Horror

"A chilling middle grade horror debut featuring a Black, autistic protagonist who uncovers dark secrets plaguing her new school. Blythe Academy isn't a normal school. Eva can tell--there's something off, something wrong. She learns that fifty years ago part of the school collapsed, killing a classroom of students and their teacher. Things haven't been the same since. Soon, Eva's having unnerving visions and terrifying run-ins with ghosts. She doesn't think the collapse was just a tragic accident. It was caused by a malevolent force, and that force is back and hungry for more. Will Eva be able to discover the truth of Blythe Academy and save lives... or will it be too late?"--

More Scary Stories for Creepy Kids - still short and spooky with a side of silly!Cozy Little Bedtime Stories - If You Dare!! We're baaaaack ... with more scary stories, recipes, and now games! Your favorite young authors Ayla, nine, and sister Calla, seven, have cooked up a whole new batch of chilling creepsters for your enjoyment. Their stories are a perfect mix of seriously spooky and wildly goofy fun for young readers. The tales are all dressed up, too, with kid-created drawings, recipes, and games. It's a whole world of fun beyond the crazy-cool reading itself. Whipping up the Bloody Brains recipe will make your supper cauliflower a delicious diversion. And playing the Oozing, Drooling Zombie Tag game will get your wiggles, jiggles, and giggles out for sure. More Scary Stories will have you snorting with laughter while hiding under the covers in a state of monster dread! --Recommended by Nine out of Ten Monsters--Swear Monster said, "This book blew my @#$%&! mind!"Lurky Turkey gushed, "The games are a gobbling good time!"Very Scary Tooth Fairy: "I love this book even more than rotten teeth! And the recipes are to die for."Stupid Cupid: "Barf is green, roses are lame, I screamed when I read this ... and you'll do the same!" --Kids and their parents like it too--Jack, age 7: "I was scared and giggling at the same time! I LOVE it!" Midori, age 7: "I love reading these with my friends at sleepovers and creeping ourselves out!" Chelsea, a parent: "The games are creative & hilarious, so fun with a big or small group!" For more content, be sure to read our first book Scary Stories for Creepy Kids and listen to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts.

Be careful with this book Karlie, it bites!Karlie has yet to decide what to get her little brother Conner as a birthday gift. What do you get for a seven-year-old boy? But when the monster coloring book calls to her, she and her best friend Ann know they have found him the perfect gift.Conner takes to the coloring book right away and can't take his eyes away from it, but there's something weird about this coloring book, something a little bit too life-like. Then, when Conner's personality changes, the monsters from the book start popping up all over town. Karlie now knows for sure that the coloring book is evil and that she needs to stop it. So Karlie and Ann must go monster hunting, stop the coloring book, and save her little brother.

Girl. Athlete. Scholar. Scorned by her parents. Comforted by her demon.

A family moves into an old, abandoned house. Jules's parents love the house, but Jules is frightened and feels a sense of foreboding.

Be careful what you wish for, it just might come true.Return to Lochview with the highly anticipated second book in the Lochview Mysteries series.It's Tyler's first week at Caledonian Woods, but teachers and detentions are the least of his worries. With a dark and ancient power in the palm of his hand, he is about to learn a valuable lesson. All power comes at a price, and the Trickster expects to be paid.

Demons won't stay buried for everTwo years on and the group of friends living at Waxley Black Manor have moved on from the mystery of Sam's death. But finding out how she died and about the life she left behind is still a burning need inside her. The cottage where she lived draws her to it every day and she's convinced it holds the answer. But all she can do is watch from the sidelines at the family she doesn't remember. An invisible force stops her getting any closer and she senses she's not alone. The prickling suspicion that someone is always following her. Watching and waiting in the shadows. As she sleeps, snippets of a dark, addictive stranger plague her dreams until she finally discovers what he is - and that he's everything she should abhor. But she can't. He's become more than just a friend. He's from her past and is literally the only person who can help her find out the truth. They join forces and he helps her piece together what happened on that fateful day and make the most horrifying discovery of all.DEMON IN THE ATTIC is a paranormal thrill ride and number two in the Night Shades series.

