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The article discusses the problem of classifying gothic fairy-tales and horror in modern children’s literature, mentally connected and relations between three genre forms: a fairy-tales, horror and fantasy (weird tale, vampire’s story, terrible and comic fantasy). The issue of the perception and reception of gothic – recognizable and popular – elements and the convention of gothic faerie in children’s fiction. The author of the article emphasizes the educational potential of the terrible novels from children resulting from the (anty)values it promotes. She focus our analysis on the following by Gaiman, Dahl, Emily’s Secret Book of Strange; A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, Mortina by Cantini, and another weird novels for children (Byng, Sommer-Bodenburg, Eoin, Simon).