Tales to Keep You Up at Night

A Halloween Countdown Collection

Dan Poblocki author Marie Bergeron illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc

Published:28th Jul '26

Should be back in stock very soon

Tales to Keep You Up at Night cover

Countdown to Halloween with these 13 sealed scary stories to open in this advent-style collection! Perfect for fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark! An innocent prank gone wrong, so very wrong… A tarot deck that reveals much more than bargained for… A family of witches yearning for revenge… From bestselling author Dan Poblocki comes a spine-chilling book of 13 sealed stories that will keep you up way past bedtime. With one sealed scary story to open per day in the 13 days leading up to the holiday, this book is the perfect way to get into the Halloween spirit.

“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… 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

"…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

ISBN: 9798217252237

Dimensions: 210mm x 140mm x 16mm

Weight: 380g

240 pages