Summary: "A cemetery full of the restless dead. A town so wicked it has already burned twice, with the breath of the third fire looming. A rural, isolated bridge with a terrifying monster waiting for the completion of its summoning ritual. A lake that allows the drowned to return, though they have been changed by the claws of death. These are the shadowed, liminal spaces where the curses and monsters...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publishing Co. 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction BovalinoSummary: A darkly luminous new anthology collecting the most terrifying horror stories by renowned female authors, presenting anew these forgotten classics to the modern reader.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2019
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Summary: "In Party Games, Rachel is thrilled to be invited to Brendan Fear's exclusive birthday party on Fear Island. When Rachel arrives at the island, a scavenger hunt turns up some horrifying surprises. Soon, Rachel has to fight to survive the deadliest game of all-the game of murder. In Don't Stay Up Late, Lisa is plagued by nightmares and hallucinations after a horrible accident that landed her in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC STIRegina, Michael
Summary: "When the Russo family returns home from vacation to discover their nanny, Ruby, has unexpectedly passed away, Matthew takes the news the hardest. After weeks of reeling, his three best friends decide to cheer him up with a night of junk food, prank calls, and scary movies. But their plans for a sleepover are jeopardized when Matt's single mother -- unable to take any more time off of work --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2021
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Summary: Collection of four stories of strange and unexplainable circumstances. A headless horseman haunts Sleep Hollow. At least that's the legend in the tiny village of Tarrytown. But scary stories won't stop the town's new schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane, from crossing through the Hollow, especially when the beautiful Katrina lives on the other side. Will Ichabod win over his beloved or discover that the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION IRVCummings, Troy
Summary: In the year since Alexander and his father moved to Stermont, he and his friends in the Super Secret Monster Patrol of Stermont Elementary have defeated all kinds of monsters, but now they face their greatest challenge, the boss-monster who has kidnapped fellow monster fighter Ms. Vanderpants and stolen the Notebook of Doom--and they have to do it before Alexander turns eight and stops being...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Branches, Scholastic Inc. 2018
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Summary: Ten more scary stories from the master of horror, each one introduced by the author himself. From R.L. Stine, the master of horror for young readers, comes ten new stories that are sure to send a shiver down your spine. Two kids embark on a field trip to the zoo ... and stumble upon a creature they never expected to meet. A boy makes a machine that puts kids in charge ... but at what cost? A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: "They say that a ghost witch lives in the woods, up on Brewster's Hill. They say her companion, Bloody Bones, has a pig skull for a face and stands taller than a man, his skeleton gleaming white in the moonlight. They say that the witch takes young girls, and no one ever sees them again. Daniel doesn't believe the stories about the witch or her beast. He figures the kids on the bus are just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Etch/Clarion imprints of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 HAHBear, Elizabeth/ Gaiman, Neil/ Kiernan, Caitlin R./ Laidlaw, Marc/ Langan, John
Summary: Features twenty-seven short stories published in the twenty-first century that were inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's works.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prime Books 2011
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Summary: Following a shocking death that dredges up memories of their father's murder, Kinsey and Tyler Locke are thrown into choppy emotional waters, and turn to their new friend, Zack Wells, for support, little suspecting Zack's dark secret. Meanwhile, six-year-old Bode Locke tries to puzzle out the secret of the head key, and Uncle Duncan is jarred into the past by a disturbingly familiar face. Open...
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW 2009
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 HILCummings, Troy
Summary: Since the Notebook of Doom was stolen Alexander and the other monster hunters of Stermont Elementary have been operating without its assistance and now they are confronted by a large and stinky monster with eight powerful noses that can deliver a slimy sneeze with the power of a cannon--and somehow they must figure out its weakness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Branches/Scholastic Inc. 2017
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Summary: When his mother disappears one night, her room awash in blood, and marked by footprints that do not belong to any human or animal, Max is determined to find and rescue her, even if it means killing every demon on Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2016
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC VARAtwood, Megan
Summary: When Patrick's family checks into Ravens Pass Hotel, Patrick has a bad feeling which turns out to be right, and if they can not escape from the hotel before sunrise Patrick and his family will be joining the other "residents" for a never-ending stay
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE ATWSummary: Award-winning horror film director, writer, producer, and actor Eli Roth brings together the masters of horror, the storytellers, and stars who define the genre, to explore its biggest themes and reveal the inspirations and struggles behind its past and present. Each one-hour episode will take viewers on a chilling exploration of how horror has evolved through the years and examine the genre's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ELIChabert, Jack
Summary: At the end of recess at Eerie Elementary, everything on the school grounds suddenly comes alive and turns into a fog-filled jungle maze intent on trapping and disposing of hall monitor Sam Graves and his friends Antonio and Lucy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED CHASummary: The evolution of Hollywood horror films gets an affectionate appreciation from one of the recent genre maestros, as the AMC documentary series by writer/director Eli Roth slashes into the on-screen odysseys of zombies, vampires, ghosts, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ELIKing, Stephen
Summary: An eleven-year-old boy's violated corpse is found in a town park, and evidence points unmistakably to Terry Maitland, one of Flint City's most popular citizens. But is Maitland wearing another face?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC KINBrezenoff, Steven
Summary: Shay Isley loves to read but she has become bored by the usual stories so she turns to the horror section and finds the book, Attack of the Moon Beast; but when night comes this book turns into a monster, part werewolf and part book--and only the Librarian can save her and her little brother from becoming its prey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BRECummings, Troy
Summary: It is a very hot summer in Stermont, and Alexander and his friends are at Camp Gloamy in the mountains, but even here there are monsters--specifically zombie snowmen called snombies who want to freeze the young monster-hunters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc./Spotlight, ABDO 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CUMDahl, Michael
Summary: Braden is not looking forward to explaining a failed test to his parents, but when the afternoon school bus stops he finds himself at a cemetery that is crowded with zombie-like figures pushing him toward an open grave, and it looks like he may have reached his final destination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE DAHDarke, J. A.
Summary: Eighth-grader Emily Lemon wakes up and discovers that none of the gadgets around her house are working properly, and the computers at her middle school seem to have a mind of their own--but when the scoreboard in the gym displays the words "the revolution has begun, down with humanity" she realizes that humanity has lost control and civilization as we know it is in serious trouble.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, A Capstone Imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DARRogers, Kelly
Summary: Ellie buys a snake egg from the sinister science teacher Ms. Fleek in room 201, and hides it in a cage in her closet, but when it finally hatches--well, snakes are not supposed to have legs and wings, are they?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2016