San Antonio is full of secrets, and seventeen-year-old Erasmo Cruz investigates the strangest of them. After gaining renown for surviving the city's legendary Ghost Tracks, he has set up shop as a paranormal investigator. But helping exorcize other people’s demons doesn’t seem to relieve his own; his best friend Rat has abandoned him, his grandmother is nearing death, and his own health has taken a sudden decline. None of these hardships can prepare Erasmo for the story his newest client brings...
Thirteen year old Claire Swift is intrigued by Aidan, an Irish boy who is new to her school. He has a secret which he eventually shares with her - at night, he cycles into another world, one which lies unsuspected on the fringe of their own. The Nightland. The Nightland is a beguiling, magical place but for those who linger in it too long, it holds deadly danger. One night, Aidan fails to return from the Nightland. Now Claire, like Orpheus descending to the underworld to regain Eurydice, must tr...
From New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson comes the start of a new series about a sharp and funny young detective named Stevie Bell who begins school at an elite, yet peculiar, boarding school and finds herself entangled in a murder mystery; perfect for fans of 13 LITTLE BLUE ENVELOPES. New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson weaves a delicate tale of murder and mystery in the first book of a striking new series, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and E. Lockh...
"You'll want to leave the lights on...Stroud is a genius". (Rick Riordan). When the dead come back to haunt the living, Lockwood & Co. step in...For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts. A number of Psychic Investigations Agencies have sprung up to destroy the dangerous apparitions. Lucy Carlyle, a talented young agent, arrives in London hoping for a notable career. Instead she finds herself joining the smallest most ramshackle agency in the cit...
The Dead Girlfriend (Point Horror S.) (Point Horror Audio Tapes S.)
by R L Stine
Jonathan's old girlfriend might be dead but she isn't gone. Her spirit still lingers. By the author of Night of the Living Dummy.
A teen girl looking for the truth about her missing mother forms a reluctant alliance with her former best friend...in exchange for hiding him from his cult-leading family. “All hail the new queen of YA horrormance! Arndt’s unputdownable debut crackles with wit and seethes with terrors just beneath the surface. Equal parts tender and grisly, Together We Rot will sink its roots into you.”—Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic Wil Greene’s mom has been missing for...
They'll chase you. They'll rip you open. They'll feed on you...When the sickness came, every parent, policeman, politician - every adult - fell ill. The lucky ones died. The others are crazed, confused and hungry. Only children under fourteen remain, and they're fighting to survive. Now there are rumours of a safe place to hide. And so a gang of children begin their quest across London, where all through the city - down alleyways, in deserted houses, underground - the grown-ups lie in wait. But...
#1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Schwab invites readers to New Orleans in this instalment of her thrillingly spooky City of Ghosts series! Where there are ghosts, Cassidy Blake follows ... unless it's the other way around? Cass might have this ghost hunting thing down. After all, she and her ghost best friend Jacob have survived two haunted cities while travelling for her parents' TV show. But nothing can prepare C...
The Secret (Fear Street Saga, #2) (Fear Street Sagas, #2)
by R L Stine
In the second novel of a terrifying trilogy, R.L. Stine takes you back in time, finally telling the awful truth of what happened to the cursed Fear family…and why their evil lives on. Simon Fier meets an old gypsy who tells him his family will all die in a terrible fire. Terrified, he changes the family name to Fear, but he can’t escape the curse.
The Face (Fear Street (Numbered eBook), #35) (Fear Street (Numbered PB), #35)
by R L Stine
They say something horrible happened that day, but Martha can’t remember any of it—not even the smallest detail. They say it will come back to her in time. But someone wants her to remember now. She draws his face, over and over—the face of a dead boy. She can’t control her hand. And she can’t remember how he died. But she’s going to find the answer.
The Runaway (Fear Street Superchillers, #41) (Fear Street)
by R L Stine
A runaway can’t outrun her troubles in this spine-tingling installment in R.L. Stine’s bestselling Fear Street series—now with a fresh new look! Shadyside. It sounded like such a nice town, the perfect place for a runaway like Felicia. Nobody here would know about her dark powers. Nobody would know what she’s done. For once, she could be a normal girl. She could be safe. But someone in Shadyside discovers Felicia’s secret. Someone finds out about the awful things her powers made her do. Felic...
