Tales of terror from the tunnel's mouth
by Chris Priestley ; illustrated by David Roberts
A boy’s first solo train journey turns out to be more of a challenge than anyone could have imagined as the train stalls at the mouth of a tunnel and a mysterious woman in white helps the boy while away the hours by telling him stories—ghost stories with a difference.
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The light
by DJ MacHale
Sixteen-year-old Marshall Seaver is expecting a boring summer when his best friend goes away, but instead he finds himself haunted--and hunted--by ghosts that want something from him which he cannot decipher.
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Wolf Island
by Darren Shan
As the mysterious Shadow builds an army of demons, Grubbs Grady and his team desperately search for answers. But after they follow a new lead, it takes them to an old, unexpected foe--the Lambs.
Book 8 of the Demonata series.
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Another Faust
by Daniel
A devilish debut by a brother-sister team invites readers into the world of the elite Marlowe High School academy. At once chilling and wickedly satirical, this contemporary reimagining of the Faustian bargain is a compelling tale of ambition, consequences, and ultimate redemption.
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Legacy
by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie
A war of magical proportions is being waged, and Holly is the center of it all. She has accepted her destiny as a descendant of the House of Cahors, and now has to overcome unworldly obstacles to protect her loved ones and end an intergenerational feud that has plagued her family for centuries.
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Eerie archives
by editor, Shawna Gore ; artists, Eugene Colan [et al] ; writers, Archie Goodwin [et al]
Slithering upon the heels of Dark Horse's archive collections of the seminal horror comics magazine Creepy comes its terror-filled cousin publication Eerie! Collected for fans for the first time ever, and packaged in the same amazing oversized format as the Creepy Archives, Dark Horse Comics has taken great, gruesome care in presenting this groundbreaking material to readers who have been waiting decades to get their claws on it. Eerie magazine, like its killer kin Creepy, features work from many of the masters of comics storytelling. For fans of spectacular spookiness, mind-bending sci-fi, and astonishing artwork, the Eerie Archives library is a must have!
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Skeleton Creek
by Patrick Carman
Strange things are happening in Skeleton Creek . . . and Ryan and Sarah are trying to get to the heart of it. But after an eerie accident leaves Ryan housebound and forbidden to see Sarah, their investigation takes two tracks: Ryan records everything in his journal, while Sarah uses her videocam to search things out. . .and then email the clips for Ryan to see.In a new, groundbreaking format, the story is broken into two parts -- Ryan's text in the book, and Sarah's videos on a special website, with links and passwords given throughout the book.
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Bad Girls Don't Die
by Katie Alender
Alexis notices strange things occurring in her house and with her younger sister, Kasey. Alexis soon realizes that her life--and her family's--is creeping from dysfunction into danger, in this gripping new thriller.
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Tenth Grade Bleeds
by Heather Brewer
Having made it through the eighth grade, Vlad Tod enters freshman year--and it sucks as much as the previous year. A trip to Siberia gives study abroad a whole new meaning as Vlad connects with other vampires and advances his mind-control abilities. Sequel to Eighth grade bites and Ninth grade slays.
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Just after sunset
by Stephen King
This Alex Award winning book consists of short horror stories by the famous author.
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Mason
by Thomas Pendleton
When a sadistic high school student tries to cover up a murder by brutally beating an innocent girl, his mentally-challenged but psychically-gifted brother, Mason, uses his powers to bring about justice in their sleepy Louisiana town.
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The Devouring
by Simon Holt
Reggie learned about the “Vours” in a madwoman’s worn journal. To scare and delight her little brother Henry, Reggie shares the story of how the Vours: “evil, demonic beings that inhabit human bodies on Sorry Night” came to be. Soon it seems that Henry may be living his own nightmares. This is a freaky, scary horror story that you should not read when you’re home alone.
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Groosham Grange
by Anthony Horowitz
After being expelled from school, thirteen-year-old David Eliot is sent to Groosham Grange, a spooky and sinister boarding school where nothing seems quite right.
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The crossroads
by Chris Grabenstein
Zack, his dad, and new stepmother have just moved back to his father’s hometown, not knowing that the house has a dark history. Fifty years ago, a crazed killer caused an accident at the nearby crossroads that took 40 innocent lives. He died when his car hit a tree in a fiery crash, and his malevolent spirit has inhabited the tree ever since. During a huge storm, the spirit is released and decides his evil spree isn’t over . . . and Zack is directly in his sights.
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Bliss
by Lauren Myracle
The author of ttyl returns with a hypnotic horror novel. After she's dumped by her hippie parents on her aloof grandmother in Atlanta, Bliss is enrolled in Crestview Academy, an elite institution where the tensions of the present and the dark secrets of the past threaten to simmer into violence.
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Evernight
by Claudia Gray; Amy Vincent
Sixteen-year-old Bianca, a new girl at the sinister Evernight boarding school, finds herself drawn to another outsider, Jared, but dark forces threaten to tear them apart and destroy Bianca's entire world.
