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By Joe Hill. 2005
Fifteen horror stories by the author of "Heart-Shaped Box". In "Better than Home," a disabled boy connects with his father…
at a baseball field. In "Voluntary Committal," a teen's savant brother helps him escape a friend's bad influence. Strong language and some violence. Bram Stoker Award. 2005. Best new horror -- 20th century ghost -- Pop Art -- You will hear the locust sing -- Abraham's boys -- Better than home -- Black phone -- In the rundown -- The cape -- Last breath -- Dead-wood -- Widow's breakfast -- Bobby Conroy comes back from the dead -- My father's mask -- Voluntary committal.By Stephen King. 1996
Once a thriving copper mining town in the middle of the Nevada desert, Desperation is now eerily abandoned. Just a…
local cop, who patrols the wilderness highway and travellers like the Carver family bound for vacation. But the secrets buried in Desperation are as terrifying as the forces summoned to encounter them. A transformation is taking place and the travellers will soon discover the true meaning of "desperation".By Kate Story. 2021
Disguised as a boy, Dor volunteers to work with Guiglielmo Marconi on his wireless radio experiments in St. John's, Newfoundland.…
But forces beyond nature are also at play, and Dor may have to sabotage Marconi's efforts in order to save her mother from the fairies who have kidnapped her.By Stephen King. 1987
Roland, The Last Gunslinger, pursues his quest for The Dark Tower. Finding himself in 1980s America, he joins forces with…
the defiant young Eddie Dean and the beautiful, brave Odetta Holmes, in a savage struggle against underworld evil. Violence and strong language. 1987.By Stephen King. 1986
In 1958, seven children search in the drains for the source of a series of horrifying murders. Having conquered the…
evil force once, they are summoned together 27 years later when the cycle begins again. Strong language, violence and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1986.By Emily Brontë. 1965
This 19th century classic, set in the Yorkshire moors, is about Heathcliff, a foundling raised in the Earnshaw home. He…
passionately loves Catherine and dedicates his life to the realization of that love, and revenge on those who oppose him. First published in 1847. (Reissue) 1965.By Iain Banks. 1990
A contemporary gothic horror story that takes place on a small island off of Scotland. This is Banks' first novel.…
It is the story of Frank, 16, who has murdered 3 people and considers committing the murders a "phase".By Kenneth Oppel. 2022
Gabe’s summer job scaring tourists with ghost stories turns terrifyingly real when he accidentally summons the spirit of a dead…
girl—and must join forces with her to protect the world of the living. A new story by award-winning author Ken Oppel for ages 10 and up.The story of the tragic death of sixteen-year-old Rebecca Strand and her lighthouse keeper father is just an elaborate tale Gabe tells tourists for his summer job on Toronto Island. Or so he thought. When his ghost tours awaken Rebecca’s spirit, Gabe is drawn into a world far darker than any ghost story he’s ever heard. Rebecca reveals that she and her father were connected to the Order, a secret society devoted to protecting the world from "the wakeful and wicked dead"—malevolent spirits like Viker, the ghost responsible for their deaths. But now the Order has disappeared and Viker is growing even stronger, and he’ll stop at nothing to wreak chaos and destruction on the living.Gabe and his friends—both living and dead—must find a way to stop Viker before they all become lost souls.By Wilkie Collins. 1860
By Bram Stoker. 1994
Jonathan Harker, an English solicitor, visits Count Dracula in his Transylvania castle to transact some business. He soon learns that…
Dracula is not the ordinary man he appears to be. First published in 1897. Senior High. 1994.By Bruce Coville. 1996
Part of a geography series designed to introduce children to the concept of their local area. The series uses contemporary…
photographs to highlight possible features in their own local environment. The books consider how aspects of the local area could be made safer, and help children recognise changes in their environment. There are simple activities, such as how to draw a map.By Rachel Caine. 2011
Claire discovers that an extreme sport pitting vampire against vampire--and sometimes vampire against human--is being broadcast on the internet and…
tries to stop it. Strong language, descriptions of sex, and some violence. For senior high and older readers. 2011By Silvia Moreno-Garcia. 2020
Mexico City, 1950. After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a…
mysterious doom, socialite Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. Both the home and its owners seem to have a dark past. Strong language. 2020By Gaston Leroux, Diane Namm, Troy Howell. 2008
By Kyle Lukoff. 2021
In the summer before middle school, eleven-year-old Bug must contend with best friend Moira suddenly caring about clothes, makeup, and…
boys; a ghostly haunting; and the truth about Bug's gender identity. Stonewall Award. For grades 4-7. 2021By P. C Cast. 2020
Other Neferet and her companion, Lynette, arrive in Woodward Park to set this world's Neferet free from her grotto prison,…
and discover there may be those who sympathize with their cause. Strong language, descriptions of sex, and some violence. For senior high and older readers. 2020By Genevieve Gornichec. 2021
A punishment from Odin leaves witch Angrboda injured and powerless. She flees into a remote forest and meets a man…
who reveals himself to be the trickster god Loki. They fall in love and have three children, but Angrboda has visions that her family will be present at Ragnarok. Some violence and some descriptions of sex. 2021By Leslie S. Klinger, Lisa Morton. 2019
"The ghost story has long been a staple of world literature, but many of the genre's greatest tales have been…
forgotten, overshadowed in many cases by their authors' bestselling work in other genres. In this spine-tingling anthology, little known stories from literary titans like Charles Dickens and Edith Wharton are collected alongside overlooked works from masters of horror fiction like Edgar Allan Poe and M. R. James. Acclaimed anthologists Leslie S. Klinger The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes and Lisa Morton Ghosts: A Haunted History set these stories in historical context and trace the literary significance of ghosts in fiction over almost two hundred years--from a traditional English ballad first printed in 1724 up to the science fiction-tinged tales of the early twentieth century." -- Provided by publisherBy Olivie Blake. 2022
Every year, six uniquely talented magicians are selected to compete for initiation into the secretive Alexandrian Society. Libby, Nico, Reina,…
Parisa, Callum, and Tristan make up the latest group. The six must fight to survive and prove themselves the best to avoid elimination. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2020By Elin Hilderbrand. 2022
"Fresh off a bad breakup with a longtime boyfriend, Nantucket sweetheart Lizbet Keaton is desperately seeking a second act. When…
she's named the new general manager of the Hotel Nantucket, a once Gilded Age gem turned abandoned eyesore, she hopes that her local expertise and charismatic staff can win the favor of their new London billionaire owner, Xavier Darling, as well as that of Shelly Carpenter, the wildly popular Instagram tastemaker who can help put them back on the map. And while the Hotel Nantucket appears to be a blissful paradise, complete with a celebrity chef-run restaurant and an idyllic wellness center, there's a lot of drama behind closed doors. The staff (and guests) have complicated pasts, and the hotel can't seem to overcome the bad reputation it earned in 1922 when a tragic fire killed nineteen-year-old chambermaid Grace Hadley. With Grace gleefully haunting the halls, a staff harboring all kinds of secrets, and Lizbet's own romantic uncertainty, is the Hotel Nantucket destined for success or doom?" -- Provided by publisher. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex