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Alice has a lot of trouble sleeping. Each night, she is woken by bad dreams. Recurring dreams. Terrifying dreams. Each night, her dreams revealed themselves more and more.... One day, Alice met a guy, who seemed to have the same symptom. Apparently, they discovered all their dreams are linked to a diary... A diary that does not belong to their world... What are the hidden secrets behind the diary? What tragedy was behind the village of Vambia? Why is Alice foreseeing horrors no one can see? Can she find out the messages behind her dreams? Just another urban legend, right?
Carrie and Marco love to study the evolution of life. One day, Uncle Dino surprised them by offering them a rare opportunity to visit the first Genetic Park in the world. It was like a dream come true! But, the Genetic Park is no ordinary theme park. Something unnatural is going on in the park... Something paranormal... Somewhere, somehow, there is an evil force in the park... Just another urban legend, right?
Sam and Sarah lost their brother, Eric, in an unfamiliar mountain called Highdread Hill. In their search of Eric, they accidentally discovered a mansion. Too bad, this mansion was no ordinary. Beneath the mansion laid a forbidden secret... A secret that they were not meant to know... Who are those staggering figures in the tunnel? Where do the mysterious red mists in Highdread Hill come from? Why is this village called Dreadland? Just another urban legend, right?
Long Shot is a science fiction/horror novel set in the near future where a space-borne virus has killed most of the human population. Those still alive after being infected have now turned into flesh hungry mutants. Those normal humans left have organized into an army to annihilate them. Our hero, a once recreational marijuana dealer now turned reluctant leader and hero, must now face overwhelming odds to beat them.
Graceland Johnson and Noble Chavis had a secret he took with him to the grave. Now, Noble is back and Graceland must find a way to keep him around. As eyes shift and lips meet, Graceland knows he's using Jamie Locklear to communicate with her. What is Noble trying to say? Will Graceland figure it all out before the Reaper finds him and carries him to Heaven? What's so special about Angel Creek, North Carolina that keeps the undead around? Find out in this sweet paranormal romance series by Jen Lowry.
This novel is not so much about the exploits of a recently bereaved fourteen year old boy called Todd but intrinsic to bereavement itself and how death affects different people in very different ways. Todd attempts to overcome his grief by focusing his attention on a mystery surrounding Rolf Schnee the sole survivor from a war time submarine who escaped and left his shipmates to die. Schnee returned to Germany without making any attempt at a rescue. Laden with guilt he suffers a Life in Death punishment as a recluse ceremoniously returning once a year to the wrecked submarine to revive his dead shipmates in the most macabre manner. Todd, with the help of a disabled fisherman called Pepe and an amateur schoolgirl biologist discover the location of the wrecked submarine. Pepe' investigates the interior of the sub and discovers the dead seamen wired to their work stations.
All the children love to go to their Uncle Bob's house every Friday night to hear him tell ghost stories around his fire pit.One night when Uncle Bob decides to host a marshmallow pig roast, the kids are excited, even though they have no idea what a marshmallow pig roast is! After Uncle Bob carves big marshmallows into pigs to roast on a stick in the fire pit, he begins telling chilling tales of monsters and aliens, ghouls, and ghosts that lurk in the darkness. Even though the stories are scary, they also help make lasting memories for all the children as they listen intently and learn how to use their imaginations.In this fun tale, an uncle tells entertaining ghost stories around the fire pit to a group of enraptured children.
Something Inside London:Disturbing coincidences cause a loving family to question what they believe and who they trust.Chicago:Strange occurrences leave one family wondering where they went wrong.Winston-Salem:Something is very wrong, but no one in this family is prepared for who or what is behind that eerie feeling.Discover how one seemingly innocent man alters the lives of everyone he meets and ensures he will always be needed, no matter the cost to them, their lives, or their sanity. Uncover the truth behind the man with three names.
Julie had lived her life at 912 Linton Street. But the things she was telling me now had nothing to do with Linton Street. She dragged a sled up a snowy hill behind her house...but there was no hill on Linton Street. She scratched patterns with her fingernails on frosty windowpanes that looked out on a brick courtyard that was not on Linton Street. People came and went around her with the rustle of long skirts. Pleasant memories of some childhood that the Julie Wintcomb I knew had never known. But not all memories were pleasant...
