horror fiction

When seventeen-year-old Curtis begins hearing voices, he fears he is schizophrenic like his father, but soon he encounters Mila, a girl from the 1890s who lives in a cursed mansion and needs his help.

"... a small-town boy investigates the mysterious disappearance of his cousin and uncovers a terrifying secret kept hidden for years."--Provided by publisher.

"Tenth-grader Mila Chun has know idea how to approach the boy she has crush on, so her 'friend' gives her a script--and suddenly she seems to be in the middle of a bad television show, complete with a mysterious laugh track, and reality is dissolving around her"--Publisher.

"Sam's father runs an antique store specializing in bizarre and unique collectibles, so buying the desk of a deceased horror movie director, and finding an old videotape labeled 'The Gaunt Man, Only Copy Do Not Watch' is not a surprise--but when Sam and his friends do watch the tape, they are horrified to realize they have released the Gaunt Man into the world"--Publisher.

"Even monsters need families. What are the 'bamboo'? They are from China. They look just like us. They live by night. They drink human lifeblood, but otherwise keep their distance. And every century, they grow white blooming flowers. A boy name Kyo is saved from the precipice of death by Bamboo, a vampire born of the tall grasses. They start an enjoyable, yet strange shared life together, Kyo and the gentle Bamboo. But for Bamboo, communication with a human being is the greatest sin"--Provided by publisher.

Sam Graves and his friends Lucy and Antonio have used their positions as hall monitors to thwart Orson Eerie's attacks on the students of Eerie Elementary--but now Orson is determined to get them fired before his next attack, planned for the annual Kickball Showdown.

Eerie Elementary seems to be falling down around the students and teachers, so Principal Winik decides the school must be torn down, but Sam, Lucy, and Antonio suspect that somehow this is all part of Orson Eerie's evil plan to live forever--and if it is they must find a way to prevent the demolition.

"What really happened to Charlie? It's the question that John can't seem to shake, along with the nightmares of Charlie's seeming death and miraculous reappearance. John just wants to forget the whole terrifying saga of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, but the past isn't so easily buried. Meanwhile, there's a new animatronic pizzeria opening in Hurricane, along with a new rash of kidnappings that feel all too familiar. Bound together by their childhood loss, John reluctantly teams up with Jessica, Marla, and Carlton to solve the case and find the missing children. Along the way, they'll unravel the twisted mystery of what really happened to Charlie, and the haunting legacy of her father's creations."--Back cover.

"During the first winter after the Monster Apocalypse, Jack and his buddies prepare for a monstrous Christmas celebration, but a supervillainess steals Jack's prized monster-slaying weapon, his Louisville Slicer, and he vows to get it back."--Provided by publisher.

Shep is haunted by the ghost of Slappy the living dummy.