Benjamin Lakewood isn't ready to live in a new town. Especially in a Cul-de-Sac in a haunted suburban town with a paranormal past, but this is where young Ben and his famous writer of a father were sent to try and uncover the town's hidden secrets. Ben lived in New York his entire life and the only real paranormal activity he's ever experienced was only in his head after watching a horror movie or reading old horror magazines under his covers at night. This will all change when he steps out to explore his new town called Growling Graves. After meeting a boy his age, who shares the same interests as hockey and horror, the two discover strange things happening right behind Ben's new house in the adjoining Cul-de-Sac where a witch named Grenadine lives. Loud noises and green lights seem to appear out of nowhere and children go missing from time to time. When the captain of the local middle school's ice hockey team goes missing, the two boys gather up some help from Ben's father, an old diary and a few other kids from the hockey team to find out what happened to their friend. Graveyards and creepy old houses are just the beginning for these boys. Will these kids finally figure out the mysteries of Growling Graves or will they be sucked up into a vortex of other missing children?

Come along into the forest and bear your heart's hidden desire.Sit in the doctor's chair and trust that the procedure will cure what ails you.Look your demons in the eye and challenge them to fight.Enter if you're daring and feel these tales raise goosebumps along your arms as they take you from modern New Jersey to fairytale lands and back again. From witches to werecats and spirits to surgeries, this collection puts queer women front and center in some of the most popular subgenres of speculative fiction. Horror, dark fantasy, and magical realism coalesce in this stunning collection of all things dark and divergent.

When a mandatory vaccine turn the people of Western Canada into zombies, a family must cross Alberta to find safety in the mountains.They must fight there way through hoards of Zombies and a military that is looking to fight them every step of the way.

The Ghost Gang is invited to record onboard a haunted cruise ship.

In this YA horror novella, Alex Armoredes pens the story of two classmates who are forced to work together in order to solve an otherworldly mystery.Arwin Argyle expects another boring day at school. Instead he is met with a series of disappearances, but only he and his classmate, Emma Li, of whom he has rarely spoken to before, remember those who have gone missing. Everyone else seems adamant that they've never existed at all.Suddenly they are forced to discover who or what is behind the mystery at the school, before everyone they know...and each other...vanish into thin air.

Poe Black finds himself lost in a forest inside an attic fighting both real and the imaginary

Something strange is happening in Deadwood Hollow, and it may have something to do with the first rule Theo learned while visiting his grandparents: Never go into the woods.

Adorable children's picture book of a little mouse's journey to find a talent of his own.In Whimsical Woodland Way there is an annual Whimsical Fair where the animals, fairies and unicorns all come together to share their incredible talents, This year Naughty Morty decides that he would like to have a talent just like his Whimsical friends but discovers that he is too scared, too small, too shy, too clumsy, and too weak to be like his friends. Will Naughty Morty ever discover a talent of his own?This heart-warming story of trial and error beautifully illustrates that everyone has a talent and whilst we may not be able to do all the same things as our friends, we are all wonderfully, whimsically unique and we are all talented in our own way!

Ares' time is running out.With his alter-ego gaining strength by the hour, Lora works to save Ares' humanity, but the war has other plans - with the ability to tear the hybrids apart.In one final battle of trust, can Ares and Lora rebuild what they've lost, or will the war destroy them and everyone they love?

My own magic might kill me.One winter long ago, I watched my mother-a kitsune, or Japanese fox-spirit-leave me in the snow for the dogs.But that's a memory buried beneath eleven years, and I've lived in America since then. I have my family, who adopted me, and my girlfriend, Gwen.Now I'm back in Japan. My grandparents invited us to spend New Year's with them in Tokyo. I pretend to be happy for Gwen, but I can't shake the nightmares.A faceless ghost haunts me, warning me that she is coming.A gang of dog-spirits wants me dead. I'm the spitting image of their enemy, a kitsune named Yukimi.Is Yukimi my birth mother who abandoned me? I never knew her true name, the key to a kitsune's magic. I don't even know my own true name.And soon my magic threatens to kill me, tearing apart my half-human body.I need to find the truth before it's too late.Praise for Foxfire: "The kitsune legend has never looked so good. Tavian is one sexy fox." - Julie Kagawa, New York Times bestselling author of The Iron King and Shadow of the Fox."An enjoyable, mystical coming-of-age, complete with quick getaways, motorcycle chases and no distraction from the already-established, comfortable romance." - Kirkus Reviews