In this thrilling conclusion to the USA Today Bestselling Siren Prophecy Trilogy, the Dome is under it's greatest threat yet. Myreen struggles to adapt to life under the thumb of her vampire leader father. Kol battles his feelings over the family curse while trying to save her. Kenzie dives headfirst into the vampire school to rescue her best friend and Leif, who is so broken down by torture he can barely decipher what's real and what's not. The final battle between the shifters and vampires is coming. Will the prophecy prove to be true, or will Myreen fail everyone she cares about?
Enjoying a Fourth of July picnic, nine-year old Pollye Franklin overhears a bitter argument involving Mr. Archer, an older man, and Rose Esther, a beautiful teenager. Rose Esther disappears after the picnic and the Sheriff concludes she's run away from home. A year later Pollye and her friend Mary discover Rose Esther's mummified body embedded in salt in the bottom of an abandoned pickle vat. Archer is charged with murder and Pollye, the only person who can identify him as the man arguing with Rose Esther, testifies as the prosecution's key witness. Archer is convicted and sentenced to death.Pollye later finds Spot, Mary's pet rabbit, in a neighbor's yard. Determined to return the little rabbit to the safety of its cage, she gives chase until it darts into a garage and hides under a workbench. Crawling under the workbench after Spot, Pollye is startled when Mrs. Archer enters the garage and discovers her. When Pollye attempts to escape, the woman captures her and brutally knocks her unconscious. Sometime later Pollye regains consciousness, stuffed in the trunk of a moving car with her hands tied. The car stops, the trunk lid pops open, and Pollye gasps - the car is at the edge of a pickle vat brimful of salty water and half-pickled cucumbers. Mrs. Archer drags Pollye out of the trunk and … you may be too young to read what happens next!
Once again Stevie encounters a phantom in need of assistance. This time it happened in a prison graveyard in Amarillo, Texas. That’s also where she found her dad, Big Steve, but it didn’t end there. This phantom not only coaxed Stevie and Jase across state lines, she coaxed them across all kinds of other boundaries, too. Of course she did, after all, this one was the Phantom of Forever.
Sefira Carrington is no stranger to tragedy. The death of her father as well as the curious mental decline and subsequent imprisonment of her mother, have left her truly and utterly alone. Despite her misfortune, she has managed to carve out a decent life for herself. She's found a good family, friends and at sixteen, she's finally realizing a semblance of normalcy. That is, until she moves to Southern California. Strange things begin to happen. Things that become increasingly difficult for her to ignore. Suddenly, she finds herself thrust into a supernatural underworld that defies human comprehension. In this new world, a war is raging and in a cruel twist of fate, Sefira is somehow at the center of it. Something's coming, and it will force her to reevaluate everything she's ever been told and unearth the demons she thought she'd left behind. Once she travels down this road, there's no turning back….
THE HAUNTED GARDEN is a modern day fantasy adventure.A ghost. A school girl. A family secret.City girl, Evie Watson, hates that her family has moved to the small country town of Barralong away from her friends. Until she meets a ghostly being in the garden of a deserted old villa. Evie hears her sad tale and decides on a mission to help the dark soul and set her free.With her new friend, Cooper, they snoop around the villa grounds at the risk of being caught. But they can't finish the mission alone. How to convince their parents to believe in a ghost and help them achieve their goal?THE HAUNTED GARDEN is a story about dealing with change, the importance of family and believing that sometimes miracles do happen.
When the Unseen turn dreams inside out, they become nightmares. With both Bond-Rites hanging over Tevin's cloak and the Unseen closing in on Alexcia, this reluctant reaper finds his control decomposing. Will Alexcia jeopardize what Tevin has tried to protect for the last ten years... her life?
The illustrious E6 NO. 466 locomotive ("Lundbergh Engine") is a historic tribute to humanity's ingenuity, strength, and determination...and she's making her final journey from Newark to Atlantic City, New Jersey before her permanent retirement. Within the crevices of her iron body and fiery belly, there is something most peculiar about the Lundbergh Engine. A young passenger, named Tommy, soon discovers that Walter, the train's conductor, is in possession of a special pocket watch that harbors a strange secret connected with the mysterious occurrences on board the antique train. Find out what happens next when the secret of the pocket watch falls into the wrong hands, as you embark on this railroad adventure, descending the tracks of time! This book is also available as a fully dramatized audio book on https: //mychildstorytime.com/kids-stories-ages-8/ and on Audible.com.
When a mysterious, new player wields a deadly storm to force the men in black into lockdown, teens Eric and Bridget are suddenly separated. With Bridget on the inside and Eric on the outside, the two race to beat the clock and open the doors before the suits make the ultimate sacrifice to prevent the base from falling into the wrong hands.
