Description
Imagine walking home from school one day and seeing a brain on the side of the road, a brain that, it turns out, is looking for a new home.
Or instead of paying attention to the teacher, you shoot a paper airplane across the room and accidentally rip a hole in the fabric of the universe. And what would you do if you discovered that your class reading group was actually recruiting kids with telekinetic powers? Tales from Beyond the Brain is a collection of thirteen spooky stories that are as outrageous as they are terrifying. It's a throwback to the weird tales of yesteryear, in the vein of Tales from the Crypt and The Twilight Zone, but with contemporary characters and settings. Getting an education has never been more dangerous.
The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Author Bio
Jeff Szpirglas is the author of several works for young people, including the horror collections Tales from Beyond the Brain, Tales from the Fringes of Fear and most recently, Book of Screams. He is also the co-author, with Danielle Saint-Onge, of a number of Orca Echoes titles, including Shark Bait!, X Marks the Spot and Super Switch. Jeff has worked at CTV and was an editor at Chirp, Chickadee and Owl magazines. In his spare time, he teaches grade school. Jeff lives with his family in Kitchener, Ontario.
Prizes
- Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Awards - Diamond WillowNominated 2020
- CCBC Best Books for Kids & TeensCommended 2020
Table of contents
The Paper Cut
Twenty-Four Frames Per Second
Two Brains, One Alice
Scratch
Whiskers
A Kernel Takes Root
Chewy Ones
Last of the Daves
Stuffing
The Reading Group
Evil Eye
The Page Turner
Review Quotes
Biographical note
Jeff Szpirglas is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction, including the bestselling Wild Cards and the Red Maple Award nominee You Just Can’t Help It! He has worked at CTV and was an editor at Chirp, ChickaDEE and Owl magazines. He is the father of twins and has two cats (the cats are not twins). In his spare time, he teaches second grade. Jeff lives in Toronto.
Steven P. Hughes is an award-winning Canadian illustrator and horror enthusiast whose clients include ESPN, Reader’s Digest and Scientific American.
