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A scary book you'd read around a campfire
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The Tell-Tale Heart
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories
Skeleton Crew
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Terrifying Tales to Tell at Night: 10 Scary Stories to Give You Nightmares!
Scary Stories to Tell if You Dare 2

Just finished this, and I think reading this book aloud, in the dark, with just a campfire for light, would be perfect for what the book is trying to accomplish.



* The Watcher by Sheridan le Fanu
* The Werewolf by Clemence Housman
The versions I read were each around 34 pages, something easy to read in one sitting. Both have just the right amount of creepiness, but no gore, and while I liked both, I especially liked the second. Both are available at https://www.gutenberg.org/ .

Stolen by Vivian Vande Velde
Being Dead by Vivian Vande Velde
Both of these are labeled as YA, but if I remember correctly, they read younger. They're both relatively low page count and are fast reads.
I also can strongly recommend Seanan McGuire's ghost stories. Big suicide trigger warning for Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day, but it is handled respectfully in my opinion.
Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire
Sparrow Hill Road Seanan McGuire

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Being Dead (other topics)Sparrow Hill Road (other topics)
Stolen (other topics)
Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day (other topics)
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Vivian Vande Velde (other topics)Seanan McGuire (other topics)
Deliverance
The Summer that Melted Everything
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