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UNLOCK THE MAGIC OF THE OUTDOORS AND EMBARK ON THRILLING ADVENTURES WITH "CAMPFIRE TALES: MYSTERIES AND LEGENDS FOR BRAVE KIDS"Discover a collection of thrilling and spine-tingling stories in "Campfire Tales: Mysteries and Legends for Brave Kids". Designed for children over 8 years old, this captivating book takes young readers on a journey through the world of camping, legends, and creatures lurking in the woods.With short stories that revolve around brave kids on unforgettable camping trips, this book sparks imaginations and fuels a sense of adventure. Each tale brings mystery, suspense, and a touch of spookiness, making it perfect for cozy nights around the campfire or late-night reading under the covers.From the eerie secrets of Whispering Hollow to the enigmatic creatures that dwell in moonlit lakes, young readers will be drawn into the vividly described settings and encounter unforgettable characters. The stories touch upon themes of friendship, courage, and the power of the natural world, inspiring young minds to appreciate nature and embrace their own bravery. Written in an engaging and accessible style, "Campfire Tales" captures the attention of readers with its intriguing plots, unexpected twists, and moments of heart-pounding excitement. The descriptive language paints vivid pictures, allowing readers to immerse themselves in the captivating world of each story. It's a must-have book that will spark a love for reading, ignite the imagination, and create lasting memories of thrilling adventures.

A delightfully creepy story perfect for the middle school set! Hush-a-Bye is an old, broken doll found by Lucy and her sister in the woods. It seems to possess extraordinary powers, but will it use them for good or evil?Like most kids with younger siblings, Lucy loves her sister Antonia, but is all too frequently annoyed with her as well. The two spend most of their time together since their mother works so hard, but without friends Lucy can't help but feel lonely anyway. She's always tried to ignore the bullying and teasing at school about her family being poor-it's always best to keep her head down and do nothing. When the girls find an old, muddy doll head in the river, Antonia claims it as her newest treasure. At night Lucy hears her talking to Hush-a-Bye-and does she hear the doll talking back? Soon, Hush-a-Bye seems to be protecting Antonia by making bad things happen to others, and it isn't long before Lucy asks for its help against her tormentors, too. Slowly Hush-a-Bye's influence forms a wedge between the sisters, and Antonia's dependence on it becomes frightening. The doll has a mind of its own, and soon it will have Antonia's as well. Can Lucy solve the mystery of Hush-a-Bye to stop its evil plans?

It's been one year since all the adults disappeared. Gone.despite the hunger, despite the lies, even despite the plague, the kids of Perdido Beach are determined to survive. Creeping into the tenuous new world they've built, though, is the worst incarnation yet of the enemy known as the Darkness: fear.Within the FAYZ, life breaks down while the Darkness takes over?turning the dome-world of the FAYZ entirely black. A will to survive and a desire to take care of those they love endures in this ravaged band, even in the bleakest moments. But in darkness, the worst fears of all emerge, and the cruelest of intentions are carried out. After so many months, is all about to be lost in the FAYZ?

Un racconto di suspense e coraggio, tre amici Jan, Ernest e Doson, esplorano un vecchio hotel abbandonato.All'interno di quelle mura desolate e oscure, i tre si imbarcano in un'avventura spettrale e angosciante. Mentre si addentrano nei misteri del passato, creature misteriose sembrano aver fatto della struttura la loro dimora. Saranno in grado di svelare il segreto degli esseri che infestano l'hotel e porsi come paladini della verità?

From the dimly lit assembly lines of 1993 to the digital frenzy of 2023, dive deep into the heart of a suburban town where not all toasters pop as they seem!

