Thirteen more terrifying tales.Following Only if You Dare (2021), Allen and Coleman's latest set of horror shorts for middle-grade readers once more strikes the perfect balance for its intended audience-frightening but never overly disturbing. This time around, ordinary objects reveal their true natures. Anything from a breakfast pastry to a sleeping bag could be a potentially deadly hazard, while familiar fears are proved not to be unfounded in this gruesome collection. In "Fortune," after a middle child who's always felt overlooked by his family receives a blank fortune cookie paper, he becomes literally invisible to the world; in "El Diablo," a bicycle has a mind of its own. A piano student realizes that her instrument may require a more painful sacrifice than her time and energy in "Sweat, Tears, Blood." The main characters aren't always on the receiving end of the danger, however-Damien has finally had enough of being called every name except his own in "The Emperor of Thumbtacks." Determined to be seen as "The Opposite of Cute," Emree inadvertently becomes a vampire when she purchases the wrong Halloween costume. The suspenseful tone and creeping dread aren't hampered by the stories' short lengths, and Coleman's dark, unsettling full-page illustrations further heighten the horror and add to the appeal of this well-paced, compelling anthology. Character names cue some racial diversity.Superbly scary. (Horror. 8-13)