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In this section you will find over 3.861 exciting and thrilling books about Horror. At Tales we have all types of good Horror books for each individual to enjoy, whether you want some of the classics, new or children’s horror books. We all need a little scare in our lives, to learn how to deal with the real world and acknowledge the fact that it is indeed okay to be scared. Scary stories also teach kids that Monsters are terrifying, but at the same time they’ll have an understanding of scary situations, and learn how to cope with them. Take a chance and let the mystery begin here.
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  • by Jt Adeline
    £13.49

    She's the key to right a wrong, if she doesn't die first. In the quaint little town of Osceola Wisconsin, Cejay Daniels and her friends sent Mephistopheles screaming back to Hell. Just when they're comfortable, life explodes again with the arrival of a new threat, but this time more evil stands in their way and it's going to take everything to end this once and for all.

  • by J. X. Burros
    £10.49

    Deception has consequences, and Tom is about to learn his lesson. After filming a prank video with his friends, the world is turned upside-down and violent. He's going to have to keep his wits about him as he takes a crash course in survival. Vampires were just overused fairytale characters before, but now hey are real and dangerous. Tom is finding that it is hard to focus on survival when you keep blaming yourself for the disaster.

  • by Peter J Murray
    £10.99

    Darker Side of Wight is a collection of twelve spine chilling stories from the pen of Peter J Murray, set in his favourite location, the Isle of Wight; or as Peter would say, 'The Isle of Fright'!

  • by Loretta Schauer
    £7.99

    For Lil, life at the Squawking Mackerel inn couldn¿t be more miserable. She''s tasked with the sloppiest, grottiest jobs and picked on at every turn. Her only friend is Augustus Scratchy, a cantankerous crow with a habit of stealing. When the dread villain Rotten Bob Hatchet and his gang of cut-throat highwaymen begin attacking travellers on the road, things get really dire.Joining forces with a new servant boy, Ned, and armed with the contents of the inn¿s lost property cupboard, a pocket full of revolting dumplings and some knicker elastic, Lil comes up with a plot to scare off Rotten Bob. And so the legend of Ghastly Jack Crowheart the Demon Highwayman is born!Dangerous highwaymen, furious crows, ludicrous underwear, and a turnip apocalypse - stand and deliver!

  • by Cara Cusack
    £17.49

    Introducing "Stella and the Werewolves," the enchanting children's book that will transport your little ones to a magical world of bravery, friendship, and diversity! Join Stella as she embarks on a daring adventure to find her lost kitten, Cupcake, in the forbidden forest. Along the way, she meets a loving werewolf family led by Flower, the gentle and kind-hearted elder sister, and Sparkles, the playful younger sibling. Despite the town's fears and misconceptions about werewolves, Stella forms an unlikely friendship with them and together, under the moon's magical glow, they set out to rescue Cupcake.This heart-warming tale of bravery and compassion will inspire young readers to embrace diversity and see beyond appearances. "Stella and the Werewolves" is a perfect example of girl heroes leading the charge and changing the world one act of kindness at a time. With its engaging storyline and vivid illustrations, this children's book is sure to become a cherished favorite for years to come.Don't miss out on this captivating tale of friendship and adventure! Get your hands on "Stella and the Werewolves" today and give your little ones a gift they'll cherish forever.

  • by Nathaniel Madathil
    £11.99

  • by John Sazaklis
    £6.99

  • by Jack Meggitt-Phillips
    £7.49

    The book that bites back is BACK! In the fourth beastly book from Jack Meggit-Phillips, the most distinctive new voice for readers of 8-12, there are surprises in store for Bethany about her missing family¿

  • by Kendare Blake
    £13.49

    Frankie Rosenberg, the world's first Slayer-Witch, finds herself fighting evil alone as the threat of Darkness grows, she must lead the charge to reunite the fragmented Scooby gang, save the slayers, and defeat the Darkness.

  • by Tessa Harmon
    £10.99

  • by Fleur Bradley
    £7.99

    From the critically acclaimed author of Midnight at the Barclay Hotel comes a thrilling new middle grade mystery novel inspired by Alcatraz Prison.Tori, Marvin, and Noah would rather be anywhere else than on the seventh grade class field trip to Raven Island prison. Tori would rather be on the soccer field, but her bad grades have benched her until further notice; Marvin would rather be at the first day of a film festival with his best friend, Kevin; and Noah isn't looking forward to having to make small talk with his classmates at this new school.But when the three of them stumble upon a dead body in the woods, miss the last ferry back home, and then have to spend the night on Raven Island, they find that they need each other now more than ever. They must work together to uncover a killer, outrun a motley ghost-hunting crew, and expose the age-old secrets of the island all before daybreak.

