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After witnessing a bloody occult murder in the fields behind his subdivision, Lars is sent by his dad to rendezvous with an aunt he's never met who has very weird powers -- but Lars is almost killed before they can meet. At age sixteen, Lars suddenly has deadly enemies -- the Witch Kind -- a powerful secret cult with members in many places who practice the darkest kind of Magic. Lars was never a believer in Magic, but now he must learn a lot about it very quickly in order to survive. Lars learns from Aunt Helen that he comes from a Magical family, which his parents kept a secret, and she introduces him to new friends, Seers and Changers, each with different kinds of Magical knowledge. Lars's new friends will give him a crash course in Magical spells, while also teaching him how to discover magical powers he never knew he had. In the process, he meets a lively shape-changing girl who quickly becomes very fond of him. Lars learns that his dad has suddenly been confined to a mental institution. He must return to his little commuter town, Fairchance, to try and find out what has happened to his dad. Lars and Helen return to Fairchance and immediately come under attack from The Witch Kind, a number of whom are leaders of his community. By chance, he saves the life of the daughter of one of the cultists --but the body count is rising, and the Witch Kind is planning a ritual that will open a door to demonic evil on a grand scale. Lars must discover the cult's secret meeting place, and the identity of their leader in Fairchance and put the Witch Kind out of business. If he can't he's doomed, and an ancient evil will be unleashed on the world.

A boy in the Philippines is taken by a monster, and the only thing that can save him is another monster.A family find themselves driving home on a road that goes nowhere during a night that never ends, all the while pursued by a creature of pure darkness.Anna goes to her childhood home and learns some dark truths about her lineage.Chad Robert Morgan returns to the world of The Last Rite with three short stories of supernatural horror.

Keep the lights on. Bone-chilling scary stories for Teens. It is time for teens to read...and be a little bit scared... This collection of 6 brand new bone-chilling Halloween stories for teens promises to keep them reading...and also perhaps ask for the lights to be kept on. From werewolves, statues, and ghosts (and more) this promises to entertain and scare. Stories included in this Halloween Bundle for teens: The Curse of MalechutosThe SirenThe GobblerBridge Number TwoLure of the WerewolfThe CaveThis book makes a great gift for your teen and pre-teens who loves a good fun scary read over Halloween or any other time of year. Grab a Copy Today!

What do you do when you're a skeleton and you can't lie down peacefully? Maybe you go visit your family! In this spooky, funny, sweet tale, a scary skeleton goes home to visit a boy who's not afraid to keep his skeleton grandpa company. In the end, the boy helps his grandpa go back to bed in his grave, and makes sure that the skeleton won't be coming out again at night to keep him awake. Told in amusing, mysterious verse and rich illustrations, Skeleton Grandpa turns the tables on fear and reassures children that they possess inner courage, wisdom, patience, and daring. You can view a video preview of the book here: https: //youtu.be/BnTrYJLICZ4

Set more than one hundred years after the Borden murders, this propulsive, supernatural thriller imagines what might happen if history were to repeat itself today. Perfect for fans of Kara Thomas and Courtney Summers!When Mariella Morse accuses her boyfriend, Vik Gomez, of murdering her wealthy parents with an axe, the town is quick to believe her. It doesn’t help that Vik is caught standing over her parents’ bodies with blood on his hands, unable to remember anything about the night in question.But Vik’s sister, Tessa, knows that Vik would never be capable of such a gruesome crime. Haunted by the mistakes she made that led her family to move to Fall River, MA in the first place, she sets out to prove her brother’s innocence.Tessa’s search for answers will lead her into a sprawling, notoriously cursed forest, where she and Mariella must face a darkness that has lurked within their town since before the days of Lizzie Borden—the original axe murderess of Fall River.

"A teenager's suicide in the Midwest town of Loving, Ohio, leads a group of their friends down a terrifying path of cult conspiracy and supernatural horror. [This book] is a return to surreal, character-driven horror ... [in which] the teenagers have been mysteriously vanishing day-by-day, but when a bizarre killer begins terrorizing the town, Sloane and her friends vow to make it out of Ohio, even if it kills them"--