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The Restless Dead
edited by Deborah Noyes
Scary stories by contemporary masters of horror and suspense such as M.T. Anderson, Holly Black, and Chris Wooding. A companion to Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales
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Daemon Hall
by Andrew Nance ; with illustrations by Coleman Polhemus
Famous writer Ian Tremblin holds a short-story contest in which five finalists will spend the evening with Tremblin in the haunted mansion Daemon Hall, and the winner of the best short story will see publication. Wade Reilly and the other finalists could never have imagined what they find lurking in the shadows of this demonic mansion.
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Unspoken
by Thomas Fahy
This thrilling horror novel, brings together five teens who, along with a now-deceased sixth member, were the only survivors of a religious cult destroyed by fire five years earlier. Now it seems each teen is being targeted for a death in exactly the way each fears most--just as the cult leader had predicted.
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Demonata Series
by Darren Shan
A new horror series from the author of Cirque Du Freak. In Lord Loss, the first book, Grubbs Grady opts out of a family trip, never anticipating that he's about to take a terrifying journey into darkness where demons and werewolves haunt his waking nightmares.
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The complete tales and poems of Edgar Allan Poe
All of the tales by the master of the detective and the macabre story, including The Fall of the House of Usher and The Tell Tale Heart.
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30 days of night
by Steve Niles, Ben Templesmith, Robbie Robbins
This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.
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Cirque du Freak series
by Darren Shan
The bestselling horror series that introduced the world to the Vampire Prince.
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All Hallows' Eve: 13 stories
by Vivian Vande Velde
A boy is trapped in a possessed car that has stalled in the path of an oncoming train. A girl is dragged into a crypt during a field trip to an eighteenth-century cemetery. A group of friends meet their fate after an unsettling visit with a backwoods psychic. And that's just the beginning.
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Horowitz horror
by Anthony Horowitz
From the creator of the Alex Rider Adventures comes this wicked collection of macabre tales sure to send shivers up the spine.
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Raven's gate
by Anthony Horowitz
After witnessing a crime, Matt is sent to live with a new foster mom, as part of a government scheme called The Leaf Project. But Matt's new guardian is involved in very sinister things, and the whole town seems to be on her side. Book 1 in the Gatekeeper's series
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Clay
by David Almond
The developing relationship between teenager Davie and a mysterious new boy in town morphs into something darker and more sinister when Davie learns firsthand of the boy's supernatural powers.
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Being dead
by Vivian Vande Velde
The author explores the world of the dead--and the undead--in this collection of unnerving tales that feature a 16-year-old girl falling in love with a 200-year-old ghost; a newly dead boy who is robbed by his unscrupulous boss; and a heartless man who finally agrees to dance with his wife after she's passed away.
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Moonlight secrets
by RL Stine
A brand-new trilogy by the beloved creator of the Goosebumps series begins. The kids of Shadyside High are savvy, rich, and not intimidated by the old Fear Street lore. They sneak out at night to go to a hot new club built on the sight of the Fear family mansion, and explore a dark world that is all their own.
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Darkness creeping
by Neal Shusterman
Award-winning author Shusterman walks on the dark side with this classic collection of masterfully creepy stories.
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The soul taker
by Celia Rees
Lewis James is unhappy. Overweight and unpopular, his dad despises him and the girl he likes won't look at him. He has no friends, no life, But meeting Viktor Ladslow, the genius puppet-maker who runs the town toy store, seems like the answer to all his problems. Ladslow is a clairvoyant, but he's no ordinary fortuneteller. If Lewis really wants to change his future, he'll have to give Ladslow something in return. After all, a deal's a deal--a favor for a favor. A soul for a soul...
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Dr. Franklin's island
by Ann Halam
Semi, Miranda, and Arnie are part of a group of 50 British Young Conservationists on their way to a wildlife conservation station deep in the rain forests of Ecuador. After a terrifying mid-air disaster and subsequent crash, these three are the sole survivors, stranded together on a deserted tropical island. Or so they think. Semi, Miranda, and Arnie stumble into the hands of Dr. Franklin, a mad scientist who's been waiting for them, eager to use them as specimens for his experiments in genetic engineering.
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Tenderness
by Robert Cormier
Eighteen-year-old Eric has just been released from juvenile detention for murdering his mother and stepfather. Now he's looking for some tenderness, which he finds in caressing and killing beautiful girls. Speeding to its fateful conclusion with an irresistible force, "Tenderness" is a harrowing thriller with a final twist that will not be easily forgotten.
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More Horror
Some authors of adult horror books are:
Stephen King
John Saul
Dean Koontz
Bentley Little
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A great source of horror book recommendations (mainly adult titles): DarkEcho Horror.
It
by Stephen King
A thriller about a malevolent force in a small New England town that takes the shape of a clown, terrifying youngsters with their innermost fears and bringing them to untimely doom.
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