Wednesday 14 September 2016

The taxi ride and other spooky stories by Priyanka and Bhavini

"The taxi ride and other spooky stories" by Priyanka and Bhavini. This book is published by Ms Moochie in 2014 and has 54 pages. Its a collection of spooky stories.

'Nani's secret' is a story of interaction between long dead Nani and her 9-10 year old grandson. 

'You've got mail' is about a chain email. You must forward to 30 persons otherwise bad things will happen. 

In 'The wall' children experience something dangerous, something creepy in the adjacent abandoned property. 

In 'The mist' each of the three school boys has same experience at the same time while other two slept. 

In 'The dark sorcerer', a life size chess board and chess pieces come to life every night. What happens next?

In 'Silence please' Mohit goes to a boarding school that is strangely silent. Why?

'A dangerous sport' is about black magic. Will a tennis ball help?

In 'The taxi ride' Tharunika boards a taxi on a lonely foggy night. The driver is scary. What happens on the ride?

'The bleeding finger' is a story of a couple who give shelter to a man with bleeding finger during a storm. Why is the finger bleeding?

In 'The ouija board' school girls call a spirit. It really comes. What will it do?

In 'The last dream' a boy sees dream about innocuous things and the things appear in his house the next day. What would be his last dream?

'The lucky finger' is a story told by a school girl to her sleepover friends. Why does the TV start on its own?

The book is a Collection of 12 stories. Title does not leave any doubt in reader's mind as to the content of the book.

The stories are spooky but not that spooky. Spookyness in some of the stories is predictable. There are a couple of errors of continuity that could have been avoided. 

Of these 12 stories I liked The mist, The taxi ride and The dark sorcerer, the most. 

It is rare for female authors to write spooky stories. This book has come out good. Although the book title shows only two authors, the stories are written by numerous authors, mostly female.

Do I recommend reading the book? Yes. Do I recommend to purchase the book? No.


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