Short Kid’s Scary stories for children are less gruesome and gory as compared to the one written for adults. Examples of such stories are ones which are told around campfires or at Halloween. Short Scary stories which are aimed to be read by the younger audience also take the form of a fairy tale with supernatural elements such as elves and gnomes which are evil. One of the popular collections of novels for children is R.L Stine’s Goosebumps.