Michael Dahl 
Night Octopus [PDF ebook] 
And Other Scary Tales

During a visit to her great-aunt Glory, Simone is frightened of the curtains in the room where she sleeps. Like the movement of an octopus, the curtains curl and wave in the light breeze. As the night goes on, the curtains begin to look more and more like a pale, tentacled creature. But surely it is just Simone’s imagination . . . Read this collection of scary stories to find out what happens to Simone and many others.