Hi there, I have had a book on my mind that’s been bugging me for years and I’m hoping someone here recognizes it.  
I read this horror book back in the early 2000s. I’m 29 now and in the U.S. (Texas). It was definitely an anthology, not a single novel.  
The cover was black, and it looked scarier and more “grown‑up” than Goosebumps or the usual kids’ series. The vibe was more gothic and cold/bleak than fantasy—rugged, not whimsical.  
Format: it was a kids/YA horror anthology with multiple short stories.  
One story I remember: a husband is in a car with his family at night during heavy rain. They’re stuck and have to stay in the car overnight. At some point he leaves the car to get help. Out in the rain he sees someone standing there. He raises a flashlight to see the person’s face. On the next page there’s a full‑page black‑and‑white illustration in the same tone as the paper: the man has a shocked expression as he sees the standing body with no head, just a gruesome stump where the head should be. After that he runs back to the car.  
Another story I remember:  
•	A driver (possibly a taxi driver) keeps hearing complaints from passengers about a foul odor in his car.  
•	Eventually the trunk is forced open or checked, possibly with police present.  
•	Inside is a dead body, likely stabbed or shot, and the illustration shows a corpse crammed into the trunk with visible wounds.  
Multiple stories used the same “big reveal” structure: several text pages, then a full‑page black‑and‑white illustration showing the horror in graphic detail (the headless body in the rain, the body stuffed in the car trunk, etc.). The art style was moody and realistic rather than cartoony.  
I’m pretty sure I checked this out either from my school library (Black Elementary) or the Mesquite Public Library behind the police station in Mesquite, TX, in the early 2000s. It definitely felt darker than most kids’ horror. It is not Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark or Goosebumps.

Does this ring a bell for anyone?

Anthology Horror Book