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43) Tunnels of blood
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Darren, Evra, and Mr. Crepsley leave the Cirque Du Freak and get a taste of the city, but when corpses drained of blood are discovered, Darren and Evra must confront a dangerous creature of the night.
Author
Series
Detective Jacob Lev novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A burned-out L.A. detective... a woman of mystery who is far more than she seems... a grotesque, ancient monster bent on a mission of retribution. When these three collide, a new standard of suspense is born. The legend of the Golem of Prague has endured through the ages, a creature fashioned by a sixteenth-century rabbi to protect his congregation, now lying dormant in the garret of a synagogue. But the Golem is dormant no longer. Detective Jacob...
Author
Publisher
Last Waltz Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A dark collection of stories about thieves and murderers, strange creatures and horrific happenings, stories of ghosts and ghouls and things that go bump in the night. These horrifying tales are best shared around the campfire or by candlelight. You will be unnerved and unsettled, and absolutely frightened. I've gathered together thirteen spine-tingling stories, and now I'm going to share them with you. These are the tales my grandmother told me."--...
48) The enemy
Author
Series
Enemy series (Charlie Higson) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a disease turns everyone over sixteen into brainless, decomposing, flesh-eating creatures, a group of teenagers leave their shelter and set out of a harrowing journey across London to the safe haven of Buckingham Palace.
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"A life-size baby doll who stalks its prey. A flesh-hungry ogre who jingle jangles when he walks. A haunted house just dying for a visitor. What do all these things have in common? In collaboration with the Horror Writers Association, New York Times bestselling author and master of horror Jonathan Maberry has compiled a gruesome collection of terrifying stories--in tribute to Alvin Schwartz's classic Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series--that...
Author
Publisher
Valancourt Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In a career spanning almost 50 years, Lisa Tuttle has proven herself a master of the weird tale, and ... this ... collection of twelve unsettling stories--some never previously collected--offers readers a chance to discover some of her finest work"--Back cover.
"In a career spanning almost 50 years, Lisa Tuttle has proven herself a master of the weird tale, and now this new collection of twelve unsettling stories -- some never previously collected...
Publisher
Tachyon
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In this definitive anthology of body horror selected by a World Horror Grandmaster, you'll find the unthinkable and the shocking: a couture designer preparing for an exquisitely grotesque runway show; a vengeful son seeking the parent who bred him as plasma donor; a celebrity-kink brothel that inflicts plastic surgery on sex workers; and organ-harvesting doctors who dissect a living man without anesthetic" --
Publisher
Tor, A Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Clive Barker's Nightbreed has been controversial since the moment it was released in a version edited by the studio and roundly condemned by Barker, who wrote and directed the movie. A virtually instant cult film based on Barker's novella Cabal, it was nominated for three Saturn Awards and won several prizes at European film festivals. Midian Unmade tells the stories of the Nightbreed after the fall of their city, Midian. Driven from their homes,...
56) Reborn: a novel
Author
Series
Adversary cycle volume 4
Publisher
Dark Harvest
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
57) Dark cities
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In shadowy back alleys, crumbling brownstones, and gleaming skyscrapers, cities harbor unique forms of terror. Here lie malicious ghosts, cursed buildings, malignant deities, and personal demons of every kind.
58) Yami-hara
Author
Publisher
Yen On
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
After a quiet boy named Kaname joins the class, Mio reaches out to him, hoping to help the odd boy settle into his new environment, but when he starts showing up at her house all the time, she begins to be frightened of some nameless wickedness.
Author
Series
Goosebumps. Original series volume 31
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Amy's ventriloquist dummy, Dennis, keeps losing his head. So Amy begs her family for a new dummy. That's when her dad finds Slappy in a local pawnshop. Slappy's kind of ugly, but Amy's having fun practicing her new routine. Then horrible things start happening. Horrible, nasty things. Just like what happened the first time. Because there's something odd about Slappy. Something not quite right. Something evil.
Author
Series
Goosebumps. Original series volume 51
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Jaclyn and her aunt have moved to Sherpia. There's something odd about the village. At night there are strange howling noises. And in front of every house there's a snowman. A creepy snowman with a red scarf. A deep scar on his face. And a really evil smile...
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