Horror- & Geistergeschichten

Twelve-year-old Bobby Adamson is adjusting to a new town and a new school, making new friends and dreaming of the mysteries he might one day get to solve.But when strange and spooky events lead to him discovering the ghost of his Aunt Amanda-a famous movie actress murdered more than forty years ago-Bobby's life is set to take an exciting turn!With the help of his ghostly aunt, Bobby embarks on an adventure to uncover the identity of her killer as well as the location of a priceless family heirloom. Between the sinister Tim Hart, a wealthy local businessman who never goes anywhere without his trusty gloves and several henchmen, and John, the detective with a mysterious connection to the Harts, there is no shortage of suspects and allies in this heart-pounding romp through the present and the past. But there are even more powerful forces at work in this small town, and the Adamsons might soon find themselves hopelessly outmatched by a ruthless foe.Follow Bobby's escapades as he uncovers the darkest secrets surrounding his family's past and challenges a killer to finally obtain the Magic Ruby!

It all starts with a bloodcurdling scream in the night. Just a short time earlier, teenagers Frank and Joe were discussing their upcoming double date with the Litzner twins. Now Frank is dead and Joe has no idea why. Even worse yet, Joe is now a suspect in Frank's mysterious death.What Sheriff Jon Bigs doesn't realize at first is that the scream is the start of an onslaught of attacks that will take several people in his town before it's over, including a few who are dear to him. As he begins digging into the cause of the assaults, Sheriff Bigs must summon help from Dr. Simon Holloway, a specialist from a nearby university and Elliot Radcliffe, the local exterminator he has hated for years. But will the sheriff and his men be able to stop the attacks before the horror spreads and it is too late for more innocent victims?Heebie-Jeebies shares a skin-crawling tale of terror as screams resonate throughout neighborhoods while a local sheriff desperately attempts to stop a series of shocking attacks.

Born to a magical family, Sender and Maggie learn to cope with a magical heritage they never knew about until that fateful night when their mother died, and they were thrust into a world of uncertainty. Together and alone, they must face the future and discover a world they only ever dreamed of, a world where dreams are reality, family is stranger than fiction, and love is breathtaking.Enter Maximillian Crace, a handsome millionaire playboy whose ruthless desire for money and power drives him to a life of extortion. Influencing his victims while they sleep and trapping them in their own dreams have made him a wealthy and driven individual who won't stop until he has control at the highest levels.Maggie and Sender team up with a host of unlikely characters in an effort to stop the evil Max Crace in a world where dreams become reality.

A clairvoyant introvert can enter the minds of people at their moment of death. When a serial killer emerges in her small town, she receives audacious advances from an enigmatic newcomer. Hunting for the slasher herself, police become suspicious as she appears at crime scenes. While dodging detectives and falling in love with the new bad boy, she learns about her dark family history. When an FBI agent comes to assist local police, he believes in her psychic power and they take down the killer.

The Botched Hanging: Three centuries ago a witch named Amanda was hanged from the Hanging Tree on Somber Road. The terrified executioner botched the job and the noose sliced off Amanda's head. The still-living head rolled into a snake-infested swamp and was never found. The headless body was buried in an unmarked grave.Fast-forward 300 years: Eli, a 5th grader, steers his bike onto Somber Road as a shortcut home. Too late! Night falls swiftly and he is trapped in darkness. Abruptly, Amanda's head confronts Eli and demands that he find her body so she can again be a whole person. If he does not find her body by the third sunrise, she will tear off his head and use his body. There is no escape. He must find her body - or die! Eli enlists the aid of his little brother Andy, his best friend Elayna, and their faithful dogs, Juba and Nubbin. In their desperate search, they battle giant spiders, flesh-eating rats, a half-rotted corpse and a hideous bat-devil that Amanda summons from the Underworld. Will they find the body before the third sunrise?

This collection of scary stories and tales from around the world is perfect for Halloween. Each is reflective of what "scary" means depending on the culture. There could be creatures unknown to other countries but is popular to one. Open your mind to the unknown. Grab a copy and read these stories.