Helena Álvarez, una joven audaz y rebelde, está a punto de enfrentarse al desafío más trascendental de su vida. En su último año de instituto, decide cumplir su sueño de formar una banda de rock gótico junto a sus amigos más cercanos. Sin embargo, lo que parecía ser solo una aventura musical se convierte en un vertiginoso torbellino de emociones y misterios.A medida que Helena se enamora y vive su primera historia de amor, también lucha por aprobar las asignaturas que le permitirán acceder a la universidad. Con cada día que pasa, se acerca más a la temida entrada en la edad adulta y a la incertidumbre del futuro. Pero justo cuando la fortuna comienza a sonreírle, una serie de pesadillas perturbadoras la asaltan, arrastrando consigo a sus amigos.Más que meras imágenes oníricas, estas pesadillas muestran oscuros y violentos sucesos a los que Helena y sus amigos deberán enfrentarse. ¿Podrán eludir ese futuro aterrador y descubrir la verdad que se esconde detrás de sus pesadillas? Helena y su banda se verán envueltos en un peligroso juego de misterio, música y amor adolescente, donde cada nota puede ser clave para desvelar la verdad.Sumérgete en esta cautivadora novela de intriga y suspense. Déjate atrapar por los giros inesperados y los secretos ocultos en las sombras. ¿Qué enigma rodea a Helena Terremoto y a su banda? ¡Descúbrelo en esta emocionante historia que te mantendrá en vilo hasta la última página!

Halloween is dying, and The October Society are gone... Lost, stranded in The Dark, and if the season is to be saved they must find one another. They must gather and tell their stories. Tales of cartoonish carnage and blood on the boardwalk.Of tortured toys and tabletop terrors.Of untethered urban legends and the source of all nightmares... Collected here are the final six episodes of the spookiest show that never was. A series only found in the static between channels, remembered but never seen. A series the award-winning author of The Cotton Candy Massacre invites you to tune in to one last time...

Peters Eltern, die in der kleinen historischen Stadt Hann. Münden am untersten Zipfel Niedersachsens leben, befürchten, dass sich ihr Sohn mit dem schrecklichen Virus angesteckt haben könnte, unter dem das gesamte Land leidet.Zwar sterben Kinder und Jugendliche nicht an diesem Virus, sie zeigen nicht einmal Symptome, doch für die Erwachsenen und vor allem für die Großeltern werden sie zur Gefahr, da ausgerechnet sie das Virus als sogenannte Superspreader in sich tragen und verteilen. So treffen Peters Eltern eine Entscheidung, die auch schon andere Eltern zuvor getroffen haben: Sie setzen ihren Sohn im Reinhardswald aus, so dass er nicht mehr den Weg nach Hause findet. Doch Peter ist nicht das einzige Kind, das nun im Wald umherirrt und ums nackte Überleben kämpft ...

"Bullied and lonely, Parker Nelson is excited to make a new friend at camp, but then bad, unexplainable things start happening to Parker's tormenters, and she soon discovers that her new friend might not be so friendly--or human--after all"--

After witnessing a bloody occult murder in the fields behind his subdivision, Lars is sent by his dad to rendezvous with an aunt he's never met who has very weird powers -- but Lars is almost killed before they can meet. At age sixteen, Lars suddenly has deadly enemies -- the Witch Kind -- a powerful secret cult with members in many places who practice the darkest kind of Magic. Lars was never a believer in Magic, but now he must learn a lot about it very quickly in order to survive. Lars learns from Aunt Helen that he comes from a Magical family, which his parents kept a secret, and she introduces him to new friends, Seers and Changers, each with different kinds of Magical knowledge. Lars's new friends will give him a crash course in Magical spells, while also teaching him how to discover magical powers he never knew he had. In the process, he meets a lively shape-changing girl who quickly becomes very fond of him. Lars learns that his dad has suddenly been confined to a mental institution. He must return to his little commuter town, Fairchance, to try and find out what has happened to his dad. Lars and Helen return to Fairchance and immediately come under attack from The Witch Kind, a number of whom are leaders of his community. By chance, he saves the life of the daughter of one of the cultists --but the body count is rising, and the Witch Kind is planning a ritual that will open a door to demonic evil on a grand scale. Lars must discover the cult's secret meeting place, and the identity of their leader in Fairchance and put the Witch Kind out of business. If he can't he's doomed, and an ancient evil will be unleashed on the world.

A boy in the Philippines is taken by a monster, and the only thing that can save him is another monster.A family find themselves driving home on a road that goes nowhere during a night that never ends, all the while pursued by a creature of pure darkness.Anna goes to her childhood home and learns some dark truths about her lineage.Chad Robert Morgan returns to the world of The Last Rite with three short stories of supernatural horror.

