Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is the first book of the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trilogy, each story was collected and retold by the late Alvin Schwartz. The illustrations were drawn by Stephen Gammell and the book was published in October 14, 1981.

In 2011, the book along with the other books in the trilogy, would be receive reprints in 2011 by HarperCollins, with new art by Brett Helquist which was more cartoonish as opposed to Stephen Gammel's more disturbing art, this change would stir controversy among fans of the original artwork.

The first book and the trilogy would be once again released in 2017 in a box set. The books would later be re-released once more in 2019 as tie ins to the film of the same name that had been released the same year. Both re-releaseses would retain Stephen Gammel's original artwork instead of Helquist's less disturbing drawings.