The Horror Writers Association tasked writer/editor Eric J. Guignard with assembling a collection of 15 short stories inspired by classic literature and written by some of contemporary fiction’s best writers. The result is Scaring and Daring, an anthology targeted at younger, middle-school readers, but can and will be enjoyed by anyone looking for a good yarn. The short fiction in this collection provides new perspectives and adventures with characters that include Peter Pan, Pollyanna, Sherlock Holmes, Huck Finn, and Mulan. For readers who have never read the original stories, this could be a marvelous incentive to seek out the books on which they are based, and for readers who are familiar, they are a wonderful reminder of why these stories are known as classics.
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