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''Horowitz Horror'' and ''More Horowitz Horror'' are two collections of short horror stories written by Anthony Horowitz, published in 1999 and 2000 respectively. A third set of stories is awaiting release. ''Horowitz Horror'' was first published in 1999 and contained nine short stories. The stories in ''Horowitz Horror'' are written in a mixture of first- and third-person narrative. Out of the nine stories, two ("Light Moves" and "The Man with the Yellow Face") are conveyed from the viewpoint of the leading character. ==Synopsis== *Bath Night — A newly installed bath harbours the spirit of a Victorian era axe-murderer. The family's daughter, Isabel, has suspicions about the bath even before discovering this, and refuses to use it, eventually deciding to destroy it. Her parents catch her in the act and she is sent to an asylum. At the end of the story, the father decides to go on a killing spree whilst in the bath. *Killer Camera — A boy buys a camera as a birthday present, unaware that it has been imbued with dark magic – anything that is photographed is destroyed; he searches for his family, who have taken the camera with them on a trip to London. He manages to find them and is relieved to hear that they have not taken any pictures of each other – until he is told that his brother took a picture of the London skyline. *Light Moves — A computer formerly owned by now-deceased horse-racing journalist, Ethan Sly, has the power to give horse racing tips. A schoolboy is given the computer as a present, and ends up being forced by the local bully to give him the names of the winners. However, one of the names it gives – "Light Moves" – is the name of a company whose van runs over the bully. *The Night Bus — On Halloween night, two brothers returning home from a party, go on an unexpected bus tour of London's cemeteries. *Harriet's Horrible Dream — A rich girl's family no longer has enough money to support her and she has been sold to a restaurant owned by a family friend which serves human meat. Then she wakes up, realising that it was all a nightmare – until she looks at her surroundings. *Scared — A school bully gets his comeuppance while walking through the countryside. *A Career in Computer Games — A boy who has recently left school with no qualifications, due to his obsession with computer games, thinks he has found the job of a lifetime testing an upcoming video game, but finds himself trapped in a brutally realistic world where countless men in black suits shoot at him. *The Man with the Yellow Face — A boy gets his photo taken at a train station, in a sinister photo booth which produces pictures that foretell future events. The picture he gets shows a grown up with a hideously deformed yellow face. The train he boards crashes and injures him severely, leaving him with the same yellow face as the one in the photo. *The Monkey's Ear — A family purchases a monkey's ear able to grant wishes. Although there is one catch – it is partially deaf. So when the father shouts at his son to go to hell, they don't know where he has gone. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Horowitz Horror」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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