Horribly Short Horror Stories

By Aevar Thor Benediktsson

You read this book at your own risk!

Horrifyingly Short Horrors contains twenty short stories that are each more terrifying than the other. Here you can read about vampires, zombies, ghosts and the monsters hiding under your bed.

Bestselling author Aevar Thor Benediktsson was afraid of the dark until he was seventeen years old. Here he shares all the things that used to frighten him. Agust Kristinsson was the only person who dared to illustrate these terrifying stories.

Publishing information

Year of publication

2021

Page count

124

Original title

Hrylliega stuttar hrollvekjur

Original language

Icelandic

Original publisher

Forlagið

Book series

Horribly Short Horror Stories (Book 1)

About the author

Aevar Thor Benediktsson is an Icelandic actor and author of more than 30 books, most known for his bestselling Your Very Own Series, where the reader takes an active role in shaping the storyline. Benediktsson has won several awards for his books, including the Icelandic Children’s Book Award and The Bookseller’s Award. He is also an engaged promoter of reading and takes inspiration from the gaming world to attract young people to reading. For this, he has been nominated for the ALMA award twice and awarded by the Icelandic Ministry of Culture and Education. 

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