A shocking collection of classic literary tales all with a sting in the tail! A rocking-horse that brings mixed fortune. A heart which death cannot silence. A pig that falls from the sky...This collection contains short stories from around the world by such celebrated authors as Roald Dahl, Saki, P. G. Wodehouse, Edgar Allen Poe, Graham Greene, Jack London, D. H. Lawrence and Guy de Maupassant. Surprising, shocking, amusing, intriguing, terrifying, each of these stories has a sting in its tail!

 

There are 192 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 2005 by Walker Books Ltd .

Sara Corrin, along with her late husband Stephen, is well-known for her distinguished and popular anthologies for children. Sara says her greatest joy is sharing stories with children - as a teacher, she became known as The Storyteller, and pupils would come back years after they had left school to recall the tales they had enjoyed in her classes. Sara's storytelling took her to America, Holland, and all over Great Britain. Sara lives in London.