A Whisper in the Night

These stories of 'horror, suspense and fantasy could be stored similarly, though for secondary only. I enjoyed Old Fillikin, with its open ending and country grandmother full of quaint old sayings, and The Birthday Party where the menacingly self-centred Juniper becomes possessed of a nasty way to wreak vengeance on her enemies. Finders Keepers reappears and ten more will promote your own understanding of short stories and spark ideas even if Ms Aiken doesn't have sufficient knowledge of, or perhaps commitment to, the audience to adopt the right style, structure and content for generally-acceptable read-alouds. Keep for dipping into: don't read it all at once.