Scary Thriller

Light the candles and shut the door. The Wrong Train is a deliciously creepy and terrifyingly good collection of scary stories for fans of Patrick Ness, R.L. Stine, and Emily Carroll.

Instead of choosing the good guy, I chose the bad guy. Instead of warding off the enemy, I moved in with him. And I thought the purpose of fear was to prevent you from doing stupid things. Gaia must decide whether she should call in the C.I.A. when she discovers an evil business empire plans to sell anti-fear drugs to the U.S. Army.

Back when I was fearless, it went like this: Gaia meets boy. Gaia falls in love with boy. Boy gets hurt. Now that I feel fear, it goes like this: Gaia meets boy. Gaia falls in love with boy. Boy gets hurt. Some things never change.

Megan Logan’s 16th birthday party is in 11 days, and she still doesn’t have a date. For months she’s been secretly in love with her best friend, Justin, but she’s afraid to tell him how she feels. By the time her party starts, though, boys will be the last thing on her mind. While Megan tries on her party dress, three of her friends go for a ride to the lake. As the car makes a sharp turn, the steering malfunctions, and the girls fly headlong into a utility pole. Two escape with minor injuries, but one is rushed to the hospital....

Gaia is ecstatic - and terrified. Now that she can feel fear and all the conflicting reactions that emotion provokes, Gaia can't sit still. And just when she is about to settle into her new life, she discovers her past is looking for her.

All Kat wants is to be normal, or at least to look that way to students at her new school. But her mother is a medium, and not the kind that fits in between small and large; Kat's mom is the kind of medium who sees spirits and communicates with them. And, even worse, Kat has just discovered that she can see spirits too. In fact, she seems to be the only one capable of helping a spirit at her school cross over successfully. The question is can she do it without needing to switch schools herself?

Scary Stories for Kids presents two classic chillers certain to spark the imaginations of boys and ghouls everywhere. "Staley Fleming's Hallucination" tells the story of a murderer and the ghostly image of the victim's loyal dog that seeks unspeakable revenge. "The Bottle Imp" recounts the story of Keawe, a young Hawaiian who comes into possession of a bottle that grants his every wish, but at a cost that may be higher than he wants to pay.

Join Cora Hargrove as she uncovers a hidden attic, revealing a SINISTER PLAYROOM filled with toys that have a life of their own! Feel your heart race as you follow Cora and her daughter Lily, into a realm where laughter turns to chilling whispers, and every doll hides a DARK SECRET! As you listen, you’ll be transported to a place where the line between reality and fantasy blurs, and the dangers of ETERNAL PLAYTIME AWAIT!

Dean Lockwood learned a terrifying truth at a very young age…that ghosts were real! The Lockwoods weren’t your typical family. For decades, beginning with Dean’s grandparents, they traveled around the country helping others get answers to the unexplainable and horrifying supernatural occurrences they were going through. Dean went through life dealing with ridicule over his family’s history in the paranormal field. One day, he finally hit his breaking point and called out his bullies.

Mia has settled into her life with the Della Torres - Milan's premier demon-catching family, accompanying them to exorcisms and even learning some way to be useful in the family trade. Then Bernardo comes into her life, handsome, well-mannered, someone who makes her forget her impossible crush on Emilio, her cousin. But always lurking in the background is the demon who possessed Mia once before, and who has not given up on possessing her again - this time for good.

If Hamlet thought he had issues, he should have talked to Cooper Warner. His mother's normally sunny demeanor has turned into something homicidal. And whats worse, she has help in her hunt for Cooper: A ravenous monster living at the bottom of the old well in the woods behind their house. She's determined to deliver her 14-year-old son straight into the creatures eager clutches.

It's senior year at St. Joan's Academy, and school is a pressure cooker. College applications, the battle for valedictorian, deciphering boys' texts: Through it all, Colleen Rowley and her friends are expected to keep it together. Until they can't. First it's the school's queen bee, Clara Rutherford, who suddenly falls into uncontrollable tics in the middle of class. Her mystery illness quickly spreads to her closest clique of friends, then more students and symptoms follow: Seizures, hair loss, violent coughing fits. St. Joan's buzzes with rumor; rumor blossoms into full-blown panic.

In the haunted town of Emberfield, mysterious packages arrive, each promising your heart's desire but lurking with unspeakable horrors. As you immerse yourself in this chilling tale, feel the tension rise with every shadow that dances in the dark. Join Rose, Clara, and the Torres family as they grapple with the seductive allure of wishes granted and the terrifying price of their fulfillment. Imagine the thrill of unwrapping secrets that twist reality and plunge you into a world of corruption!

Wer spürt sie nicht gern, die Gänsehaut, die in stürmischen Nächten wohlig über den Rücken streicht? Für alle, die sich gerne bei Kerzenschein und einem Glas Wein oder einer heißen Schokolade, begleitet vom Heulen des Windes angenehm gruseln, habe ich sechs Schauergeschichten aus meinem persönlichen Gruselkabinett zusammengestellt. Begleiten Sie mich nach England, wo im altehrwürdigen Herrensitz Dabney Hall die „Weiße Frau“ ein garstiges Unwesen treibt; kommen Sie mit ins schottische Hochland, wo auf einem kleinen Bahnhof das Böse erbarmungslos zuschlägt.

A sleepy California town is the last place you’d expect to find a coven of vampires. But that’s the crazy story Veronica hears when she discovers her best friend Terri hiding out in her apartment. Terri is now a suspect in the gruesome murder of her cheating boyfriend, blaming her actions on her new status as a vampire after being bitten outside a club.

Two-time Edgar Award winner Nancy Springer has written a chilling psychological thriller about a teenage girl possessed by her dead brother. Quiet, cautious Jessie had always lived in the shadow of her dynamic younger brother - her mother's clear favorite. His recent death leaves Jessie and her mother numb with grief. That is, until the morning Jessie cuts her hair and dresses in Jason's clothes, swaggering out of the house in an uncanny imitation of her brother.

They say you can never get too much of a good thing. But for those who crave fear and horror, how much is too much? And how far are you willing to go to test your limits? Scare Street brings you volumes three and four of Short Horror Stories in a single edition. Six macabre morsels of fear brought together for your listening pleasure. And each tale packs enough spine-tingling chills to last a lifetime.

Специалист по творчеству Андерсена, Оле Севринсен, предсказывает, что следующей сказкой, выбранной маньяком может быть "Красные башмачки". Сразу после консультации с литературоведом, Том получает известие о страшной находке. Дина Бек узнает о произошедшем со второй девочкой из журнала "Актуэльт". Эти события заставляют ее еще больше беспокоиться о сыне.

В полиции получают заявление о пропаже четырнадцатилетней Рикке Мари Педерсен. Сын Дины Бек заводит собственный канал на ютубе, что очень беспокоит Дину. Андерс, с которым она решила не встречаться после первого свидания, довольно настойчиво пытается добиться её внимания.

There’s a certain kind of silence when you wake in the deep of night, in a strange bed, knowing that someone else is in the room. And seventeen-year-old May has just awoken to...what? A ghost girl. A girl with May’s face, hair, and complexion. A ghostly twin named Cristofana. And this twin wants a favor of May: Come to Old Florence; come to the year 1348. In modern-day Florence for the summer, May is soon seduced into saying yes. And when she encounters a brooding medieval painter, her curiosity about the past explodes into desire.