Scared to Death: Ten Sinister Stories by the Master of the Macabre by Horowitz Anthony

Scared to Death: Ten Sinister Stories by the Master of the Macabre by Horowitz Anthony

Author:Horowitz, Anthony [Horowitz, Anthony]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror, Young Adult
ISBN: 9781406386882
Amazon: B07G2W8T4J
Goodreads: 42206551
Publisher: Walker Books
Published: 2018-10-04T07:00:00+00:00


> Can you let us have your daughter’s zodiac sign?

Fortunately, Jonathan Bailey hadn’t seen the email yet.

Jennifer typed back:

> Why do you want to know?

The answer came back almost at once:

> Blood sacrifice takes place on All Hallows’ Eve (31 October). It helps to incorporate the child’s star sign into the ritual. Sincerely, Ethan Kyte

Jennifer thought she was going to be sick. First a restaurant for cannibals, then a hospital that wanted to cut her open for experiments and now a coven of witches! For that was what 666grimsby undoubtedly was. The slightly unusual name – Ethan Kyte – led her to a website which only gave her more horrible details about what she already knew. Yorkshire had a long history of witchcraft and it seemed that the ancestors of certain fifteenth-century witches had regrouped and were using blood sacrifice and black-magic spells to raise powerful demons. 666 was, of course, the number of the devil. Their next “sabbat” – or secret meeting – was going to be in October. In his blog, Ethan Kyte wrote that he was actively looking for a young girl or boy to provide the necessary blood sacrifice.

There was absolutely nothing she could do. The sale was due to end on Sunday night and there were only these three bidders interested in her. That was when Jennifer did finally cry. Tears, hot and heavy, flowed down her cheeks and dripped off her chin. On the bed, Boodle began to whine. “Oh shut up!” she exclaimed. What did the dog know? It had an easy option compared with her.

Outside, the weather had turned gloomy as if reflecting her mood. The clouds had rolled in over Dandelion Close and the colour had drained out of the neat, square garden that her mother lovingly maintained. A single gnome stood near the gate, jerking its arms and humming, “Heigh–ho, heigh–ho…” she had always thought it adorable, but now she hated it. Why had her father ever dreamed up the stupid thing? Why couldn’t he have started a business that actually worked?

During the course of the day, the bids climbed rapidly. By tea-time, Jennifer was worth £4,500 – which is what Ethan Kyte and his witches were prepared to pay to summon up the devil. Nobody else was interested. Jennifer was thinking of packing her bags and running away. She had nowhere to go and the police would probably find her and bring her back, but she had to do something! Maybe she could make it to the south coast. She could stow away on a ferry bound for France…

And then, just after six o’clock, a fourth bidder appeared.

The bid was £4,600 and the customer profile read talltreesEastcott. With a sense of excitement, Jennifer returned to Google. This one wasn’t hard to track down. Eastcott was a village in Wiltshire, and Tall Trees had its own website.

Her heart leapt. An image had appeared on the screen of a beautiful country house in its own grounds. There were two people standing in front of it.



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