Dave Shelton

"Daphne loves to read and is delighted to be offered the chance to interview for the job of assistant librarian. But it turns out nothing is quite what you'd expect at St. Rita's--the floor has holes from cannonballs, the smell in the dining room is disgusting, and Daphne discovers that the librarian doesn't even exist! But there is an assistant librarian, Emily Lime. She's really a crime-solving genius who's looking for a new assistant of her own....

A treasury of scary stories envisions the experiences of a train passenger who becomes subject to the nightmarish elements in stories told by a mysterious stranger, who demands a terrible price to make the stories end.