Before the age of man, a third of the angels were cast from Heaven. Most were banished to the lake of fire, plotting revenge. Those left in Heaven sought out the newest creatures created by the Father, man. Man was anointed with holy gifts and righteous attributes powerful enough to defend against Lucifer and his army. The Holy Angels appointed them defenders, ultimately creating the Patriarch's Covenant.It was foretold that the last holy war and man kinds extinction would begin when the prophet and law giver were publicly executed. The season for Lucifer's return was upon us, and this time, the holy angels were ready. My name is Grace. I was starting my junior year of high school when I found out the truth. Our small South Texas town, would be the site where the last holy war began. Lucifer was free, the prophet and the law giver were here, and I was the catalyst that mankind relied on to save them.

Everyone has a deathmark, eventually.16-year-old Michael and his mother have been running from the Shadow Woman for as long as Michael can remember. Every time they begin to settle in somewhere, the Shadow Woman shows up and people start to die. Now Michael and his mother are hiding out in Portland, Oregon, and he doesn't want to leave. He has made friends his own age, Bobbie and Jules. And then there's young Sam, who has a dirty yellow glow around his body that no one can see except Michael. He's seen this glow before: around the man who died in the alley outside their home in Phoenix and around Melissa, as a truck came barreling toward her. Michael had been able to save her, and she was convinced he was some kind of angel. Now people around him are beginning to die again, and he wonders if he's a mark of death for everything and everyone he loves.

Eighteen-year-old Corinth Taylor didn't sign up to become a Watcher-an elite warrior destined to restore balance to the human race-he was chosen.Corinth can barely control his own hormones... much less the deadly blade. And to make matters worse, his best friend, Larna, just so happens to be the very thing he's supposed to eliminate.But when vampires and slayer find a common enemy, Corinth knows it's his innate calling to hunt evil down. And evil has a name: Gabriel Stanton. The enigmatic vampire who escaped their capture, has plans for Corinth, Larna, and Alastair... and it's a threat they'll never see coming.When the line between good and evil gets crossed, devastating consequences start to happen. As Watcher and vampire worlds collide, Corinth must decide where to place his trust: with his old allies or his killer instincts. An upstart slayer. A clan of vampires.What could go wrong?It's only the end of the world.The Watchers is the second book in The Blood Dagger series, a high-octane paranormal YA thriller.If you like witty heroines, unconventional relationships, and friendships that can withstand the grave, then you'll love Misty Hayes' high-stakes story.Sink your teeth into a fun, fierce vampire series today.

As the nights get longer, snuggle around the fireside with this cosy book of ghost stories. Collected from the 2nd Crowvus Ghost Story Competition, this anthology contains fourteen stunning tales that will chill your bones or bring a tear to your eye.Follow the spine-chilling tales of haunted woods, haunted houses and even haunted buses in this thrilling volume of literary treasures.

Firestorm Rising is John Clewarth's debut novel, for children aged 9 to 12+ years - and reached the finals of The People's Book Prize in 2013. Raingate Cemetery is the spooky playground of Tom Allerton, Daniel 'Doc' Studd and Jasmine 'Jazz' Baxter, and provides a great opportunity for them to play a practical Halloween joke on their schoolmates. Events take an unexpected turn when a freak storm occurs and lightning strikes an ancient and crumbling tomb. The children flee in terror, all except for Jazz who decides to investigate. Peering into the smoking rubble of the sepulchre, she is strangely drawn towards a weird pendant which unleashes a chain of terrifying and supernatural events. As the unearthly owner of the pendant endeavours to get it back, the friendship of the central characters is put to the toughest test, and they discover the true meanings of friendship, loyalty, truthfulness and fear. The children learn that there are far more things in the universe than they ever learned at school, as a terrifying monster is awakened from a long hot sleep...

Follow the story of Felix Moon on his mission.He found out he was not normal like any other 16-year-old on his sweet 16th, this is when it all began.After drowning he was taken to a white room where he was told he was an avatar, a very special avatar in fact in the way he gains and possesses his powers.His mission:To kill an evil avatar with the help from his two best friends Sean and Karl along with his love interest Star, he also roped in the Satan twins to help to take possession of his powers but how many times does he have to die?

