McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017.

The dark-thirty : Southern tales of the supernatural / Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney. - New York : Scholastic Inc., c1992, - iv, 122 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Reprint: Originally published: New York : Knopf, c1992. "First Scholastic printing, October 1993"--Verso t.p.

A collection of ghost stories with African American themes, designed to be told during the Dark Thirty--the half hour before sunset--when ghosts seem all too believable.

0590477358 (pbk.)


Ghost stories, American.
Horror tales, American.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories, American.
Ghosts--Fiction.
Horror tales.
African Americans--Fiction.


Short stories.