Keep the lights on. Bone-chilling scary stories for Teens. It is time for teens to read...and be a little bit scared... This collection of 6 brand new bone-chilling Halloween stories for teens promises to keep them reading...and also perhaps ask for the lights to be kept on. From werewolves, statues, and ghosts (and more) this promises to entertain and scare. Stories included in this Halloween Bundle for teens: The Curse of MalechutosThe SirenThe GobblerBridge Number TwoLure of the WerewolfThe CaveThis book makes a great gift for your teen and pre-teens who loves a good fun scary read over Halloween or any other time of year. Grab a Copy Today!

What do you do when you're a skeleton and you can't lie down peacefully? Maybe you go visit your family! In this spooky, funny, sweet tale, a scary skeleton goes home to visit a boy who's not afraid to keep his skeleton grandpa company. In the end, the boy helps his grandpa go back to bed in his grave, and makes sure that the skeleton won't be coming out again at night to keep him awake. Told in amusing, mysterious verse and rich illustrations, Skeleton Grandpa turns the tables on fear and reassures children that they possess inner courage, wisdom, patience, and daring. You can view a video preview of the book here: https: //youtu.be/BnTrYJLICZ4

Set more than one hundred years after the Borden murders, this propulsive, supernatural thriller imagines what might happen if history were to repeat itself today. Perfect for fans of Kara Thomas and Courtney Summers!When Mariella Morse accuses her boyfriend, Vik Gomez, of murdering her wealthy parents with an axe, the town is quick to believe her. It doesn’t help that Vik is caught standing over her parents’ bodies with blood on his hands, unable to remember anything about the night in question.But Vik’s sister, Tessa, knows that Vik would never be capable of such a gruesome crime. Haunted by the mistakes she made that led her family to move to Fall River, MA in the first place, she sets out to prove her brother’s innocence.Tessa’s search for answers will lead her into a sprawling, notoriously cursed forest, where she and Mariella must face a darkness that has lurked within their town since before the days of Lizzie Borden—the original axe murderess of Fall River.

"A teenager's suicide in the Midwest town of Loving, Ohio, leads a group of their friends down a terrifying path of cult conspiracy and supernatural horror. [This book] is a return to surreal, character-driven horror ... [in which] the teenagers have been mysteriously vanishing day-by-day, but when a bizarre killer begins terrorizing the town, Sloane and her friends vow to make it out of Ohio, even if it kills them"--

THE UNMISSABLE FOLLOW-UP TO THE EXPLOSIVE YA HORROR NOVEL, I FEED HER TO THE BEAST AND THE BEAST IS ME.Monsters and mortals, rejoice! Acheron is back . . .Though Laure has tried to close the lid on her ballet shoes and the feelings she once held for dance since the Palais Garnier incident two months ago, Laure is spinning out. Between partying, drinking, and avoiding anything and, well, everyone, she has no time to be anything but a monster. But when Laure stumbles across a mysterious dead body during one of her nights out, she's forced to notice the cracks stretching beyond herself.Below the streets of Paris, Elysium is dying, and Acheron and Lethe's influence is spilling into the streets like a blight. Laure isn't the only of Elysium's beasts to rise from the ruins of Palais Garnier, and someone is mobilizing an army of monsters with plans greater than Laure, Andor, and Keturah could have ever guessed. While Laure is warring between her wants and Acheron's ever-demanding appetite, she and her circle of monsters are left to reckon with a not-so-simple question: how do you save yourself from oblivion?Jamison Shea's writing reaches terrifying new heights in this vicious sequel to I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me.

Filled with deadly secrets and the monsters you thought only existed in your mind ... You've heard of Frankenstein's monster, you've heard of Dracula, but have you heard of the Villa Diodati? Eve, Griffin, Hal and Ren embark on a summer they'll never forget at the birthplace of all things Gothic. The summer is beset by mysterious happenings, as the monsters they create begin to clamber out of their minds. Events rise to a horrible climax when, on a dark and stormy night, one of the villa's guests is found dead and each of our foursome becomes a suspect in a gruesome murder.It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. But when the stuff of nightmares becomes their reality, will they make it out alive? Perfect for fans of Wednesday and Stranger Things.

