Includes bibliographical references.

Mean John and the Jack-o-lantern (an Irish folktale) / Michael J. Caduto -- The vain girl and the handsome visitor (based on a Mexican urban legend) / Olga Loya -- The gingerbread boy (a Kentucky folktale) / Mary Hamilton -- The mournful Lady of Binnorie (based on a Scottish ballad) / Bobbie Pell -- The angel of river road (based on a family story) / Larry G. Brown -- One lace glove (a Civil War ghost story) / Lorna MacDonald Czarnota -- The boy who drew cats (a Japanese folktale) / Judy Sima -- The greyman of Pawleys Island (based on maritime legend) / Timothy E. Dillinger -- Simon and the magic catfish (a folktale from the southern United States) / Nat Whitman -- The red satin ribbon (an American variant of a European legend) / Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss -- The dauntless girl (a British folktale) / Margaret Read MacDonald -- Shut up, Billy! (an original tale with a traditional twist) / Jim May -- Ain't nobody here (an African-American folktale) / Lyn Ford -- Outside the door (based on U.S. campus lore) / Richard and Judy Dockery Young -- Tío Mono y La Lechusa (based on Mexican folk legend) / Gregorio C. Pedroza -- Johnny and the dead man's liver (an African-American folktale) / James "Sparky" Rucker -- Aaron Kelly's bones (based on Appalacian and African-American folklore) / Kevin Cordi -- The snow ghost (based on Irish and Scottish folklore) / Wendy Ghost -- Pretty maid Ibronka (a Hungarian folktale) / Mary Grace Ketner -- Mia's ghost (an original story) / Robert D. San Souci.