The sky grows overcast, the low clouds darken, and small flashes of lightning appear on the horizon. A storm is about to break out... On nights like these, the dead never stop! The mummy prepares to leave its sarcophagus, and demons emerge from the ground. Be careful, for the creatures of St. Patrick's Cemetery are looking for new victims! Who has the courage to face what happens before the storm? These are new stories that continue the charming series "Graveyard Tales" by French writer Yak Rivais, in which children have fun while learning to cope with their fears. As the gravedigger says, "It's not easy to dig a lot of holes!" A little boy tries to capture a tiny marshmallow-eating gnome in "Péronnik and the Pulp-Joke." In the story "Huh? What? What Did They Say?", the boy Ludo plays a game of soccer with the one they call... the big horned one! In "The Statue," a huge marble figure comes to life, much to little Perrine's surprise. "Here I Go!" tells how Guernick had to face a mummy to find the treasure guarded by a race of little monsters. "Gul's Mirror" shows how a strange object Marie-Job finds on the ground can open the doors to the afterlife. In "Confiscated!", Jalm is playing with marbles when his toys are stolen by a bossy corpse. "The Blue Fly" tells the story of young Mael, who fell asleep in the cemetery and woke up in the middle of a dance for the dead. And in "The Witches' Box," a group of witches want to mock humans... But they don't count on the cunning of the children of Brittany Street! "Before the Storm" features eight short stories that maintain the magical atmosphere, both scary and hilarious, that is a hallmark of the entire "Cemetery Tales" collection. The other five books that make up the series are: After the Rain, Under the Rainbow, Under the Setting Sun, In the Autumn Wind and In the Mist.
