Item category 1: Horror

Meet Whisper, Frannie, Sophie, Gemma, and Zuzu, five friends who tell eerie tales by night and navigate middle school drama by day. In Misery Falls, Oregon, it is the 100th anniversary of the electrocution of the town's most infamous killer, Silas Hoke, and the town is abuzz. When a mysterious te...

Zombie is all over this snow thing. In fact, he is so confident in his wicked scare-boarding moves that he decides to hike up the highest peak to ace the steepest run. But then an avalanche hits, and when it clears, Zombie has no idea where he is. And the Abominable Snow Golem thinks Zombie has c...

On a vacation to Alaska, Jordan Blake and his sister, Nicole, encounter the Abominable Snowman.

In the wake of the First World War, Jonathan Morgan stows away on an Antarctic expedition, determined to find his rightful place in the world of men. Aboard the expeditionary ship of his hero, the world-famous explorer James "Australis" Randall, Jonathan may live as his true self -- and true gend...

Estranged friends Dean and Bethan meet after five years apart when they are drawn to a network of caves on a remote Arctic Island. Bethan and her friends are environmental activists, determined to protect the land. But Dean's group's exploitation of rare earth minerals deep in the caves unleashes...

Ever wonder what life is like for a Minecraft Zombie? When Zombie and his friends go on an excursion to an archaeological site, they uncover pieces of the Good Luck Amulet of Ancient Minecraftia. They hand them in to the museum ... except, Zombie sneakily keeps a piece for himself. And that's whe...

In a world reeling from an unusual plague, monsters lurk in the streets while terrified survivors arm themselves and roam the countryside in packs. Or perhaps something very different is happening. When a disease affects how reality is perceived, it's hard to be certain of anything. Spence is one...

On the surface, Alice is exactly where she should be in life: she's just given birth to a beautiful baby girl, Dawn; her ever-charming husband Steve, a white academic whose area of study is conveniently her own Mohawk culture -- is nothing but supportive; and they've moved into a new home in a we...

Anna had a powerful bond with her great grandmother. And when she passed away she left Anna something very special. It would take her back to old Naples, to plagues, the Fontanelle cemetery and to the cult of the dead.

If Indiana Jones lived in the X-Files era, he might bear at least a passing resemblance to Nolan Moore -- a rogue archaeologist hosting a web series derisively dismissed by the "real" experts, but beloved of conspiracy theorists. Nolan sets out to retrace the steps of an explorer from 1909 who cl...

Asian ghosts -- from India to Sri Lanka, China to Korea, Japan to the Philippines -- can be both terrifying and comforting. Underpinned by strong cultural beliefs in the cycles of life and ancestor worship, the nature of Asian spirits differs from that of their counterparts in other areas of the ...

Horror fiction. Do you believe in ghosts? Don't say no until you take a walk down Fear Street. Past the woods where no birds sing. Past the lake where something lurks beneath the water. Past the cemetery where everyone is dying to meet you. In the first 4 repackages of The Ghost of Fear Street, w...

It is school holidays and Jasper is spending it with his family at a caravan park. Jasper and his friends venture into a cave to find spider poison to make a potion... a magic potion for his crush!

Just when Zombie's life seems to be getting back to normal, it gets turned upside-down again. Adorable little gnomes are appearing on everyone's lawns, but nobody knows where they came from or why they're there. But they seem pretty cute, so Zombie doesn't mind. At the same time, people are...

During a creepy field trip to the local cemetery, Spencer accidentally knocks over a headstone. Now he's face to face with the undead, a cold, ghastly ghoul who wants to take over his body! Can Spencer find his way out? Or will he be stuck in the graveyard... forever?

Nothing beats Halloween. It's Drew Brockman's favorite holiday. And this year will be awesome. Much better than last year. Or the year Lee and Tabby played that joke. A nasty practical joke on Drew and her best friend, Walker. Yes, this year Drew and Walker have a plan. A plan for revenge. It inv...

An unexpected lunar eclipse. A poisonous fog that cripples the capital. Statues that weep blood. As the catalogue of calamities mount, fear and paranoia provoke rumours of terrorist attacks. But from whom? History professor Juliet Harrington is an authority on sixteenth-century mysticism and a lo...

When Kelly loses a little boy to monsters who live under his bed during her first babysitting job, she learns about a secret society of babysitters who fight monsters.

Zombie finally made it through 7th grade… And he even made it through one really crazy summer! But will Zombie be able to survive through the first weeks of being an 8th grader in Mob Scare School?

In this gripping debut, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a perilous journey of self-discovery that ultimately forces her to confront the toll of a legacy of violence on her family, her community, and the land they call home. When Mackenzie wakes up with a severed crow's head in her hands,...

Cora Zeng is a crime scene cleaner... in Chinatown. The bloody messes don't bother her, not when she's already witnessed the most horrific thing possible: her sister being pushed in front of a train. Before fleeing the scene, the murderer whispered two words: bat eater. Months pass, the killer is...

A master storyteller at his best--the O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King delivers a generous collection of stories, several of them brand-new, featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, why, and how he came to write (or rewrite) each story. Since his first collection, Nightshift, pub...

Samantha Byrd is a klutz, an accident waiting to happen. And that makes her the least popular member of the girls' basketball team. But all of that is about to change. Sam's met someone who can grant her three wishes. Too bad Sam wasn't more careful when she asked for each one. It's another fan-f...

Thirteen-year-old Delia's obsession with being fashionable and popular at her elite private school turns scary when she acquires a cursed coat from the fashion house of Cruella De Vil.

Nico, Opal, Tyler, Emma, and Logan just want to keep their heads down, enjoy Halloween, and explore the secrets of their mysterious houseboat clubhouse. And also figure out their new Torchbearer responsibilities as keepers of the Darkdeep, an ancient whirlpool hidden in Still Cove that can make b...

Ancient treasures are kept safe within the mighty Heroes Hold. But the fierce Beast has somehow slipped inside. It's on the hunt for Heroes, a book containing the power of all heroes from all stories. Can the Librarian and his helpers make sure the mighty book is never checked out?

The Grunt and The Grouch are two of the most disgusting and badly-behaved trolls in the world and the most fun! They keep bogies and ear wax in jars, they never ever have a bath, and they're always frightening old ladies...even if they don't mean to! This brand-new series of three-in-one storyboo...

Aveline is thrilled when she discovers that the holiday cottage her mum has rented for the summer is beside a stone circle. Thousands of years old, the local villagers refer to the ancient structure as the Witch Stones, and Aveline cannot wait to learn more about them. Then Aveline meets Hazel. I...

As a girl, Joanna Chase thrived on Rustling Willows Ranch in Montana until tragedy upended her life. Now thirty-four and living in Santa Fe with only misty memories of the past, she begins to receive pleas -- by phone, through her TV, in her dreams: "I am in a dark place, Jojo. Please come and he...

For nine months, Alfie has been caring for his twin daughters after the sudden death of their mother, Pippa. One night, he wakes to find them at the foot of his bed, and hears the chilling words: Daddy, there's a man in our room. Alfie finds no sign of any man, but it isn't long before the name B...