This is a cute book. The plot revolves around a young man going to visit his eccentric uncle who lives in a creepy house deep in the woods. His uncle entertains his nephew by telling scary stories seemingly inspired by the objects in his house. By the end of the book we find out the real origin of these stories, the house and uncle montague.

Most childrens horror anthologies are retellings of the same stories (the call came from inside the house, they never found the girl in the trunk during hide and seek and such). Not in this novel though! The stories, while similar to things most adults have heard before are original and interesting or if they are not terribly original they are at least are written well and framed in a unique setting.

If you have a little horror fan please pick this book up for them they will love it. I don't think the stories are that scary but of course you have to know your child when it comes to something like that, but there are a fair amount of moral lessons to be learned in these tales and no descriptions of gore and violence. Just a very entertaining read.