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Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature
by Becky Siegel SpratfordA captivating anthology and heartfelt tribute to the horror genre featuring essays from several of the most celebrated contemporary horror writers including, Grady Hendrix, Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones, Josh Malerman, Victor LaValle, Tananarive Due, and Rachel Harrison. For twenty-five years, Becky Siegel Spratford has worked as a librarian in Reader Advisory, training library workers all over the world on how to engage their patrons and readers, and to use her place as a horror expert and critic to get the word out to others; to bring even more readers into the horror fold. Why I Love Horror is a love letter to the horror genre from many of the most influential and bestselling authors in the industry.
Why I Quit Zombie School: Hall Of Horrors #4: Why I Quit Zombie School (Goosebumps Hall of Horrors #4)
by R. L. StineWelcome to the Hall of Horrors, HorrorLand's Hall of Fame for the truly terrifying.Poor Matt Krinsky! Not only are his parents making him move away from all of his friends, but they're enrolling him in a boarding school. It's not a strict place, but that doesn't mean things are normal. While Matt is used to be being one of the better athletes in his class, theses kids move a dead-slow pace. It's doesn't take long for him to realize that he's surrounded by zombies. And his classmates have begun to notice his heartbeat and warm skin. Can Matt convince them he is undead long enough to stay alive?
Why I Quit the Baby-sitter's Club (Bone Chillers #17)
by Betsy Haynes David BergantinoWhy is there a strange growling sound coming from the baby's room? Rosie thinks she has the ideal baby-sitting job until she discovers that the child she's supposed to be watching is not human!
Why I'm Afraid of Bees (Goosebumps #17)
by R. L. StineEverybody picks on Gary at school, his sister hates him and his only friend seems to be his computer. But Gary's dream comes true. He's going to swap bodies with someone for a whole week. He can't wait ... until something horrible happens.
Why I'm Afraid of Bees (Goosebumps #17)
by R. L. StineGary Lutz needs a vacation . . . from himself. Bullies are constantly beating him up. His only friend is his computer. Even his little sister doesn't like him.But now Gary's dream is about to come true. He's going to exchange bodies with another kid for a whole week.Gary can't wait to get a new body. Until something horrible happens. And Gary finds out his new body isn't exactly human...
Wicked
by Joanne FlukeIn a remote country house, a writers&’ group turns into a workshop for a killer, from the New York Times–bestselling author. When Eve Carrington is chosen to participate in an exclusive writers&’ workshop, she knows it&’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. For one month, she will live, write, and share her work with nine other aspiring authors. The top three will get a chance to be published. But when the building they&’re staying in isn&’t ready and Eve sees the old mansion they&’ll be moved into, she starts having second thoughts. Not only is the mansion isolated but the deadlines are tight, the pressure intense, and the competition incredibly fierce. Her biggest rival, Angela, is writing a murder mystery based on the workshop and its participants. It&’s a brilliant idea. Until life begins to imitate art—and death begins to knock out the competition . . .
Wicked Angel: A Novel
by Taylor CaldwellA tale of family horror in the tradition of The Bad Seed and The Omen from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Dialogues with the Devil. To his mother, Angelo is the most beautiful and brilliant child in the world. She caters to his every whim and dismisses his malicious outbursts as childish pranks. But as Angelo grows older, his behavior only becomes more disturbing. A pet dog disappears. A playground run-in leaves one of his teachers with a broken arm. Still, his mother refuses to believe that anything is wrong with her precious angel. His father and his aunt, however, have begun to suspect that behind Angelo&’s cherubic smile lurks a dark and twisted monster who preys on the innocent. But how do they reveal Angelo&’s true nature before it&’s too late? A mesmerizing portrait of evil personified, Wicked Angel is a psychological tour-de-force from an author who &“never falters when it comes to storytelling&” (Publishers Weekly).
Wicked Cruel
by Rich WallaceEveryone's heard an urban legend before. They're stories that get passed from kid to kid, and nobody can quite remember where the story originated. Sometimes the story changes. Sometimes details are added, or dropped. But one thing's for sure: nobody can ever prove whether the story is true. These three stories--all set in the same New England town--address that very question: How much of an urban legend is rumor, and how much is fact? In one story, sixth grader Jordan's former classmate--a target of bullying before his family moved away--has died. Did he die from injuries he got while in school? And if he's really dead, why does Jordan keep seeing him? In another, Danny, an out-of-place loner, is fixated on the local legend of horses who died in a flood. Creepy and perfect for Halloween, these stories are sure to delight anyone looking for a good spine-tingler.
Wicked Dead: Crush
by Stefan Petrucha Thomas PendletonTonight's tale . . . The Roid Patrol regularly menaces Jonathan Barnes in the halls. Mr. Weaver's sarcasm makes English class unbearable. If it weren't for his best friend, David, and his crush, Emma, Jonathan would go insane. But now he thinks he has, what with everyone who's ever been mean to him turning up dead. He doesn't know what to think, who to trust--or who's next.
