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Catching Cold

Story Stats

Rating: 5
Grade Level: 5, Adult
Page count: 17
Categories: Halloween, Scary

Author

Neal
Shusterman

Appeared in

Darkness Creeping (Combines Darkness Creeping I & II)

Story Summary

Whenever Marty Zybeck heard the tinkling sound of the ice cream truck, he would run out, dollar in hand but never get there in time. He soon realized nobody every actually saw the truck, so he decided to set a trap. Nothing could have prepared Marty for what he discovered.