horror fiction

"After accepting a free bookmark from a stranger, Mara is in danger of being forced into a ghoulish book club unless the Librarian can rescue her"--OCLC.

"Now wielding the Midnight Blade, Jack Sullivan and the gang are furiously searching for the villainous Thrull and his skeleton army. The clock is ticking: the enemy has begun constructing the Tower--a portal with the power to bring Rezzoch the Ancient, Destructor of Worlds, to our dimension. Equipped with a crucial clue discovered by June on her Wild Flight, the group does the once-unthinkable: they leave Wakefield behind and embark on an...epic road trip! That means music blasting, kitschy roadside attractions, snacks snacks snacks, dangerous detours, and a slew of skeletons and monsters at every turn. But this is no ordinary post-apocalyptic joyride. Because soon, they are pursued by a new threat: the return of a monster they thought long dead, who has taken on a terrifying new form. Jack, June, Quint, and Dirk will be lucky to make it far enough to find the answers they seek. But when the future of the world depends on it, these heroes don't pump the brakes--they go full throttle"--.

After twelve-year-old Shane survived a near-fatal accident while playing a game of tag with his friends, he finds himself transported to a dark world where the evil Nightmare King reigns every time he falls asleep. The Nightmare King is collecting talented children, and Shane's basketball skills put him in the King's sights. When he learns about two other children who claim to have been sucked into a similar nightmare world, Shane knows he must do something to stop the Nightmare King, even if it means facing his biggest fears.

"Fifteen-year-old Cassie Fremont must brave through the zombie apocalypse in an almost impossible journey across the country to find her missing friend"--Provided by publisher.

Robert Neville, the last living man on an Earth in which every other man, woman, and child has become a vampire, struggles to survive, scavenging for food and supplies and desperately searching for other survivors and trying to avoid the evil that lurks in the shadows.

A monster assembled by Dr. Victor Frankenstein from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.

Stephen King reflects on how his writing has helped him through difficult times and describes various aspects of the art of writing.

Dillon Ford throws a tennis ball at a squirrel and manages to hit it, making the poor squirrel fall out of its tree. Now, the other squirrels are out for revenge--they surround the house, invade the roof, and place Dillon under siege.

"Adults are always telling kids that spiders are more afraid of them than they are of the spider. But what about when that spider is the size of a dog? And your parents are out? And you just saw it scuttle past the open doorway to the living room? You know it's waiting to jump out and eat you. You have no choice... you have to find it before it finds you!"--.

A collection of eight scary stories about witches and magic.