Stupid me donated a ton of books a few years ago, and I don’t think I separated out the couple that I might have wanted. Now with kids I want one back, if I can find it.
I had a kid’s book of scary stories. I’m not sure if it was by one author or a bunch of them. I remember it was a paperback so it was probably done in the 70s or 80s. I also think it was black and maybe 150 pages or so.
I remember two stories from it so hopefully that will help.
The first story I remember is a guy buys a new house, he’s told it’s haunted but doesn’t believe it. The first night he wakes up and sees eyes at the base of his bed. The next night he puts a pistol under his pillow and when he wakes up again he sees the eyes at the end of his bed. He gets the pistol and shoots. Of course, there being no such things as ghosts he ends up shooting himself in the foot because his toes were sticking out and the moonlight was shining off of his toenails.
The other one I remember was a man sitting by the fireplace and a leg falls down the chimney and lays there. The next night another leg falls down the chimney. I don’t remember all of the rest of it, but I do remember the legs led the guy to a treasure (though it might have been the rest of the leg’s body).
Hopefully someone will at least remember the stories and know where I can find them. I would love to get the book again.
ETA: I grew up in the 70s and early 80s so it would have to be at least that old, not the later 80s or 90s books.