They'll lure you in with fruit and gems and liquor and dancing, merriment to remember for the rest of your life. But that's an illusion. The market is death itself.Beneath the streets of York, the goblin market calls to the Wickett women-the family of witches that tends to its victims. For generations, they have defended the old cobblestone streets with their magic. Knowing the dangers, they never entered the market-until May Wickett fell for a goblin girl, accepted her invitation, and became inextricably tied to the world her family tried to protect her from. The market learned her name, and even when she and her sister left York for Boston to escape it, the goblins remembered.Seventeen years later, Lou, May's niece, knows nothing of her magical lineage or the twisted streets, sweet fruits, and incredible jewels of the goblin market. But just like her aunt, the market calls to her, an echo of a curse that won't release its hold on her family. And when her youngest aunt, Neela, is kidnapped by goblins, Lou discovers just how real and dangerous the market is.To save her, both May and Lou will have to confront their family's past and what happened all those years ago. But everything-from the food and wares, to the goblins themselves-is a haunting temptation for any human who manages to find their way in. And if Lou isn't careful, she could end up losing herself to the market, too.

A new quirky-funny book from the author of Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer about a boy whose plans for the summer go sideways when the ghost of his great-great-grandmother demands his attention.HD Schenk is a maker--an inventor, someone who builds cool stuff. He's got a plan for the summer: he'll build his own computer and enter it in the county fair. Then everyone will know who he is and what he can do. To earn enough money for the parts he'll need, HD has promised to clear out his uncle's overflowing basement. No big deal, right? But there's more in that basement than HD bargained for. On his first trip down there, a voice only he can hear starts talking to him. About...sauerkraut?Who knew the ghost of his great-great-grandmother was haunting an old pickling crock? She's got a grand plan, too. She wants HD to help make her famous recipe for sauerkraut and enter it in the county fair so that she can be declared pickle queen.After some initial shock, HD is willing enough to help. This ghost is family, after all. But only HD can really see and hear his Oma, which is going to make it hard for her to win on her own...Kelly Jones spins a wonderfully goofy ghost tale that celebrates creative problem solving, family ties, and makers of every variety.

THE UNMISSABLE FOLLOW-UP TO THE EXPLOSIVE YA HORROR NOVEL, I FEED HER TO THE BEAST AND THE BEAST IS ME.Monsters and mortals, rejoice! Acheron is back . . .Though Laure has tried to close the lid on her ballet shoes and the feelings she once held for dance since the Palais Garnier incident two months ago, Laure is spinning out. Between partying, drinking, and avoiding anything and, well, everyone, she has no time to be anything but a monster. But when Laure stumbles across a mysterious dead body during one of her nights out, she's forced to notice the cracks stretching beyond herself.Below the streets of Paris, Elysium is dying, and Acheron and Lethe's influence is spilling into the streets like a blight. Laure isn't the only of Elysium's beasts to rise from the ruins of Palais Garnier, and someone is mobilizing an army of monsters with plans greater than Laure, Andor, and Keturah could have ever guessed. While Laure is warring between her wants and Acheron's ever-demanding appetite, she and her circle of monsters are left to reckon with a not-so-simple question: how do you save yourself from oblivion?Jamison Shea's writing reaches terrifying new heights in this vicious sequel to I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me.

Deliciously dark and dangerously addictive, Wilder Girls meets A Deadly Education in this queer dark academia YA thriller from the author of the sensational The Boy Who Steals Houses, filled with twisted fairy tales and monsters that will keep you up at night. 'No one would want a heart like his. But he'd still cut it out and given it away.' On the first day back at boarding school, Andrew can't wait to find refuge in the twisted fairy tales that he writes for Thomas - the boy with hair like autumn leaves. But Thomas' parents have vanished, and he has blood on his sleeve. Stranger still, Thomas won't talk to Andrew, even though he's always loved sketching the monstrous creatures from Andrew's stories. Desperate to discover the truth, Andrew follows Thomas into the forest and catches him fighting a nightmarish monster - his drawings have come to life. To ensure no one else dies, the boys must battle the creatures every night. But as their obsession with each other grows stronger, so do the monsters, and Andrew fears the only way to stop them might be to destroy their creator. From the author of the sensational The Boy Who Steals Houses

Filled with deadly secrets and the monsters you thought only existed in your mind ... You've heard of Frankenstein's monster, you've heard of Dracula, but have you heard of the Villa Diodati? Eve, Griffin, Hal and Ren embark on a summer they'll never forget at the birthplace of all things Gothic. The summer is beset by mysterious happenings, as the monsters they create begin to clamber out of their minds. Events rise to a horrible climax when, on a dark and stormy night, one of the villa's guests is found dead and each of our foursome becomes a suspect in a gruesome murder.It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. But when the stuff of nightmares becomes their reality, will they make it out alive? Perfect for fans of Wednesday and Stranger Things.

