolf) (from French-Canadian folklore)
144
5
The Golem (based on Jewish folklore)
149
6
Lavender (United States)
155
5
The Goblin Spider (a Japanese legend)
160
6
The Halloween Pony (from a French folktale)
166
5
Notes on Sources
171
5
About the Author
176
1
About the Artist
176