  • by Daniel Morden
    £8.99

    Bears, wolves and weird tangles of fate, these eight Strange Tales from master storyteller Daniel Morden have it all. In these pages you will meet travellers, tricksters, unlikely heroes, and animals who may not be what they seem...

  • by Brian Moses
    £8.99

    Daniel''s school is haunted, there?s a python in his loft, and the Kelly Horton gang are lying in wait outside his house, ready to shower him with wet, disgusting kisses. And, to top it all, his mum has left home. It?s a lot to take on, but with the help of his best friend, Errol, and Loo Brush the dog, Daniel has a plan to get his...

  • by Kyrie McCauley
    £8.99 - 16.49

  • by Lonely Planet Kids
    £11.49

    This spine-tingling collection of spooky stories features over 20 eerie tales from across the globe. Discover bewitching retellings of ghost- and monster-filled myths regaled with ghoulish relish and journey continent-by-continent through this haunting book. With shocks and twists like you wouldn't believe - are you brave enough to read them all?

  • by Abbie Fox
    £8.99

  • by Danny Pearson
    £8.99

  • by Angela Kecojevic
    £7.99

    Nancy Crumpet is convinced the Scareground holds the answer to her parents' disappearance. With her best friend Arthur Green, Nancy meets the fair's spooky owner, Skelter and discovers a world full of dark magic and mystery. A spine-tingling middle-grade novel from Angela Kecojevic, perfect for fans of Katherine Rundell and Jennifer Killick.

  • by S. A. Kazlo
    £10.49

    Thirteen-year-old Ella Hawthorne is being sent to Camp Wiawaka, on the shores of Lake George, for six weeks by her "perfect parents" in hopes that she will excel at something-anything. She'd rather stay home and do what she loves-gardening. Unfortunately, she bunks with the camp bully, Sidney, who insists their cabin win the mile swim at the end of the summer. Ella is terrified of swimming, but the camp ghost, Lisa Stewart, comes to her aide. Things go fine for Ella until Lisa starts to take things into her ghostly hands and seeks revenge for her own drowning when Ella's mom attended Camp Wiawaka. Will Lisa lead Ella or Sidney to the same fate? Can Ella prevent another tragedy at Camp Wiawaka?

  • by Rob Renzetti
    £12.99

    "Plagued by forgotten memories and cryptic notes, Zenith Maelstrom catches his sister sneaking back to the bag in the basement and follows her on a perilous journey to confront their past mistakes in the surreal realm of GrahBhag, as they striving to protect each other from imminent peril and the looming threat of Eternity Tower"--]cProvided by publisher.

  • by Karin Lefranc & Tyler Parker
    £8.99

    A monster book that is silly and fun, with a strong message about kindness and friendship.

  • by Nicholas Bowling
    £7.99

    Ned works as a gravekeeper with his grandfather. Ned's odd lifeis disrupted when graves are disturbed and an attractive youngwoman, Obedience Wellrest, starts visiting the cemetery. A mysteryof science and magic unravels - and no-one is quite as they seem...

  • by Brian Moses
    £8.99

    Alex and Phoebe have a lot of questions about ghosts, but no one to ask - until they meet Walter. He knows everything there is to know about ghosts. After all, he is one! Together, the three friends must find a way to set Walter free. But it isn''t easy to keep a ghost''s secret. Particularly when his friends turn up!