This is Noir: Noir exists everywhere, and in every Noir weird stuff is always happening. Ghosts, monsters, ghouls, and more reside there. The destination is set, so travel across the states for chills, thrills, and things that go bump in the night........ Something is different about Gran...It's been years since fourteen-year-old Dean has seen his Gran. After the death of his Paps, the tomato farm he had built started to fail, and Gran sort of just dropped off the face of the earth. But now Dean's mom is desperate to have someone watch him over the summer, which means Dean will be spending his summer with Gran on the farm. He expects his time to be filled with hard work and no Wi-Fi. What ends up happening is a spiral of events that leads him to believe something otherworldly is wrong with Gran. With the help of the pastor's daughter, Felicity, the two will be sent on a mission to find answers about the occult and possession, and discover what lengths someone will go to in order to keep the legacy of a loved one alive.

During the final years of the Soviet Union, its government started building an ultra-secret airbase in the center of a vast wilderness. Its secrecy outstripped its management such that construction continued despite its abandonment. Occasionally, an errant aircraft drops somebody on its tarmac, and they are never seen alive again. At the end of a late night international flight from India to Russia, a weary traveler finds himself deposited in a lonely ramp of an empty terminal. As he navigates its endless gates and corridors, this hapless traveler begins to realize he has landed in no ordinary airport.

Be careful what you check out... Ever since he could remember Simon Santiago could see and talk to the dead. When his parents are killed in a train accident, he is sent to live with his estranged con man of an uncle. Soon Simon is put on as his uncle's assistant in a Ghost Expelling agency and carries out the hard work for his uncle: getting rid of the ghosts. Now thirteen with his ability at full maximum Simon is ready to take on bigger tasks with his uncle's booming agency getting more and more calls day by day. When a phone call comes in from a desperate librarian at an infamously haunted library, Simon is all too eager to get to work. But when they arrive at the sprawling mansion of a library, Simon quickly discovers that there's something else haunting the library and its thirst for Simon's soul is dangerously clear from the moment he steps foot into the building. With the help of one of the young library volunteers and a mute spirit of the library, Simon is determined to find out what is really going on before his soul as well as his uncle's are added to the ever-growing system of The Library of Souls. Will Simon and his new friend make it out alive?Find out in the brand new Middle-Grade Horror novel from YouTube personality Richard Denney, featuring an array of spooky photographs that will chill you to the bone... if you're not already dead.

En la tranquila ciudad de San Lorenzo pareciera que nunca sucede nada fuera de lo normal. Hasta que la llegada de la joven artista, Alicia Marqués, pareciera cambiarlo todo. Alicia ha estado buscando toda su vida algo que llene su vacío corazón, y pintar la antigua Hacienda Marginea parece ser la respuesta. Pero su tozudez hará que viejas historias de antaño recobren vida, aunque el joven y huraño dueño de la hacienda trate de impedirlo. Las sombras del pasado oscurecerán la ciudad costera, y la chica afuerina parece ser la culpable. ¿Lograrán Alicia y sus primos hacer que San Lorenzo vuelva a la normalidad que le caracterizaba? En esta segunda edición, Carolina Savard H. nos trae una reeditada historia, con más ilustraciones que acompañarán esta entretenida aventura. Un clásico de esta autora chilena que no podrás dejar de leer.

Jota está a punto de dar el primer paso de su nueva vida. En cuestión de días comienza su vida universitaria, y ello conlleva el alejarse del hogar familiar y de Óscar, su mejor amigo, para compartir piso con un grupo de estudiantes con los que sólo ha tenido contacto por videoconferencia.Al llegar a la ciudad las cosas no salen como esperaba, y termina en la calle, sin alojamiento, a pocos días del comienzo del curso.El destino decide que se cruce en su camino Silvia, una chica a la que su compañera de piso ha dejado tirada a última hora. Silvia y Jota conectan desde el primer momento y deciden darse una oportunidad: unos compañeros de piso improvisados con más cosas en común de lo que piensan en un principio.Sin embargo, la casa en la que van a alojarse, el único ático de la zona, tiene sus propios planes para Jota. Desde la primera noche, el muchacho se convierte en el objetivo del ser que vive en las paredes de la casa, que se esconde en ellas, que se desplaza a su antojo atravesando cemento y ladrillos como si fueran agua.Los aterradores acontecimientos que se suceden sin apenas descanso van derribando las barreras protectoras de Jota, que se apoya en Silvia como único salvavidas.Cuando Óscar acude en ayuda de su amigo, los tres deciden enfrentarse juntos a lo que se esconde en las paredes, y su mundo se vuelve del revés.Si esperas la típica historia de casas encantadas, éste no es tu libro, porque no todas las casas encantadas son iguales.Algunas guardan secretos inimaginables.

