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666

the number of the beast
2007
A collection of eighteen tales of evil, darkness, and beasts written by various authors, including Joyce Carol Oates, Robin Wasserman, and Melissa de la Cruz.

Faces of fear

encounters with the creators of modern horror
1985
Contains interviews with 18 authors of contemporary horror stories including V.C. Andrews, Clive Barker, William Peter Blatty, Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, John Coyne, (etc.).

The initiation

1994
Molly Keene, a freshman at Salem, joins a group called The Others, who are just a bunch of lonely students like herself, and yet there's something different about them--something very frightening. So when Molly makes some other friends, she's happy to leave the group, but The Others aren't about to let her go--not without a deadly struggle.

R.L. Stine

creator of creepy and spooky stories
2005
Presents a short biography of author R.L. Stine, and chronicles his life and works which includes the popular "Goosebumps" series.

The Kingfisher book of scary stories

2002
Presents a collection of ten scary stories from a number of noted children's authors.

The hounds of hell

stories of canine horror and fantasy
1974

Favorite scary stories of American children

1999
A collection, selected by children as their favorites, of twenty-three spooky tales from a variety of ethnic traditions.

Frankenstein

1993
The story of Victor Frankenstein, a young student, who learns the secret of imparting life. Armed with this secret, he constructs a creature out of parts of the corpses he manages to obtain from churchyards and dissecting rooms. Once animated, this creature longs for empathy and human contact, but finds himself shunned by all.As a result he turns to evil and brings a dreadful revenge upon his creator.

Daemon Hall

2007
Famous horror story writer R. U. Tremblin comes to the town of Maplewood to hold a short story writing contest, offering the five finalists the chance to spend what turns out to be a terrifying--and deadly--night with him in a haunted house.

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