Horror- & Geistergeschichten

The Blair Witch Project meets The Haunting of Hill House in this edge-of-your-seat horror-thriller, perfect for fans of Kathryn Foxfield.

Batty's plans to have a big day out are thwarted when she has to battle off a mysterious entity that escaped one of her video games. How will Batty and Shadow get him to willingly return to his game?

When a new family moves into a house in Pendle, they discover a witch's bottle filled with curses. Soon the spirits of those accused of witchcraft in the infamous Pendle Witch Trials of 1612 are released, wreaking havoc in the area. Eve, Clovis and Tom are enlisted to investigate in their latest and most challenging mission yet. Together with their mentor, Professor Rufus, they must go up against the ghosts of the Pendle witches. But the ghosts are hellbent on possessing the descendants of those who were responsible for their deadly trials. Can the ghost-hunting trio put a stop to the possessions before it's too late?

On the planet Eden, on the Vulpen Island of Crescent, Arthur Avalyn and his family plot a secret war against Godfather Adam and his hellish forces. Meanwhile and far away in the land of Nod, Lilith plots her revenge. When angels and demons gamble with human souls, and the fate of destiny itself is at stake, who will win, who will survive, and at what cost?

When an American-style residential camp is set up in the grounds of an English stately home, the teenage instructors are looking forward to a summer of fun activities. But right from the start, things don't feel quite right at Camp Miller.There are rumours of a tragedy that took place in the grounds and unexplained sightings of a ghostly presence. Then the incidents begin - a near-drowning out on the lake, a fatal fall from a cliff-face ... Are these tragic accidents or is there something more sinister going on at Camp Killer ...?

This book contains five different horror genre stories. The story is about Saara and Lucy. Lucy takes vengeance against her stepmother for her evil character but doesn't hurt Saara and becomes her saviour. Another story is about problems faced by Beccy and her friends during their adventure trip. How they overcame their problems with the help of their parents and others? Each story is different from the other story.

A girl playing a game with a supercomputer unwittingly traps hersister in a deadly escape room.

A teenage girl is pulled into investigating the truth behind her new boarding school¿s decades-old legend, in this debut speculative thriller by Tomi Oyemakinde.All schools have secrets. Some are better left buried.When seventeen-year-old Ife joins Nithercott School through its prestigious Urban Achievers Program, she knows immediately that she doesn't fit. Wandering its echoing halls, she must fend off cruel taunts from the students and condescending attitudes from the teachers. When she finds herself thrown into detention for the foreseeable future, she strikes up an unlikely alliance with Ben, a troublemaker with an annoyingly cute smile. They've both got reasons to want to get out of Nithercott - Ben's brother is missing, and no one seems to be bothering to find him.For Ife, it's just another strange element of this school that doesn't care about its students. But as more and more people start going missing, including one of Ife's only friends, she starts to feel haunted.Who is the figure she's started seeing in the shadowy halls, who looks mysteriously like herself? And is there any truth in to the strange urban legend that travels the school like mist . . . the legend of the Changing Man?

Some dreams are meant to stay dead.When the zombies came, they destroyed everything. They took everything, including the dreams Winchester had been finding himself in for years. It wasn't until now, a decade after the invasion happened, that he finally decided to start drawing again.Creating art in the best of times is hard but crafting art during the zombie apocalypse feels nearly impossible.Winchester needs something to give him enough hope that he can start creating again.And he needs the dead to stay dead.Author's note: this is the second book in the Beautifully Undead series and should be read in order. This series features LGBTQ+ characters.

Zombies never stay dead.The apocalypse wasn't supposed to be like this.It wasn't supposed to tear away everything they loved, everything they hoped for, everything they dreamed about.But it did.Winter, Isaiah, Greta, and Luke find themselves with a broken-down truck in the dead of night. They've made it to a small-town that doesn't just have zombies - it has survivors, too.But will the mysterious strangers holed up at the elementary school be helpful or harmful?And how will they escape the horde that surrounds the house they're hiding in?Chaotic Undead is the fifth book in the Stay Dead series and should be read in order.

A collection of horror poems consisting of nuns, clowns, crows, dolls, Edgar Allen Poe, and quotes from the strangest of people. Eating wet cake, snubbing gease, and being weird and wonderful--this book will surely make you squirm, squint, and maybe even laugh. If you have a dark sense of humor of course.

Zombies never stay dead.Winter has seen a lot of terrible things since the start of the apocalypse, but the trouble isn't even close to being over.After surviving the most horrific farmhouse filled with creepy dolls - why do those even exist? - the group continues on their journey.Then their car breaks down.Then one of their members faces an injury.Then they have to decide whether facing a mob of zombies is worth it to save themselves.Winter just wishes that the dead would stay dead in Fear the Undead.Author's note: this is the fourth book in the Stay Dead series and should be read in order.

Zombies never stay dead.It's been a month since the zombie infection took hold of humans everywhere. One month and six days and still we don't know what started the infection or how far it's spread. All we know is that we've got to take this thing one day at a time if we want to stay alive.And trust me: we want to stay alive.Our little group has found ourselves in the heart of an undead city. Trying to make our way around the city didn't work so well. We finally decided to just try to make our way through. We're searching for other survivors. We're searching for food. We're searching for anything that can help us get Greta home to her family.None of it is going to matter if the zombies claim us before we make our next move, though.None of it's going to matter if we can't make it home.