Everyone knows Wednesday Addams. She's dark, twisted, and perfectly peculiar. But do you know what inspires her love of all things creepy and kooky? Take a journey through Wednesday Addams's reading list in this literary collection of spine-tingling quotes and nightmarish poems.This collection is the perfect gift for fans of all ages and includes quotes from Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley alongside Wednesday's deadpan commentary and some perfectly strange illustrations.

¿Tales of Wonder" by Lord Dunsany is a set of fantastical quick tales that show off the resourceful brilliance of the author. Lord Dunsany, an influential Irish creator of the early twentieth century, is thought for his pioneering contributions to delusion literature. "Tales of Wonder" is a compilation of tales that transport readers to magical realms, each tale crafted with a poetic and mythic great. The series functions narratives that range from whimsical fables to difficult mythologies, regularly set in invented worlds with spell binding landscapes and mythical creatures. Dunsany's prose is characterized by its wealthy language, evoking a feel of surprise and otherworldliness. The memories delve into issues of heroism, quests, and the timeless warfare between desirable and evil. Notable testimonies inside the series include "The Hoard of the Gibbelins," a cautionary delusion approximately greed and its outcomes, and "The Fortress Unvanquishable, save for Sacnoth," an adventurous quest imbued with poetic charm. Lord Dunsany's "Tales of Wonder" remains influential inside the fable genre, inspiring subsequent generations of writers, including J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft. The collection stands as a testomony to Dunsany's mastery in creating magical and undying memories that retain to captivate readers with their evocative language and inventive storytelling.

In the first days of the zombie apocalypse, a military physician and small team of survivors must gather their wits, their weapons and their available resources to make a last stand. When nowhere seems safe and no-one seems immune to the rapidly spreading disease, they must choose a destination that is both attainable and sufficiently remote to assure their long term safety. It's a sheer stone tower standing alone over a remote frontier, as iconic as it is forbidding. It is also the location of humanity's last stand. Do zombies climb?

A poetic middle-grade picture book that relates a pirate story with a Halloween flavor.

Each of the four chilling tales are unique, and take the reader on a journey in to the darker side of the imagination. The many scares are peppered with humour, and end with a twist. Jinxter Jinxter: A tale of revenge, more bitter than sweet, will lead one boy to sacrifice something dear. Spirit wall: Trapped in a dark time of injustice, two children are delivered from their plight by an unsuspecting hero - but at what cost? Prowlers: Three friends discover their strengths and weakness when confronted with something menacing in the dark. Download: Grief leads one teenager into a fight for his own life in a sinister cyber-realm.

"An original exploration of what it means to be seen and accepted." — Kirkus The second installment of Brenna Thummler's bestselling Sheets trilogy now available in a brand-new deluxe hardcover collector's edition featuring never-before-seen content!Marjorie Glatt’s life hasn’t been the same ever since she discovered a ghost hiding in her family’s laundromat. Wendell, who died young and now must wander the earth with nothing more than a sheet for a body, soon became one of Marjorie’s only friends. But when Marjorie finally gets accepted by the popular kids at school, she worries that if they learn about her secret ghost friend, she’ll be labeled as a freak who sees dead people. With Marjorie’s insistence on keeping Wendell a secret from her new friends, he begins to feel even more invisible than he already is. Eliza Duncan feels invisible, too. She’s an avid photographer, and her zealous interest in finding and photographing ghosts gets her labeled as different by all the other kids in school. Constantly on the outside, Eliza begins to feel like a ghost herself. It’s not long before Marjorie must confront the price she pays to be accepted by the popular kids–Is it worth losing her friend Wendell? Is she partially to blame for the bullying Eliza endures? Following the events of Sheets, Brenna Thummler’s Delicates, is a powerful story about what it means to fit in, and those who are left on the outside. It shows what it’s like to feel invisible, and the importance of feeling seen. Above all, it is a story of asking for help when all seems dark, and bringing light to those who need it most.