Zombie apocalypse? Game over.Sixteen-year-old twins, Tripp and Trina Light, are rare in the zombie apocalypse. Neither the airborne virus Necropoxy nor the bite from one of the dead will turn them.No wonder crazy scientists, soldiers in helicopters, and scary doctors want to capture them to see what makes them so special.But are they special anymore? After freeing their parents and others from experimentation, some of their liberated traveling companions are displaying super immunity, as well. Their former captors just don't know it.With the key to super immunity in the twin's hands, they face a difficult choice. Should they keep running or confront their pursuers with the cure and hope for the best?Either choice could get them killed. One wrong move in a world filled with Necropoxy, and they'll hit a DEAD END."A dynamic narrative voice."-Kirkus Reviews on What We Kill"Fast-paced and action packed . . . infused with some great humor."- Book and Coffee Addict on Dead (A Lot)"Little Killers A-Z is a must read for fans of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Peter Straub, and more"-Pop Culture BeastAuthor and playwright Howard Odentz is a lifelong resident of the gray area between Western Massachusetts and North Central Connecticut. His love of the region is evident in his writing as he often incorporates the foothills of the Berkshires and the small towns of the Bay and Nutmeg states into his work. In addition to The Dead (A Lot) Series, he has written the horror/suspense novels Bloody Bloody Apple and What We Kill, as well as the horror short story collection Little Killers A to Z, and a couple of horror-themed, musical comedies produced for the stage.

Four girls. Four stories. And an ending none of them saw coming.When Vanessa, Lindsey, and Claire sneak away from Camp Kimi for a night of junk food and ghost stories, they meet Dani, a strange and distant girl none of them have seen before. As each tells her own scary tale, they reveal personal truths they could never share directly. But the newcomer has a story of her own, and before they know it, the three friends find themselves an unwitting part of it-and there might be no escape.

MY BABYSITTER IS A VAMPIRESUMMER VACATION TURNS BATTY!Moose Island doesn't have many babysitters, so Meg and Trevor Swain figure they'll have to put up with what they get. But when weird Vincent Graver shows up at their front door, they know they're in for big trouble. Whoever heard of a babysitter who has pointy little teeth, carries a mysterious red liquid around in a bottle, and doesn't like pizza?When Meg discovers Vincent's fascination with sinking his teeth into other people's necks, she and her friend Jack decide what Vincent really is. If they don't act quickly to stop him, Moose Island will turn into Vampire Island before their very eyes! "Hodgman's writing style is excellent, building suspense chapter after chapter…. This is a good read, and kids will love it." -School Library JournalIllustration by John PierardCover illustration by Jeffrey Lindberg

WHEN CLASSES END, THE HORROR BEGINS…Posh Thaler Academy, nestled in the leafy Connecticut countryside, is one of New England's most exclusive boarding schools. For scholarship student Jennifer Field, it's a dream come true to be Thaler. Until the dream turns into a nightmare.Strange shadows flickering across the moonlit campus… a mysterious old building in the woods with a secret lab…a Dean of students whose startling eyes seem to convey unspoken evil. Jennifer is tempted to blame her imagination for her fears. Then she and her boyfriend, Lee, stumble across the body of a Thaler classmate in the woods. A body twisted in agony… from an encounter with something that only looks human…

WHAT. THE. HELVETICA?Tessa Hedgehog's about to lose it in THE TROUBLE WITH QUILLING. She's deep into the quilling process, the itching is driving her mad and if those two pesky boys don't leave her alone, they're going to feel the bite of her spines!Amelia knows her friends are keeping secrets in THE TROUBLE WITH HUMANS and she's on a hunt for the truth. Melvin knows discovery is imminent and he's okay with that, as long as he's not the one exposing the truth. Includes the Bonus Story, THE TROUBLE WITH PETS.Warning: This book contains shifty teen language, which does include the occasional swear word. It is also full of rampant, teen hormones and the subsequent fallout.

In a high school full of shifters, the bunnies are the ones to watch out for!Paulie Porcupine's acorns have gone missing in THE TROUBLE WITH THIEVES and his prime suspects are the rabbit shifters. With the help of his best friend, Melvin Moose, Paulie's determined to recover his acorns and catch the bunnies in the act.Katrina Tiger battles her predatory instincts in THE TROUBLE WITH TIGERS. It's all the bunnies' fault! If they didn't want her to take a nibble, they shouldn't smell so divine. Besides, there are so many of them, surely no one will miss one... or two... or ten.Warning: This book contains shifty teen language, which does include the occasional swear word. It is also full of rampant, teen hormones and the subsequent fallout.

Jon Blythe is sick of waiting for his Yoda. After years of hiding his magic, he's ready to retire from his mortal life, drop out of college, and jump into the world of demon hunters. He just didn't really expect a bleach blond bookstore clerk with light up toys for weapons. Unfortunately, Jordan is Jon's only hope. When rogue magic users come to Rochester with a malicious plan, the odd couple strikes out to save the day. Jordan might not be what Jon expected, but between demons and Econ homework, the demons win every time. Wild nights drag Jon further from normal into the world where his father vanished. Maybe he's becoming an addict. Maybe magic just comes with a price. Either way, he’s hooked.