Zombies never stay dead.Winter Hawk is on day three of a five-day cruise when the zombie infection decides to make its appearance.She's seen her share of bad days, but nothing compares to the fact that the people around Winter are dying and coming back to life in droves.Winter has to get off of the cruise ship and away from the infection, no matter what it takes. Armed with a first aid kit, a couple of water bottles, and a few unlikely companions, she embarks on a journey that will change everything.If she can manage to survive.

Zombies never stay dead.They made it to the island. They managed to find a way to escape the burning cruise ship where they'd been trapped, and now they're facing a new problem.The zombies didn't go down with the ship.They're here.They're everywhere.Winter and her friends need to find a new way to escape, a new way to keep fighting.If only the dead would stay that way.

Join Ralph Cribbens as he goes on an exciting and terrifying journey to uncover the truth about his new zombie brother. When his parents adopt a zombie, Ralph is determined to find out if the rumors about his brother eating the local pets are true. But as he investigates, he finds himself in the midst of a zombie outbreak in his village. Can Ralph find the courage to stop the shambling undead before they take over the town?

Read Books 1 & 2 of this Grazi Kelly Universe series and learn more about Grazi's best friend, teen Witch, Angela Tanner.Inside:Casting MagicThe reality may change everything.Things in Northern New Jersey just got a little more intense for Angela Tanner. She is a Witch who hasn't come into her powers yet, but things go full speed ahead when her father is accused of a crime he didn't commit.Enter Jody Nieves. The tall, dark, and powerful Guardian is sent to fetch her and observe as she tries to clear her father's name. He does more than that, he wakes up a part of her she never dreamed existed.Can she save her father in time, trust that Jody's attentions are genuine, and discover the truth about her own powers?Keeping MagicSometimes the truth comes at a cost...Teenage Witch Angela Tanner is learning to control her powers, but it's not as easy as it looks. Especially when everything points to her being a Fire Witch. Is her awesome power a gift or a curse?That's something she must find out. At least she's not alone. She has the help of her own personal Guardian, Jody Nieves. Together, they set out on a journey to discover the truth behind her powers.Can she learn control in time to save herself?

Nirgendwo fühlt sich Fanny so wohl wie in dem Antiquitätenladen ihrer Tante Harriet. Wie wunderbar, dass sie die Sommerferien dort verbringen darf! Doch im Laden stimmt etwas nicht. Dinge verschwinden, gerade abgewischte Möbel stauben innerhalb von Sekunden wieder ein, und nachts ist ständig irgendwo ein Rumpeln und Poltern zu hören. Harriet tut so, als wäre das alles völlig normal. Doch Fanny ahnt, dass ihre Tante ihr etwas verschweigt - genau wie bei der Frage, wer eigentlich Fannys leibliche Eltern sind ...

In den Sommerferien beschließt Hops' beste Freundin Moira, dass sie beide die kommenden Wochen nutzen sollten, um sich auf die neue Schule vorzubereiten. Für Moira bedeutet das, die richtigen Klamotten zu finden, zu lernen, wie man sich schminkt, und zu entscheiden, welche Jungs am süßesten aussehen. Aber nichts davon interessiert Hops, sie hat keine Lust auf diesen vermeintlichen Mädchenkram. Außerdem gibt es etwas Wichtigeres, worüber sie sich Sorgen machen muss: Ein Geist spukt in Hops' verwunschenem alten Haus herum - und vielleicht spukt er sogar in Hops selbst? Als sie allmählich das Geheimnis um den Geist lüftet, kommt eine unerwartete Wahrheit ans Licht ...

An Aztec sacrifice is interrupted by an earthquake and the young boy finds himself face-to-face with a demon who saves his life.

There will be blood.Ace of Spades meets House of Hollow in this villain origin story.Laure Mesny is a perfectionist with an axe to grind. Despite being constantly overlooked in the elite and cutthroat world of the Parisian ballet, she will do anything to prove that a Black girl can take center stage. To level the playing field, Laure ventures deep into the depths of the Catacombs and strikes a deal with a pulsating river of blood.The primordial power Laure gains promises influence and adoration, everything she's dreamed of and worked toward. With retribution on her mind, she surpasses her bitter and privileged peers, leaving broken bodies behind her on her climb to stardom.But even as undeniable as she is, Laure is not the only monster around. And her vicious desires make her a perfect target for slaughter. As she descends into madness and the mystifying underworld beneath her, she is faced with the ultimate choice: continue to break herself for scraps of validation or succumb to the darkness that wants her exactly as she is-monstrous heart and all. That is, if the god-killer doesn't catch her first.From debut author Jamison Shea comes I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me, a slow-burn horror that lifts a veil on the institutions that profit on exclusion and the toll of giving everything to a world that will never love you back.

Thirteen-year-old Anna Ballinkay has never been normal. Her family uses their psychic abilities to help run the Ravenfall Inn, a magical B&B between the human world and the Otherworld. But it's hard to contribute when your only power is foreseeing death. So when fourteen-year-old Colin Pierce arrives at Ravenfall searching for his missing older brother, Anna jumps at the chance to help. But the mysteries tied to Colin go much deeper than either of them expects...Now the supernatural creature straight out of Celtic mythology, one with eerie connections to Colin's family, is coming after them. If Anna and Colin can't stop the creature by Halloween night, it would spell destruction for Ravenfall and the world as they know it.

Jessica Woods was your practical rebellious 16 year old. She moved away to a neighboring town to get away from her parents. She likes her new life in Highlands, but her life is about to get a little more dangerous. Jessica and her friends will take a dangerous escape of death and destruction from something that's been haunting her town for a long time...