horror fiction

Presents three novels by Dean Koontz about ordinary people who find themselves in horrifying circumstances including "Cold Fire," "The Key to Midnight," and "Hideaway.".

Alexander's class is going on a sleepover at the Stermont Museum, but something is stealing bright, shiny objects from all over town, including the museum's treasured Ruby Scorpion, and on the night of the visit the young monster hunters finally confront the town's newest monster, a warrior covered entirely by bubble-wrap.

Katie and her eleven-year old brother Andy Lawrence move to Appleton, and while spending a day sightseeing at the famous Appleton Orchard strange things start happening, starting with their parents turning into appleheads and the town's children are turning into zombies.

A collection of ten short horror stories featuring a ghoulish Halloween party, a long, mysterious car trip, and a very dangerous friend. Each story includes drawings by a different illustrator.

The legend about Jimmy Leeds, a boy turned beast, haunts the residents of Baskerville, and when all the kids in the neighborhood decide to have a giant campout, they begin to disappear one by one, prompting Adam to follow strange footprints into the woods, leading him face-to-face with the Beast.

At a meeting of the Nightmare Club, Becky tells how she discovered that her neighborhood babysitter was a demon--and how she got rid of her.

In 1567, young Aphra is found in the marsh by two witches. They recognize her abilities in the dark arts immediately, but they are burned as witches before Aphra grows very old. Aphra finds companionship with the leper Long Lankin, but comes down with leprosy herself before being burned herself. Before she dies she casts a curse on her tormentors, and now, in 1962, sisters Cora and Mimi, last of that family line, find themselves trapped in an ancient house with a spirit bent on revenge.

Twins Lance and Chance LaRue are seeking a pet in the swamp near their Texas shack when they happen upon an egg and bring it home to hatch, but the creature's mother finds them, determined to rescue her little one.

Ed, Jack, Bam, and the other students at Rowhurst Academy must run for their lives when a mutant disease attacks the adults and turns them into flesh-eating monsters.