<Tr> <Th> Publisher </Th> <Td> Harper & Row </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Published </Th> <Td> 1981--1991 </Td> </Tr> <P> Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a series of three children's books written by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated by Stephen Gammell . The titles of the books are Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1981), More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1984), and Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones (1991). </P> <P> Schwartz drew heavily from folklore and urban legends as the topic of his stories, researching extensively and spending more than a year on writing each book . The first volume was published in 1981, and the books have subsequently been collected in both a box set and a single volume . There is also an audiobook version of each book, read by George S. Irving . The audiobooks are presented in unabridged format with the exception of a handful of missing stories from the first book . </P>

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