Nightmares & Fairy Tales Volume 3: 1140 Rue Royale

This tale belongs to the dead and the house they dwell in. Madame Lalaurie inflicted unspeakable acts upon her slaves at 1140 Rue Royale, and now their tortured souls are seeking revenge on the house's new occupants: an elderly woman named Victoria and her young niece Rebecca. Rebecca must fight for their lives as she learns of the house's horrifying past, encounters monstrous nuns with a deadly secret in the attic and becomes possessed by one of the spirits in her new home.

From Booklist

Victorian-era New Orleans is the setting for this chilling ghost story. It starts, as so many such stories do, with a house. Rebecca moves into it with her aunt Victoria, and it doesn't take long at all for the pair to suspect that the rumors of haunting ghosts might be true. Frightened and tormented by the spirits of slaves murdered by their owners, Rebecca is drawn into a mystery that reveals the history of not only the house but also her aunt. The third Nightmares & Fairy Tales arc sparkles with gothy spookiness. Valentino's unhurried storytelling allows readers to get caught up in the tale and the atmosphere of 1140 Rue Royale. Scrambly's art--lots of crosshatched shadows and Tim Burton-esque angles--complements the narrative with a dark ambience and stylish exaggeration that are reminiscent of Edward Gorey. Tina ColemanCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

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