Summer camp is a traditional teenage rite of passage, but when you add supernatural powers to the typically high dosage of adolescent hormones - you get an even more combustible mix. Sixteen-year-old werewolf twins Kate and Logan Danvers are none too thrilled at being shipped off to a supernatural youth leadership conference in West Virginia.From the moment they arrive at the camp, the twins sense something is off and they react in their usual manner - Logan reserving judgement and surveying the setup, while Kate charges forward determined to get answers. Kate and Logan quickly ascertain that most of the conference attendees have already formed hostile factions, leaving the twins and a few other misfits to band together.What seems like teen hormones in overdrive becomes something much more dangerous, even deadly. Add in a strange magic-warded cabin in the woods and a local history rife with curses and macabre legends, and it becomes clear this was a really, really bad place to build a camp for teenage supernaturals.
All Dean wants is to escape... But he can't leave his younger brother, Ty, in the care of their alcoholic mother. And when their abusive father shows up, Dean has to get Ty out.
There is more than we think there is. As long as the mind is closed, you don't see. This happens to be my main encounter that changed my mind.I never imagined a simple person like me would experience something so definite. This night was forcing me to look deeper. I step down two stairs and look back at my friend. "Okay, I'll go down first. You follow."
A ghostly child and a violent gang of rumrunners invade the listless New England town of Stony Harbor, which is quietly bleeding to death as the Great Depression and Prohibition suck away its vitality. Sophia finds herself struggling to unravel a supernatural mystery while trying to fight off the very real, and very deadly, bootleggers who want to silence her.
Sheppard's Inn was a quiet senior-living facility where people spent the remainder of their golden years relaxing as they socialized, watched television, played checkers, or read a good book. Some of the young at heart spent their time reminiscing about "the good old days." Others would just lie in soft, comfortable chairs dreaming of the future when they would join their spouses who had passed over to a place of peace, tranquility, and painless existence.All things were good at Sheppard's Inn until everything began to change. At first, the events were subtle. The building's heater struggled to keep up with the sudden chills that passed through the hallways. A sickening smell would seep through every nook and cranny. The lights would flicker off and on, and the televisions would go blank. But nothing was worse than the screeching sounds heard during the night-sounds not normally created in the world of the living!Adam Simmons, his father (a former police detective), and his mother (a high school drama teacher) were trying to live under the radar. They had been forced to disappear from Huntingdon Valley because of the arrest of Philadelphia's biggest mobster. They'd had no idea what would happen when they secured jobs at Sheppard's Inn. They certainly weren't expecting something even more sinister and dangerous than the mob. Strange, supernatural events shook their beliefs. Items were disappearing, and people were getting sick.Adam had to push back his fears and help his parents solve this dilemma before someone got seriously hurt. If there was a ghost haunting Sheppard's Inn, Adam would do whatever it took to expose it. Once again, he would prove that everything is not always as it seems.
When a new girl arrives at school, Hunter Andrews is swept away. It is only when the storm hits that he realises he is trapped, and there is only one way out.
Her ears buzz, day and night, like a wasp has taken up residence in her brain. The solution? Call whoever it takes to get rid of it. No matter what the cost. If you love stories that leave you glancing over your shoulder with a chill down your spine, don't miss The Wasporcist. 1500 / Horror (Lite) (No Gore) Welcome to Inklets, a series of short (and sometimes short-short) stories ranging from sci-fi to fantasy to lingering just on the edge of normal. One thing's for sure: you won't look at the world the same way again.
Sara Grey's world shattered ten years ago when her father was brutally murdered. Now at seventeen, she is still haunted by memories of that day and driven by the need to understand why it happened. She lives a life full of secrets and her family and friends have no idea of the supernatural world she is immersed in or of Sara's own very powerful gift.In her quest for answers about her father's death, Sara takes risks that expose her and her friends to danger and puts herself into the sights of a sadistic vampire. On the same fateful night she meets Nikolas, a warrior who turns Sara's world upside down and is determined to protect her even if it's the last thing she wants.Sara's life starts to spin out of control as she is hunted by an obsessed vampire, learns that her friends have secrets of their own and reels from the truth about her own ancestry. Sara has always been fiercely independent but in order to survive now she must open herself to others, to reveal her deepest secrets. And she must learn to trust the one person capable of breaking down the walls around her.
Teen surfers spend their summer treasure hunting and ghost chasing in the haunted seaside city of St Augustine, Florida.
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