Carl Reiner

A young girl's grandfather shares chilling tale about his neighbor, Mr. Neewollah, who made him a scary Halloween costume to wear for trick-or-treating--and asks the reader if they still want to turn the page. Includes an audio CD with the author reading the text.

A doctor's peaceful domestic life is turned upside down when his restless spouse becomes famous doing television commercials.

What would you do if a blackmailer showed up peddling nudie pictures of your sweet wife? Why, plug the scoundrel and bury him under the backyard gazebo, of course!

The story focuses on the riotous confusion created when a Russian submarine gets stuck on a New England sandbar and the landing crew goes ashore for help-only to be mistaken for an invasion force by the over-imaginative townspeople.

Having failed to establish himself as a painter in Paris, Paul Sloane decides to return home to his wealthy girlfriend, Laurie Gibson. His roommate, Casey Barnett, argues that Paul should fake his own suicide, which will make his paintings much more popular. With Paul presumably dead, demand for his work soars. When Casey grows wealthy selling it off and begins courting Laurie, an angry Paul frames his deceitful friend for his murder.