horror fiction

Intruders kill Luke Ellis's parents and kidnap him in under two minutes. He is taken to the Institute where kids with special powers are housed and experimented on deep in the woods. The staff are ruthless in extracting powers, and children who don't behave are moved from the Front Half to the feared Back Half from which no children return. As children continue to disappear to the Back Half, Luke grows more and more desperate to escape.

Contains nineteen short works from American author Edgar Allan Poe, including "The Black Cat," The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Raven.".

After receiving a wooden puzzle box at a town festival, twelve-year-old Kallie figures out how to open the box and finds that her fate seems to be connected to a young bone carver from another time.

"A finger against the inside of a mirror... a wood where the trees look back... a basement door blocked by a brick wall so thick, it stifles the screams from below... This original collection of chilling poems and tales contains the only true ghost stories in existence (as the book itself will tell you)--13 eerie encounters perfect for sharing...if you dare. Accompanied by striking illustrations and building to a truly spine-tingling conclusion, this haunting book will consume the imagination and keep readers of every age up long past their bedtimes"--From the publisher's web site.

In 1985, six men and one woman are called back to Derry, Maine search for a creature of unspeakable evil that had stalked them as children.

Elijah Stapes wants to be taller, and more like his brother Nico, and friend Cooper, so he orders a bottle of Tall-time Tonic from This For That Company, which promises to make his bones longer--but he does not find out where the extra bone comes from until it is too late.

Morgan Marks, newcomer to Shadyside High, counfounds her new friends and boyfriend with her mysterious past until events surrounding the school's homecoming dance unearth a violent curse.

Presents ten original stories of vampires, ghosts, witches, and sorcerers, including selections from Joan Aiken, Neil Gaiman, Gregory Maguire, and others.

Features a collection of horror stories by a number of noted authors including Edgar Allan Poe, O. Henry, Bram Stoker, Washington Irving, H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, and H.G. Wells.

A garden statue of Belladonna, brought to life by a flash of lightning, gathers a stone army from gardens and churches as twelve-year old Poppy and her friend Emma watch, fascinated and terrified.