  • by Abbie Fox
    £8.99

  • by Danny Pearson
    £8.99

  • by Brad Strickland
    £15.49

    A flu epidemic ushers in a plague of dark magic in this spooktastic mystery featuring teenage sleuth Johnny Dixon from The Wrath of the Grinning Ghost. Though forty miles away, Duston Heights is not safe from the flu that's raging through Boston. When Johnny Dixon's grandmother falls ill, he's sent to live with his neighbor to avoid infection. So many locals are getting sick that school is canceled for a week, and the reclusive Dr. Abram Ashburn comes out of retirement to make house calls. After seeing a scary vision of his bedridden grandmother outside of a window, Johnny starts to feel on edge. Then he and his best friend find what looks to be a weird map of a cemetery in Dr. Ashburn's house. One specific grave is marked with an "X," the burial place of a woman who practiced witchcraft in the seventeenth century. The townspeople recover from the flu, but they can't escape the terrifying illusions and shadow people that now haunt them, unless Johnny and his friends find the key to unlock the secrets of the graveyard before a dreadful prophecy comes to pass . . . Praise for The Wrath of the Grinning Ghost "Fans of the series will enjoy this new supernatural adventure, which reads so much like Bellairs's books that they won't believe he didn't write it." --School Library Journal "Strickland's story is eerie, suspenseful, and true to the personalities and writing style of Bellairs, who began the Johnny Dixon series . . . This is good reading for adventure enthusiasts as well as for series fans." --Booklist

  • by Alyssa Alessi
    £10.49 - 16.99

  • by Christian Francis
    £9.99 - 17.99

  • by Rishi Raj
    £11.49

    This idea came into my mind after watching American tv series (The Walking Dead). I thought that it's high time that in India also there should be a TV series or a web series like that which will show the situation during a zombie apocalypse in India. So my idea for a web series or serial revolves around school students who get trapped in the school at the beginning of the apocalypse and then from there their journey begins for survival. It will be amazing to see how they get out of that school and where they go and yes among them there is someone who has a very strong connection with this outbreak. It will be interesting to watch how they will survive there and most importantly how they will escape and especially where Aryan destiny took him.It will have three seasons and I really feel it's time to go ahead of regular type of shows or typical saas bahu shows. Lets attract youth and kids and show them something thrilling which they have never experienced before.I have taken my character names if you want you can change it. Basically in the beginning the main characters for web series are Aryan, Karan, Rahul etc. Aryan is a special character because his father has a connection with that outbreak so it will be amazing to witness his journey.

The Horror Genre
Horror is a cultural genre that is meant to scare, shock and repulse its audience. An important thing to remember about this type of genre is that it elicits a dreadful sense in the reader through frightening and terrifying themes, situations and descriptive images. When we read a horror book, everything is important, such as the storyline, characters and the whole atmosphere. It is meant to provoke and shock the reader with its exploration of the unknown. The depreciating value that horror has, will help us understand why something is indeed scary. Look at it this way, once you see the monster come into the light, and you see it for what it truly is, it will help you to be less afraid. This genre also has several sub-genres, some of them consist of; Gothic, Science fiction, Survival, Occult, Dark fantasy, Paranormal, etc. Each has its own distinct characteristics. 

Classic Horror books
If we think about some of the popular classic horror books, the first author that will pop up is most likely the gothic writer Edgar Allan Poe. The gothic novel is a subgenre under horror that specifically has a focus on death, originated in the 18th century and is mastered by him. In the 19th and 20th century the horror writers focused on something completely different, such as tales involving occult ideas, and the popular books Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Dracula by Bram Stoker came into the picture and still kept their relevance today. Frankenstein is a classic story about a scientist who accidentally creates a monster when his experiment goes horribly wrong. And Dracula is a gothic novel about a vampyre who has a desire to spread the undead curse to as many mortal humans as possible. These two popular stories are well known worldwide and they will never lose their relevance, no matter how old they get. That is the magic of being a classic.  

New Horror books
As for the newer horror books, 2019-2021 had been some epic years for horror fiction. It is an ever-evolving genre and so many new voices blossomed. Most of the popular horror stories today involve crime writing, especially serial killers, slashers, and the ghost of the past. Something about newly written gothic stories that take place in the Victorian-era is so thrilling to read about, here we find books like the Stalking Jack the Ripper series by Kerri Maniscalo. The author incorporates themes of equality and social justice which takes the mystery of the infamous murderer to a whole new level. The main character Audrey Rose, eschews polite society for the very scandalous pastime of learning burgeoning science of forensic medicine. While she spends her time being captivated by science, there’s a serial killer on the loose. There’s nothing more thrilling and entertaining than reading about an inspiring heroine who solves mystery crimes. 
Children’s horror books are also important to address. Here we find Nightmares by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller, where the younger audience can explore dark territory but at the same time be comforted. It is a book that’ll reassure you how to overcome the power of fear. The main character Charlie’s and his friends’ adventure in the Netherworld is harrowing, because they’re in constant danger, but together they try to face their fears and conquer their nightmares. 

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