Short Circuits

Prepare to be jolted . . . electrified . . .  zapped. Here are thirteen hair-raising stories that  are bound to stun and shock  you.There is great suspense in Robert Westall's  "Aunt Florrie" and Larry Bograd's "The  Reincarnation of Sweet Lips." Horrifying  happenings occur in Annette Curtis Klause's "The  Hoppins" and Patricia Windsor's  "Teeth."Ghosts abound in stories by Joan  Aiken, Vivien Alcock, Elsa Marston, Jane McFann,  Frances A. Miller, and Joan Lowery Nixon. For a dose  of comic relief, readers will gulp with glee at  Ellen Conford's "For Pete's Snake," Gary  Blackwood's "Ethan Unbound," and Steven  Otfinoski's "Salesman, Beware!" Read this  shocking collection at your own risk.