In a high school full of shifters, it's the one inquisitive human who poses the biggest threat.When a human is the only applicant for town veterinarian and moves to Shifterville with his teenaged daughter, Amelia, the town residents conspire to keep the humans in their midst from discovering their secret. If only they can keep Melvin away from Amelia.Melvin Moose has a problem. Anytime a girl gets too close, his antlers go on walkabout, popping out of his human head at the most inopportune moments. As if that weren't bad enough, a human girl just enrolled at his school, and if she catches sight of his unruly rack, it's all over for Shifterville.Warning: This book contains shifty teen language, which does include the occasional swear word. It is also full of rampant, teen hormones and the subsequent fallout.

The Ghosts of Old Cellar Road tells the tale of three spiders who have lost their jack-o'-lantern home. They must travel with trick-or-treaters down a winding, hilly road far away from the farmhouse porch of their origin in search of the abandoned Keller mansion, the perfect place for their cobwebs. Their travels are not without trials. They face a storm, a peremptory screech owl, and most harrowingly, Broken Lantern Cemetery, whose ghosts might haunt Old Cellar Road, and beyond!

Harvey Anderson always knew the universe was against him, but there's a lot of stuff he never expected to happen, like having a crush on the most popular girl at school, and then falling into a giant hole in the middle of nowhere with her. And if that wasn't enough, somehow they managed to release a soul-sucking, ancient witch as well. So yeah, there's that. You'd think it'd be pretty hard to beat, but knowing Harvey's luck, it's about to get a whole lot worse.

Charlotte Usher, a.k.a. ghostgirl, discovers that the afterlife isn't quite what she expected when she's forced to intern at a hotline for troubled teens. She may be dead, but the phone lines sure aren't. So, when duty calls, Charlotte has to take the risk of a lifetime--or call it quits for good.

Ellen Theodora Madigan sees past events in her dreams and has the smarts to solve the mysteries they hint at. At age fifteen, she moves to Rangeley, Maine after spending much of her life living near her dad's archaeological dig sites in other countries. She and her family spend her dad's sabbatical year at her grandparents' lake house. She befriends a loner girl at school, starts having dreams about the first inhabitants of the area, Abenaki Native Americans, and keeps encountering loons that she feels are trying to communicate. With the help of her first boyfriend, she solves the three mysteries: Why is the girl so alone? What are the dreams and the loons telling her? and Why did the Abenaki leave?

Middle school is scary. So are skeleton girls. To win at both, you've got to put some skin in the game.Cindy might appear to be your average twelve year old, but since her mother's death she has a secret. Every night she turns into a boney, white skeleton.As if that wasn't bad enough, Cindy's dad is afraid of her. She has an evil stepmother who makes her do crazy chores, some of them with a toothbrush. And then there's the werewolf with intentions of making Cindy his midnight snack.The Spring Fling dance is fast approaching and Ethan, the cutest boy in sixth grade, doesn't seem to know Cindy exists. She doesn't think letting Ethan know she's a cursed skeleton-girl is the best way to introduce herself. Determined to break the curse, Cindy travels to the Underworld where things aren't quite what they seem, including Mr. Death, the strange and creepy undertaker.With a jar of pickled pig's feet, a wacky fortuneteller, and a cranky skeleton mouse, Cindy is afraid this curse has really gotten under her skin.

No one comes between the Devil and his pride.To save his friends, Finn Wager opened a bridge between worlds. But the dark magic he used exacted a terrible price. Unable to remain on the Soulkeeper team, he joins a coven of magicians in New Orleans, vowing to undo the damage he’s caused. But when he tries to save the day, he ends up making everything worse.The Soulkeepers are more vulnerable than ever. The new Healer is reluctant to replace Hope on the team. Even if he decides to try, he’ll have to pass an initiation by the Immortals with life or death consequences. Meanwhile, the Soulkeepers are without the leader they need.Twice, the Soulkeepers have evaded Lucifer’s clutches and injured his pride. Now it’s personal. He’ll stop at nothing to exploit their weaknesses, take back his power, and end the Soulkeepers for good. Unless through courage, loyalty, and self-sacrifice, they can find a way to become a team again.