Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

When I was a kid, the "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" books were the shit. Alvin Schwartz's stories were great and the drawings were fantastic. After all these years all of the stories might not hold up, but the artwork is just as good as it ever was. Stephen Gammell did a great job on these. Black and white forms fade into nothing. Lines dripping and splintering in all directions. It may be my favorite art of any book I've ever read, except for maybe the Codex Seraphinianus.

Since I recently found my old copy, I'll be taking a look at some of the stories of these books. Some are actually good, most are ridiculous, but they're all great. To start off this series of posts, I will focus on the first story of this collection of tales: The Big Toe