A Touch of Chill: Tales for Sleepless Nights — Joan Aiken

The homely and the exotic mix in fifteen unique tales. The macabre and witty stories are a melange of horror guaranteed to send chills up the spine of any sleepless reader.

Tales include:

The cat flap and the apple pie.--"He".--Time to laugh.--Lodgers.--Listening.--Sailors' legends.--A game of black and white.--Elephant's ear.--The Sewanee glide.--She was afraid of upstairs.--The birthday party.--Mousework.--A long way to swim.--Who goes down this dark road?--Power cut.