Science Fiction & Fantasy Asked on July 31, 2021
It was a book with a few different stories but I’m fairly certain it was the one author. One story in particular centered on a teenage boy who lived in the woods, or near a swamp, and collected moths and butterflies, to pin to a board. One day he found a particularly large moth and killed it and pinned it. That night moths started beating at his door and windows until eventually he was ‘taken’ outside. It ends with other people finding him in the woods, pinned to a tree.
I’m desperate to find this story or the book that included it. Any help would be so much appreciated.
The closest thing that I can find is "The Cocoon" by John B. L. Goodwin. It was in a short story anthology edited by Ray Bradbury called "Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow"
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Answered by JohnP on July 31, 2021
"The Collector" by J. B. (Judith Bauer) Stamper, in her 1987 collection More Tales for the Midnight Hour.
Answered by Alicia on July 31, 2021
The Cocoon is the closest one I can think of. I remember reading it as a child and still hate moths today; some creepy little fear in the back of my mind. The book had maybe ten to twelve stories and that was one of them. One of the first books I bought with my "own" money from allowances and cutting grass etc.
Answered by Debra Salts on July 31, 2021
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