I can't fight the wolf inside me forever.I lost my brother to werewolves. Now I'm losing myself.Bitten by a werewolf, I resist the transformation. It hurts like hell, but I know it's punishment for my mistakes. Thanks to a risky drug called Lycanthrox, I've managed to stay human for two full moons.But I know I can't last much longer.Hungry for revenge, I promise to hunt down the wolf who bit me. My ex, Cyn, still cares about me enough to stop me. Even though she's beautiful and I'm a beast.I can't stay with her. I can't ignore the wolves howling outside my window. By the light of a cruel and tempting moon, I'm on the brink of becoming a monster.When I find the werewolf pack, Cyn follows me. The werewolves take us both hostage, then start running, the police hot on our tails.Either the wolf within kills me, or someone else does.Praise for Bloodborn: "With Bloodborn, Karen Kincy opens a frightening new chapter in the werewolf legacy. Brilliant, dark, and filled with haunting images. Highly recommended." - Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Rot & Ruin and King of Plagues"A bridge between paranormals and boys' realism about thugs and delinquents, reminiscent of Neal Shusterman's Dark Fusion: Red Rider's Hood (2005)"-Kirkus Reviews"Teens will enjoy this alternate-reality story of a young man trying to come to terms with what he is."-VOYA

Confessing I'm a shapeshifter could get me killed.I crave the forbidden rush of leaping from my bedroom window at night and transforming into an owl, but I could lose it all if anyone catches me. Shapeshifting can be a beautiful and deadly secret.I'm Other. A half-pooka shapeshifter, to be exact. In the small town of Klikamuks, Washington, coming out as a paranormal person means staring down the barrel of a shotgun. I haven't even told my boyfriend, Zack, who I really am. And I'm hoping he will be the boy to take my virginity.Worse, a pack of werewolves claims the national forest behind my house as their territory. Tensions in Klikamuks escalate into murder.A serial killer is targeting Others like me.On the hunt for clues, I meet Tavian, a sexy Japanese fox-spirit who challenges me to embrace my shapeshifting. He rivals Zack and makes me question everything.Can I find the killer before he finds me, or will my secrets be the death of me?Praise for Other: "Other has it all: love, shifters, pookas, and nail-biting action. What's even better, Kincy's characters are vibrant, real and lovable. This is a debut that leaves you aching for more." - Carrie Jones, New York Times bestselling author of Need and Captivate"This who-done-it is an unusual blend of mystery and fantasy, starring original characters not often featured in modern urban fantasy for teens. I really enjoyed it." - Annette Curtis Klause, author of Blood and Chocolate"Gwen is extremely likable as the impulsive, conflicted heroine, and although Tavian is a bit perfect, their romance is a dynamic counterpoint to the suspenseful mystery." - Booklist"The emotional turmoil of the characters is evident and will appeal to readers who have felt misunderstood or as if they don't belong." - School Library Journal

Mandy sets out on a daring quest, determined to unravel the secrets behind her childhood friend Katie's tragic death. Armed with courage and an unwavering fortitude, she battles the incorrigible, oppressive force of her tyrannical grandmother as she embarks on an unforgettable journey of mystery, betrayal, laughter, and tears in search of the truth. Along her perilous way, Mandy discovers newfound strength as she forges new bonds with her companions. 'Best Friends Forever' is a gripping odyssey that will keep you on the edge of your seat to the very end.

Deep in the bubbling world of magic, where ghosts, monsters, mischiefs, and potion-making roam the sky, a walnut puts his bold idea to work while humming a little hum.Spooky, horror-infused, and humorous, the little dark tale of The Haunted Walnut brings a breeze of spine-tingling chills down your spine. Best served at night. Perfect for all ages.

Urban legends are supposed to be just that, legends. But recently, there has been a rash of unexplainable occurrences, and victims are starting to pile up. Word is that a mysterious boy appears after each incident¿