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(8-14 October 2018)
When Keawe meets a wealthy man who claims that his fortune came from an imp in a bottle who grants wishes to its owner, Keawe is desperate to buy it: will he regret his purchase?
The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson #Free Scary Stories @everywriter https://t.co/Q7PZQ3lAod pic.twitter.com/nwg7eD89ay— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) October 8, 2018
An old soldier tells a couple about a monkey’s paw which grants its owner three wishes, and they are determined to have it for themselves.
The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs#Free Scary Storieshttps://t.co/bLR76geeHH pic.twitter.com/sdjYrQ5tjJ— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) October 9, 2018
When Gregor Samsa wakes up, he seems to have too many arms & legs… too many legs, actually, and he seems to be some sort of insect: what will happen if his family finds out?
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka#Free Scary Storieshttps://t.co/B9tlOODTq0 pic.twitter.com/nINIe0Szvu— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) October 10, 2018
Dr. Jekyll works all night in his laboratory, and the servants hear such strange cries, but when the cruel Mr. Hyde keeps showing up, they get truly scared.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson#Free Scary Storieshttps://t.co/7RJsypsDbI pic.twitter.com/4FLUjEpa6W— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) October 11, 2018
Dorian Gray has everything a man could desire — youth, good looks, wealth — and he never seems to get a wrinkle or a grey hair: what is his terrible secret?
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde#Free Scary Storieshttps://t.co/9qjwtddKov pic.twitter.com/I63dZWOlPU— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) October 12, 2018
When Captain Walton rescues Victor Frankenstein, Walton is horrified to hear the doctor’s story: has he really created a human being from corpses, and how did the Creature escape?
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecroft Shelley#Free Scary Storieshttps://t.co/kPCNmvcKNe pic.twitter.com/BE1C7z7nSg— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) October 13, 2018
The Old Farmer has visions of villagers going into the Wood of the Dead before they die, so he walks with them to calm their fear: who goes in tonight?
Wood of the Dead by Algernon Blackwood#Free Scary Stories @wikisource_en
Painting: Siesta by Van Goghhttps://t.co/y0Bc12aF8b pic.twitter.com/PrtlBTLssg— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) October 14, 2018
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