This is Noir: Noir exists everywhere, and in every Noir weird stuff is always happening. Ghosts, monsters, ghouls, and more reside there. The destination is set, so travel across the states for chills, thrills, and things that go bump in the night........ Something is different about Gran...It's been years since fourteen-year-old Dean has seen his Gran. After the death of his Paps, the tomato farm he had built started to fail, and Gran sort of just dropped off the face of the earth. But now Dean's mom is desperate to have someone watch him over the summer, which means Dean will be spending his summer with Gran on the farm. He expects his time to be filled with hard work and no Wi-Fi. What ends up happening is a spiral of events that leads him to believe something otherworldly is wrong with Gran. With the help of the pastor's daughter, Felicity, the two will be sent on a mission to find answers about the occult and possession, and discover what lengths someone will go to in order to keep the legacy of a loved one alive.

During the final years of the Soviet Union, its government started building an ultra-secret airbase in the center of a vast wilderness. Its secrecy outstripped its management such that construction continued despite its abandonment. Occasionally, an errant aircraft drops somebody on its tarmac, and they are never seen alive again. At the end of a late night international flight from India to Russia, a weary traveler finds himself deposited in a lonely ramp of an empty terminal. As he navigates its endless gates and corridors, this hapless traveler begins to realize he has landed in no ordinary airport.

Be careful what you check out... Ever since he could remember Simon Santiago could see and talk to the dead. When his parents are killed in a train accident, he is sent to live with his estranged con man of an uncle. Soon Simon is put on as his uncle's assistant in a Ghost Expelling agency and carries out the hard work for his uncle: getting rid of the ghosts. Now thirteen with his ability at full maximum Simon is ready to take on bigger tasks with his uncle's booming agency getting more and more calls day by day. When a phone call comes in from a desperate librarian at an infamously haunted library, Simon is all too eager to get to work. But when they arrive at the sprawling mansion of a library, Simon quickly discovers that there's something else haunting the library and its thirst for Simon's soul is dangerously clear from the moment he steps foot into the building. With the help of one of the young library volunteers and a mute spirit of the library, Simon is determined to find out what is really going on before his soul as well as his uncle's are added to the ever-growing system of The Library of Souls. Will Simon and his new friend make it out alive?Find out in the brand new Middle-Grade Horror novel from YouTube personality Richard Denney, featuring an array of spooky photographs that will chill you to the bone... if you're not already dead.

En la tranquila ciudad de San Lorenzo pareciera que nunca sucede nada fuera de lo normal. Hasta que la llegada de la joven artista, Alicia Marqués, pareciera cambiarlo todo. Alicia ha estado buscando toda su vida algo que llene su vacío corazón, y pintar la antigua Hacienda Marginea parece ser la respuesta. Pero su tozudez hará que viejas historias de antaño recobren vida, aunque el joven y huraño dueño de la hacienda trate de impedirlo. Las sombras del pasado oscurecerán la ciudad costera, y la chica afuerina parece ser la culpable. ¿Lograrán Alicia y sus primos hacer que San Lorenzo vuelva a la normalidad que le caracterizaba? En esta segunda edición, Carolina Savard H. nos trae una reeditada historia, con más ilustraciones que acompañarán esta entretenida aventura. Un clásico de esta autora chilena que no podrás dejar de leer.

In her first book for middle grade readers, New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Young brings together a thrilling ghost story, a heartfelt coming of age journey, and a poignant reminder that those we've loved and lost are never far away--perfect for fans of Bone Hollow and The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street.Twelve-year-old Calista Wynn will lose her ability to speak with the dead on her thirteenth birthday.And with only a few weeks left, children have started going missing.When Calista meets The Tall Lady--an angry spirit with a grudge against Calista, her family, and the entire town--she knows she's found the ghost responsible for the disappearances.It's up to Calista, the only one who can see The Tall Lady, to stop her. If she doesn't, Calista won't just lose her powers... she'll lose everyone she has left.

