Tales to Keep You Up at Night

“Tales to Keep You Up at Night is a delightfully wicked collection of bite-sized scares, with stories that are magical, strange, and downright unsettling—the perfect treat for a young reader looking for a properly spooky read.”–Kate Alice Marshall, author of Thirteens and I Am Still Alive“This book is magnificently frightening! It is this delicious blend of old timey folktales and creepy weirdness that kept me riveted to every single page and then, as promised, kept me up all night. Absolute horror story perfection!“—Ellen Oh, author of Spirit Hunters “Poblocki is the middle-grade Crypt Keeper, spinning yarns that are devilishly inventive and genuinely unsettling. This is the book to reach for during the witching hour.“—Daniel Kraus, New York Times bestselling author of The Teddies Saga“Grab a flashlight and a blanket—this lives up to its titular claim… Alternating between Amelia’s storyline and the contents of the book she’s reading, Poblocki’s delightfully constructed offering is somewhere between a literary matryoshka and an ouroboros as the vignettes twine perilously around each other, rewarding close readers and demanding rereads. It includes well-established genre tropes like creepy clowns and being buried alive, making it a fun distillation of elements from crowd pleasers by authors like R.L. Stine and Alvin Schwartz.“—Kirkus Reviews“The novel’s framework, which alternates between Amelia’s real life and the scary stories’ contents, slowly builds tension, intricately weaving classic and supernatural horror elements to deliver an immersive experience drenched in ominous atmosphere.“—Publishers Weekly“… a masterful, hair-raising work, start to finish.”—Books to Borrow, Books to Buy

Dan Poblocki is the author of many books for young people, including Ghost Hunter’s Daughter, The Ghost of Graylock, The Haunting of Gabriel Ashe, The House on Stone’s Throw Island, The Book of Bad Things, Liars’ Room, and the Shadow House series. His stories have thrilled and chilled readers all over the world. In the United States, they have won several state reading awards, have been named to the Best Books for Young Adults list by the American Library Association, and have been honored by the Junior Library Guild. Dan lives in Saugerties, New York, in an old house where he tries very hard to ignore the things that go bump in the night.

Marie Bergeron was born and raised in Montreal. After studying cinematography, she attended École de Design. Her style is inspired by many things, including films and games, contrasting a more graphic approach with organic strokes. Her clients have included Marvel Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., Fox Entertainment, and more.