horror

"Todd Bowden is an apt pupil. Good grades, good family, a paper route. But he is about to meet a different kind of teacher, Mr. Dussander, and to learn all about Dussander's dark and deadly past ... a decades-old manhunt Dussander has escaped to this day. Yet Todd doesn't want to turn his teacher in. Todd wants to know more. Much more. He is about to face his fears and learn the real meaning of power--and the seductive lure of evil. A classic story from Stephen King, Apt Pupil reveals layers upon layers of deception--and horror--as finally there is only one left standing."--Amazon.com.

Neville is essentially the last man on earth, and the loneliness of his situation is the central part of the story. Matheson is able to communicate Neville's emotional feelings vividly, making him very real. We gradually acquire the story of the deaths of Neville's wife and daughter, essentially experiencing the pain he goes through when these memories overcome him. We watch him drink himself into a stupor as each night finds him besieged in his fortified house, surrounded by vampires, including his old friend and neighbor, calling for him to come out. We watch him slowly lose his grip on sanity and come very close to giving up.

Jordan Keppler is looking forward to a nice, quiet day at Carnival World. He may not love the scary rides like his sister, Karla, does, but he'll still go on them with her. But Jordan and Karla are about to experience something much more terrifying. There's a boy in a cage hidden away in a secret part of the park. And he's begging for some food. The sign next to him says "Please do not feed the weirdo". What harm could it do, though? Jordan and Karla are about to find out what it's like to deal with an endless appetite.

Three (3) stories.

Steff and her younger sister Paulie are staying at a retirement community with their grandmother, an avid gardener, when they hear stories about a phantom gardener who works at night and a thief who is stealing plants.

Sean and Melissa continue their sibling banter even as they are caught up in a dangerous search for a treasure hidden somewhere in the old, supposedly haunted, church that the town is planning to auction.

anthology of 42 hauntings tales.

A modern classic, Carrie introduced a distinctive new voice in American fiction -- Stephen King. The story of misunderstood high school girl Carrie White, her extraordinary telekinetic powers, and her violent rampage of revenge, remains one of the most barrier-breaking and shocking novels of all time. Make a date with terror and live the nightmare that is... Carrie.