The Judge’s House: A student moved into an old house. The house was once belonged to a very cruel judge, who had ordered many criminals to be hanged. The students saw an enormous rat in the house. One night, the dead judge appeared and tried to put the rope over the student’s head and round his neck…can the student escaped?
The Iron Maiden: Miss Law has told me this frightening story. A tourist killed a kitten accidentally. The mother of the kitten, a large black cat was very angry. It followed him to a tower which shown the old instruments used long ago to torture people. The most frightening instrument is called the Iron Maiden. When the tourist tried to get inside the Iron Maiden in order to see what it feels like to stand inside, horrible things happened…
The return of Abel Behena: Will you killed your best friend for the woman you loved? Eric and Abel were good friends. Unfortunately they both fell in love with Sarah. Abel won the toss and will marry Sarah in her next birthday. Abel went abroad to do business. When his ship returned, there was a heavy storm. Only Eric can save him…
Frankly, the stories in “Tales of horror” is not so scary. But they are strange. If you like strange short stories, you will enjoy reading “Tales of horror”.
羅碧玉老師曾向中四同學介紹"Tales of Horror"這本英文故事書。《吸血鬼》的作者Bram Stoker這次創作了三個恐怖故事。
The Judge's House: 學生租住了法官的舊居，這位法官本性兇殘，生前下令吊死很多囚犯。學生半夜在房子內看見一隻可怕的大老鼠，某夜，他更遇上已死的法官，法官正拿著繩子，打算把學生吊死……
The Iron Maiden : 遊客一時貪玩，意外殺死了小貓。遊客到專門展示刑具的觀光點遊覽，貓媽媽亦步亦趨，遊客想試試穿上古時殘酷刑具Iron Maiden的感受，死怖事件隨之發生……
The return of Abel Behena: Eric 和Abel是好朋友，但兩人同時愛上Sarah。三人擲硬幣決定Sarah將於下年度生日下嫁Abel，Abel到海外經商，回程時船隻遇上暴風雨，Eric會否出手相救？
坦白說"Tales of Horror"(F STO)中的故事不算恐怖，但的確有點怪異，適合對這類故事感興趣的同學。
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