Jota está a punto de dar el primer paso de su nueva vida. En cuestión de días comienza su vida universitaria, y ello conlleva el alejarse del hogar familiar y de Óscar, su mejor amigo, para compartir piso con un grupo de estudiantes con los que sólo ha tenido contacto por videoconferencia.Al llegar a la ciudad las cosas no salen como esperaba, y termina en la calle, sin alojamiento, a pocos días del comienzo del curso.El destino decide que se cruce en su camino Silvia, una chica a la que su compañera de piso ha dejado tirada a última hora. Silvia y Jota conectan desde el primer momento y deciden darse una oportunidad: unos compañeros de piso improvisados con más cosas en común de lo que piensan en un principio.Sin embargo, la casa en la que van a alojarse, el único ático de la zona, tiene sus propios planes para Jota. Desde la primera noche, el muchacho se convierte en el objetivo del ser que vive en las paredes de la casa, que se esconde en ellas, que se desplaza a su antojo atravesando cemento y ladrillos como si fueran agua.Los aterradores acontecimientos que se suceden sin apenas descanso van derribando las barreras protectoras de Jota, que se apoya en Silvia como único salvavidas.Cuando Óscar acude en ayuda de su amigo, los tres deciden enfrentarse juntos a lo que se esconde en las paredes, y su mundo se vuelve del revés.Si esperas la típica historia de casas encantadas, éste no es tu libro, porque no todas las casas encantadas son iguales.Algunas guardan secretos inimaginables.

Everyone knows Wednesday Addams. She's dark, twisted, and perfectly peculiar. But do you know what inspires her love of all things creepy and kooky? Take a journey through Wednesday Addams's reading list in this literary collection of spine-tingling quotes and nightmarish poems.This collection is the perfect gift for fans of all ages and includes quotes from Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley alongside Wednesday's deadpan commentary and some perfectly strange illustrations.

¿Tales of Wonder" by Lord Dunsany is a set of fantastical quick tales that show off the resourceful brilliance of the author. Lord Dunsany, an influential Irish creator of the early twentieth century, is thought for his pioneering contributions to delusion literature. "Tales of Wonder" is a compilation of tales that transport readers to magical realms, each tale crafted with a poetic and mythic great. The series functions narratives that range from whimsical fables to difficult mythologies, regularly set in invented worlds with spell binding landscapes and mythical creatures. Dunsany's prose is characterized by its wealthy language, evoking a feel of surprise and otherworldliness. The memories delve into issues of heroism, quests, and the timeless warfare between desirable and evil. Notable testimonies inside the series include "The Hoard of the Gibbelins," a cautionary delusion approximately greed and its outcomes, and "The Fortress Unvanquishable, save for Sacnoth," an adventurous quest imbued with poetic charm. Lord Dunsany's "Tales of Wonder" remains influential inside the fable genre, inspiring subsequent generations of writers, including J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft. The collection stands as a testomony to Dunsany's mastery in creating magical and undying memories that retain to captivate readers with their evocative language and inventive storytelling.

In the first days of the zombie apocalypse, a military physician and small team of survivors must gather their wits, their weapons and their available resources to make a last stand. When nowhere seems safe and no-one seems immune to the rapidly spreading disease, they must choose a destination that is both attainable and sufficiently remote to assure their long term safety. It's a sheer stone tower standing alone over a remote frontier, as iconic as it is forbidding. It is also the location of humanity's last stand. Do zombies climb?

A poetic middle-grade picture book that relates a pirate story with a Halloween flavor.

Each of the four chilling tales are unique, and take the reader on a journey in to the darker side of the imagination. The many scares are peppered with humour, and end with a twist. Jinxter Jinxter: A tale of revenge, more bitter than sweet, will lead one boy to sacrifice something dear. Spirit wall: Trapped in a dark time of injustice, two children are delivered from their plight by an unsuspecting hero - but at what cost? Prowlers: Three friends discover their strengths and weakness when confronted with something menacing in the dark. Download: Grief leads one teenager into a fight for his own life in a sinister cyber-realm.

"An original exploration of what it means to be seen and accepted." — Kirkus The second installment of Brenna Thummler's bestselling Sheets trilogy now available in a brand-new deluxe hardcover collector's edition featuring never-before-seen content!Marjorie Glatt’s life hasn’t been the same ever since she discovered a ghost hiding in her family’s laundromat. Wendell, who died young and now must wander the earth with nothing more than a sheet for a body, soon became one of Marjorie’s only friends. But when Marjorie finally gets accepted by the popular kids at school, she worries that if they learn about her secret ghost friend, she’ll be labeled as a freak who sees dead people. With Marjorie’s insistence on keeping Wendell a secret from her new friends, he begins to feel even more invisible than he already is. Eliza Duncan feels invisible, too. She’s an avid photographer, and her zealous interest in finding and photographing ghosts gets her labeled as different by all the other kids in school. Constantly on the outside, Eliza begins to feel like a ghost herself. It’s not long before Marjorie must confront the price she pays to be accepted by the popular kids–Is it worth losing her friend Wendell? Is she partially to blame for the bullying Eliza endures? Following the events of Sheets, Brenna Thummler’s Delicates, is a powerful story about what it means to fit in, and those who are left on the outside. It shows what it’s like to feel invisible, and the importance of feeling seen. Above all, it is a story of asking for help when all seems dark, and bringing light to those who need it most.

