horror fiction

Arden Maynor suffered a childhood trauma: she was six years old when she was swept away in a storm while sleepwalking. She was the girl from Widow Hills who was miraculously found. After her mother wrote a book about the incident, fans and stalkers arrived. As soon as she was old enough, Arden changed her name to Olivia Meyer and disappeared. However, now, as the twentieth anniversary of the rescue nears, she feels she's being watched and starts sleepwalking again. Then one night she wakes in her yard with the corpse of a man she knew from her old life at her feet. Her past has found her and this time, Olivia can't run away.

Odd Thomas and his traveling companion, Annamaria, think they have found a haven in Roseland, a magnificent West Coast property, but the manor has deep secrets and mysteries that make it more hell than haven.

Victor Frankenstein has discovered the secret of generating life from lifeless matter, and has created a monster being by using this terrible power.

The Full Moon Hotel and Resort in western Canada looks all but abandoned when Hunter, his twin sister, Maeve, and their parents arrive, the outdoor pool is in disrepair and the cabins are overgrown with strange plants, and to make matters worse, Hunter and Maeve's aunt and uncle, as well as their two kids, fail to show up for the family vacation. What is going on, and why did they have to come all the way out to the sticks anyway? Before long, the spooked-out siblings find out why--and it's a very hairy situation.

The Clark children are Mia's first babysitting job, and everything is going fine until she sees a life-sized doll sitting in the hallway; a doll that was not there before, a doll that Mr. Clark knows nothing about, and whose eyes follow Mia--and that is only one of the five scary stories with unexpected twists that are included in this collection.

"A supernatural thriller set in South Carolina in the '90s about a women's book club that must protect its suburban community from a mysterious stranger who turns out to be a real monster"--Provided by the publisher.

An evil yet unseen presence haunts the mountainous landscape. To some, the legend of a witch's curse is just a tall tale, but others know the truth.

Presents an adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," in which a scientist creates a monster that tries to learn about humanity and eventually resents his creator, and includes reader review questions.

A bestselling author is held captive in a wheelchair, made drug-dependent, and locked in his room by an angry nurse who demands he bring her favorite character back to life.

Collects thirty-five short horror stories that were written in tribute to Alvin Schwartz' "Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark.".