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Paranormal, Supernatural and Horrific
| Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz - |
The
Bone Collector's Son by Paul Yee - It's 1907,
and Bing's father makes a living in Chinatown by digging up the bones of the
dead before sending them back to China for a proper burial. Bing hates
helping his father with his work, and things go from bad to worse when
father and son discover that Mr. Shum's skull is missing from his grave.
Almost immediately, Bing and his father have a string of bad luck. Bing is
convinced that it's caused by Shum's ghost, angry because of his missing
skull. Eager to get away from his stern father, Bing accepts a job as a
houseboy at the home of a famous white boxer. But even there he can't get
away from ghosts, as it turns out that the boxer's house is haunted. Only by
overcoming his fear of ghosts will Bing be able to calm the spirits that are
disturbing the living - and the dead. |
Tell Me What You See
by Zoran Drvenkar - Berlin, Christmas, the dead of
night: 16-year-old Alissa and her best friend, Evelin, are making their
annual secret pilgrimage to the grave of Alissa's father when Alissa falls
through thick snow to land in an underground crypt. There she finds a
child's casket...with a strange black plant growing up through its lid.
Opening the coffin, she severs the dark growth from its roots--and discovers
they are embedded in the heart of the dead child. From that moment forward,
Alissa's life descends into nightmarish turmoil. |
The Dark Flight Down
by Marcus Sedgwick - In the morning you should
think. You might not last unto the night. In the evening you should think.
You might not last unto the morn. Boy has survived the terrors of life with
the magician Valerian, dark magic, and deadly chases, but he is still on the
run. Now, as the City lies frozen, he is captured and incarcerated in the
Emperor Frederick's palace. Boy is transported to a world of splendor, and
wealth beyond his wildest imagining. But beneath its golden veneer, this
world is full of madness and cruelty, closely guarded secrets, and
terrifying revelations. In a mesmerizing conclusion to the enthralling story
begun in
The Book of Dead Days, Boy and Willow are plunged into the heart of
it-the furies of the Emperor; the tricks of necromancers; a trail of blood
that will lead to the grisly Phantom. Holding all their lives between its
pages, The Book of Dead Days waits to deceive its next reader. |
Kissing Coffins by
Ellen Schreiber - The sequel to Ellen Schreiber's
popular Vampire Kisses follows goth teenager Raven as she searches for her
true love Alexander, whom she's discovered is a vampire. |
Devil's Footsteps
by E.E. Richardson - After the disappearance of
his brother Adam, thirteen-year-old Bryan faces a shadowy, centuries-old
evil presence known as the Dark Man that, taking the form of its victims'
worst fears, stalks the town's children. |
Dangerous
Girls by R.L. Stine -
Destiny Weller and her twin sister Livvy are beautiful, smart, and popular. But
a summer at Camp Blue Moon changes their lives forever. When they return home
from camp, Destiny and Livvy exhibit an inhuman craving to drink blood by night,
compelled to satisfy their overpowering thirst. Have they turned into vampires?
Can they keep their terrifying secret from their family and friends? Can they
evade the vampire hunters who are determined to destroy them? Destiny
desperately wants to find a way to stop the horror. Livvy is intoxicated by her
new powers. Will Destiny regain her life -- only to lose her sister forever? the
sequel -
The Taste of the Night
A Great and
Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray -
It's 1895, and
after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the
life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely,
guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable
habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is a chilly one. To make things
worse, she's been followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch
her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence's
most powerful girls--and their foray into the spiritual world--lead to?
Look
For Me by Moonlight by Mary Downing Hahn -
Blood
and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause -
Thirsty
by M.T. Anderson -
For
Mike by Shelley Sykes -
The
Blooding by Patricia Windsor -
Dead
Girls Don’t Write Letters by Gail Giles -
Companions
of the Night by Vivian Vande Velde -
Body
of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum Ucci -
Chris Creed grew up as the class freak--the
bullies' punching bag. After he vanished, the weirdness that had once surrounded
him began spreading. It was as if a darkness reached out of his void to grab at
the most normal, happy people--like some twisted joke or demented form of
justice. It tore the town apart. Sixteen-year-old Torey Adams's search for
answers opens his eyes to the lies, the pain, and the need to blame when tragedy
strikes, and his once-safe world comes crashing down around him.
Demon
in my View by Amelia Atwater Rhodes -
Silver
Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause -
Killer's
Cousin by Nancy Werlin -
Wolf
Rider by Avi -
Clockwork
by Philip Pullman -
Popular Horror Authors
Christopher Pike
Stephen King
Lois Duncan
John Bellairs
R.L. Stine
Dean Koontz
Anne Rice
Horror Series
Fear Street by R.L. Stine
Darkangel Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce
Ravenscliff Series by
Geoffrey Huntington
Buffy the Vampire Slayer by various authors
Angel by various authors
Everworld by Katherine A. Applegate
Sweep by Cate Tiernan
Circle of Three by Isobel Bird
Mediator by Jenny Carroll/Meg Cabot
Short Story Collections
The New Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories
Odder Than Ever
American Gothic Tales
Shades of Darkness
A Whisper in the Night
Mysterious, Menacing & Macabre
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