Alana has always known that there is something a bit strange about her family but when Aunt Janine comes to stay her normal teenage life takes a sinister twist. She is running out of time to unravel the family secrets buried throughout generations and now the stakes are so much higher. Is there such a thing as Voodoo?

Novela de ficción (juvenil-adulto). Súbgéneros de suspenso, terror y aventura. En una casa apartada de las luces de la ciudad, un chico de diez años cree haber visto a un ser sobrenatural mientras su tío hurta una cabra. Aunque se ve obligado a callar lo que ha atestiguado, para él es el inicio de una pesadilla. Su inquietud lo lleva a sospechar que también le están sucediendo cosas anormales a sus hermanos, por ello se empecina en descubrir sus secretos leyendo sus diarios a escondidas. Las sorpresas que le aguardan en esas páginas serán mayores de lo que él imagina. Cuando él y su hermano entran al llamado "almacén tenebroso" ─un lugar lúgubre y abandonado─, descubre una silueta humanoide que supone pintada en una de sus oscuras paredes, pero se percata que aquella forma no es realmente una pintura. Pronto aceptará que para llevar a cabo su investigación clandestina en el almacén, requerirá de dos aliados. Juntos se convertirán en "El trío explorador" para aventurarse en lugares sombríos y prohibidos.

When a ghost attaches itself to Lydia, she has no idea how much her life is about to change. Lydia's life is normal. At first. But when she starts hearing voices and seeing things that aren't really there, she wonders if she might be insane. The spirit of a young girl shows up all the time. During school. At home. Or even at her side, appearing like everything is normal. Soon enough, its darker side shows itself and she sees the girl lying in a pool of blood on the side of the road.Lydia begins to doubt herself. Is she seeing things or does the spirit have a message for her? Is the girl reaching out beyond the grave for help?Or is Lydia suffering a mental breakdown? Lydia is no detective, but to save herself she needs to find out if what she's experiencing is real or just an elaborate hallucination. What Lydia doesn't know is this is no ordinary haunting. She's been chosen. And she has no idea why.

La familia López nunca había imaginado que su nuevo hogar sería el epicentro de una maldición milenaria. Todo comenzó cuando se mudaron a la casa del lago, un lugar apacible y tranquilo en el que pensaban que podrían pasar una temporada relajante. Sin embargo, pronto descubrieron que habían caído en una trampa mortal.Desde el inicio, extrañas cosas comenzaron a suceder. Los objetos se movían por sí solos, se escuchaban ruidos sin explicación y la sensación de que alguien o algo los observaba desde las sombras se hacía cada vez más presente. Los López no entendían lo que estaba sucediendo, pero sabían que no era algo normal.La batalla entre lo oculto y lo terrenal desató una maldición que creó muchas situaciones inesperadas. Los López no sabían si podrían resistir el asedio de lo desconocido, pero estaban decididos a luchar hasta el final. Sin embargo, pronto descubrieron que no estaban solos en aquella lucha, y que la maldición que los había atrapado tenía una historia y un propósito que desconocían.Esta es la historia de la familia López y su enfrentamiento contra la oscuridad que acechaba en la Casa del Lago. Una historia de terror que los mantendrá en vilo hasta el último momento y que dejará en su mente la pregunta: ¿Estamos solos en este mundo o hay fuerzas ocultas que nos acechan en la oscuridad?

This is a poetic picture book of a danger of camping on Halloween night.

Karen and Caleb rent a VHS on Hallows' Eve called Mr. Jones' Halloween. It seems like a good choice...until the siblings realize that there's something strange and sinister about Mr. Jones and his creepy puppets. The Warner House on Hilltop Heights is a place that nobody should enter. The local kids know that. The house is haunted and dangerous .But the new kid, Dustin Wildwood, doesn't believe them...until he finds out the hard way. A girl is stalked by a creature on Halloween night. And two friends find themselves at the wrong end of Wicker Street. Four Halloween stories that you can sink your teeth into. Grab your candy and your flashlight, and climb under the covers. You're in for a howling good time. Perfect for fans of Mary Downing Hahn, K.R. Alexander and R.L. Stine.