Secret Admirer (Fear Street (Numbered eBook), #36) (Fear Street)
by R L Stine
A young actress draws a sinister spotlight in this spooky installment in R.L. Stine’s bestselling Fear Street series—now with a fresh new look! Selena has it all. She just scored the lead in her high school play, and everyone adores her. So when she starts receiving dead flowers from a secret “admirer” named The Sun, she just assumes it’s a harmless fan. But Selena soon realizes that The Sun is serious...dead serious. First, her understudy is injured in a suspicious accident. Then, a speeding...
Brace yourself for the unexpected in this chilling novel that will thrill suspense and horror readers alike! Willow can't remember what landed her in captivity, but she'll do anything to survive. For fans of Natasha Preston, Stephen King, and Gillian Flynn.Willow is alone, confined to a bed with restraints. She can't remember how she got there...or how long she's been there.An old lady appears in her room to feed her twice a day. Granny doesn't talk, but Willow can hear thumping from somewhere b...
Vampires, passion, teenage angst, cigarettes and alcohol, sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. Whether you're a seasoned Slayerette, a Scooby groupie or a novice, this book offers you a guide to the surreal world of Sunnydale. Despite its change of network and the lead character having died, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"'s literal representation of teenage horrors still touches on a universal truth. In this unofficial guide, the author analyses season six, discussing it episode by episode and presenting t...
Sixteen-year-old Luisa is not looking to win any awards for school spirit. So when her English teacher volunteers her to be an anonymous columnist for the school paper, Luisa's first impulse is to run. But she does want to go to college and it would be nice to have something on her applications. Her first assignment is to cover her school's latest fundraiser, which pits the girls against the boys. Luisa will cover the events from the female POV, while another anonymous writer provides the mal...
The Salvation: Unseen (The Vampire Diaries) (The Vampire Diaries: the Salvation, #1)
by L.J. Smith and Aubrey Clark
Now that the lethal properties of Elena's blood have been discovered, Stefan has been risking it all to destroy the almighty Old Ones. But when Elena is almost killed in a car accident--one that was very clearly not an accident at all--she realizes that the most deadly Old One is determined to take her down. And he just might be powerful enough to do it...
New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine presents a collection of stories—including six new tales—featuring the little Texas town that’s overrun by the undead. WELCOME TO MORGANVILLE. YOU’LL NEVER WANT TO LEAVE. By day, Morganville, Texas, is just a typical college town. By night, the vampires emerge and take control.... In a town where it’s not safe to be out after dark, student Claire Danvers and her friends have had their fair share of thrills. But Morganville still has a few...
The epic conclusion in the mind-blowing supernatural thriller from bestselling author DEREK LANDY, creator of international sensation Skulduggery Pleasant. Bigger, meaner, stronger, Amber closes in on her murderous parents as they make one last desperate play for power. Her own last hopes of salvation, however, rest beyond vengeance, beyond the abominable killers – living and dead – that she and Milo will have to face. For Amber’s future lies in her family’s past, in the brot...
Strange rituals, hauntings and the occult collide in this darkly memorable YA thriller. Perfect for fans of Louise O'Neill, Sarah Waters and Donna Tartt.One year ago, Kitty's boyfriend Nikki Bramley visited a psychic who told him he had no future. Now, he's dead. With the Bramleys grieving inside their rural English home, Kitty sets out to find the psychic who read Nikki his fate.Instead she finds Roan, an enigmatic medium claiming he can speak to the dead. He belongs to the Life and Death Parad...
The Fourth Closet (Five Nights at Freddy's, #3)
by Kira Breed-Wrisley and Scott Cawthon
The pulse-pounding conclusion to the bestselling Five Nights At Freddy’s trilogy. 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. Almost twelve years after the horrific murders at Freddy’s, there...
By the same author and illustrator as "A Necklace of Raindrops", "Tale of a One Way Street", "The Kingdom Under the Sea" which won the Kate Greenway medal and "Past Eight O'Clock". This book tells of a number of eerily plausible ghosts, some of which are benevolent, in New York.
Melissa Albert meets Twin Peaks in this supernatural thriller about one girl's hunt for the truth about her mother's disappearance. In 1973, the thirty-one residents of Bitter Rock disappeared. In 2003, so did my mother. Now, I've come to Bitter Rock to find out what happened to her—and to me. Because Bitter Rock has many ghosts. And I might be one of them. Sophia's earliest memory is of drowning. She remembers the darkness of the water and the briny taste as it filled her throat, the sensatio...