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Mar 16, 1928 — Mar 24, 2010· 82 yrs

UNITED KINGDOM AUTHOR · CHILDREN · FICTION

William Mayne

Also known as: Mayne William, William MAYNE

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An English writer of children's literature. He was born and spent most of his life in Yorkshire, where many of his books are set. He received the 1957 Carnegie Medal for A Grass Rope.

Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom
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The terror, which would not end for another twenty-eight years-if it ever did end-began, so far as I know or can tell, with a boat made from a sheet of newspaper floating down a gutter swollen with rain.

— from It, 2006

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Antar and the eagles

1989

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Abducted and raised by eagles, a young boy is sent on a mission to rescue a lost egg and, in the process, save the race of eagles.

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The worm in the well

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When Alan and his sister Margaret go fishing at the well deep in the woods, Granny Shaftoe tells Alan to keep whatever he catches, but he catches a monster and throws it back. Many years later, after being away at war, Alan returns only to discover a man-eating worm has laid his town to waste.

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Ghosts

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Ringing the Changes - novelette by Robert Aickman Author! Author! - novelette by Isaac Asimov Touring - novelette by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick [as by Jack M. Dann and Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick] The Wind in the Rose-Bush - short story by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Come Dance with Me on My Pony's Grave - short story by Charles L. Grant The Fire When It Comes - novelette by Parke Godwin The Toll-House - short story by W. W. Jacobs The Invasion of the Church of the Holy Ghost - novelette by Russell Kirk A Terrible Vengeance - novelette by Mrs. J. H. Riddell [as by Charlotte Riddell] Elle Est Trois, (La Mort) - novelette by Tanith Lee A Passion for History - short story by Stephen Minot Daemon - novelette by C. L. Moore The Lady's Maid's Bell - novelette by Edith Wharton The King of Thieves - short story by Jack Vance

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