Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
A collection of short horror stories for children by Alvin Schwartz.
Room for One More
A man named Blackwell couldn't sleep. Sometime during the night he heard a car turn into the driveway. He went to the window, he saw a long black hearse filled with people. The driver of the hearse looked up at him and called "There is room for one more." Then he waited for a minute or two, and he drove off. Late in the afternoon the next day he was waiting for an elevator, but when it arrived it was very crowded. One of the passengers looked out and called to him. "There is room for one more," he said. It was the driver of the hearse. "No thanks," said Blackwell. The doors closed. There was shreiking and screaming, then the sound of a crash. The elevator had fallen to the bottom of the shaft. Everyone aboard was killed.