Pages of Doom
Presenter: Jeff Szpirglas
Ages: 9 & Up (but all readers welcome!)
Jeff Szpirglas loves all things scary, and often writes about the things that scare him the most as both a horror fan and classroom teacher in books like Tales from Beyond the Brain and Book of Screams. Join Jeff for a discussion about what scares you, and maybe even one of his terrifying tales.
Pages of Doom
Written by Jeff Szpirglas
Illustrated by Andrew P. Barr
Published by Orca Book Publishers
Middle grader Tanya has managed to stop famed horror writer Joel Southland from stealing people’s nightmares for his books.
The malevolent, sentient ink that had been the source of all his powers and successes now belongs to Tanya. But the ink—which feeds on nightmares—is growing hungrier and hungrier. It urges Tanya to plunder the dreams of others so it can feed.
Among Tanya’s struggles to outwit the ink are eleven other creepy tales representing the dreams and nightmares of other characters in the book. From tales of dentists who are actually giant alien insects in disguise, to a kid spotting a tombstone with his own name and death date, these stories are sure to thrill and chill.