Wicked Dead: Lurker
by Stefan Petrucha Thomas PendletonFour ghost girls. A nightly ritual. When their precious bones are rolled, the ghosts tell of deaths so horrifying even the rats in the orphanage walls cringe. Tonight's tale . . . Seventeen-year-old Mandy has everything: popular friends; a hot boyfriend; plans for college, travel, the future. But after classmate Nicki is gruesomely murdered, Mandy is shaken to her core. Soon she's jumping at shadows and having nightmares of Nicki's killer-the Witchman. Mandy tells herself she's just imagining things-but nothing in her imagination prepares her for the terror that's about to attack.
Wicked Dead: Prey
by Stefan Petrucha Thomas PendletonTonight's tale . . . Rabbit food. Windowpanes. Pennies. Chelsea Kaüer counts and frets over everything--her OCD won't let her stop. But when her biology teacher, Ms. Mandisa, asks her to pet-sit, Chelsea can't think of a reason to say no. After all, it's extra pocket money--nothing to worry about, right? Wrong. Ms. Mandisa's "pet" is a six-foot lizard with a poisonous bite and a taste for red meat. And if Chelsea doesn't think fast, she'll be dead meat. . . .
Wicked Dead: Snared
by Stefan Petrucha Thomas PendletonTonight's tale . . . Lindsay's family vacation isn't exactly fun in the sun: the beach is littered, the locals are creepy, and the outlook is bleak. Then Lindsay meets Mark, the boy next door. He's sweet, gorgeous, and an amazing musician. But his menacing guardians keep him locked away from the world. They perform sinister rites, and one day Lindsay glimpses terrible wounds on Mark's back! Lindsay must save him--though it means facing pure evil.
Wicked Dead: Torn
by Stefan Petrucha Thomas PendletonTonight's tale . . . Devin's rock band Torn is about to hit the big time. The haunting song he's just written is getting buzz. Between his gorgeous girlfriend, Cheryl, and all the perks of high-school stardom, Devin's feeling pretty good. Then his band mate is murdered. Viciously. Is it a gang slaying? Or has Devin's lingering melody called up . . . something . . . from the darkness?
Wicked Deeds
by Heather GrahamNevermore... Eager to start their life together, historian Vickie Preston and Special Agent Griffin Pryce take a detour en route to their new home in Virginia and stop for a visit in Baltimore. But their romantic weekend is interrupted when a popular author is found dead in the basement of an Edgar Allan Poe-themed restaurant. Because of the mysterious circumstances surrounding the corpse, the FBI's Krewe of Hunters paranormal team is invited to investigate. As more bizarre deaths occur, Vickie and Griffin are drawn into a case that has disturbing echoes of Poe's great works, bringing the horrors of his fiction to life. The restaurant is headquarters to scholars and fans, and any of them could be a merciless killer. Except there's also something reaching out from beyond the grave. The late, great Edgar Allan Poe himself is appearing to Vickie in dreams and visions with cryptic information about the murders. Unless they can uncover whose twisted mind is orchestrating the dramatic re-creations, Vickie and Griffin's future as a couple might never begin...
Wicked Game (The Colony #1)
by Nancy Bush Lisa JacksonONE BY ONE, THEY&’LL DIE . . . Twenty years ago, wild child Jessie Brentwood vanished from St. Elizabeth&’s high school. Most in Jessie&’s tight circle of friends believed she simply ran away. Few suspected that Jessie was hiding a shocking secret—one that brought her into the crosshairs of a vicious killer . . . UNTIL THERE&’S NO ONE LEFT . . . Two decades pass before a body is unearthed on school grounds and Jessie&’s old friends reunite to talk. Most are sure that the body is Jessie&’s, that the mystery of what happened to her has finally been solved. But soon, Jessie&’s friends each begin to die in horrible, freak accidents that defy explanation . . . BUT HER . . . Becca Sutcliff has been haunted for years by unsettling visions of Jessie, certain her friend met with a grisly end. Now the latest deaths have her rattled. Becca can sense that an evil force is shadowing her too, waiting for just the right moment to strike. She feels like she&’s going crazy. Is it all a coincidence—or has Jessie&’s killer finally returned to finish what was started all those years ago?
Wicked Games
by Sean OlinTainted love. Sexy secrets. A chilling revenge plot. It's all here in Wicked Games by Sean Olin, the first in a psychologically charged, suspenseful series set in a picturesque coastal Florida town called Dream Point, where dangerous mind games are played with abandon.Lilah has spent the last four years by her boyfriend Carter's side, and everyone thinks their relationship is rock solid. But behind closed doors, things are beginning to crumble. Just as Lilah's intensifying mood swings are making Carter think about distancing himself from her, another girl enters the picture. Jules is beautiful, funny, smart, and artistic. Carter can't help but fall under her spell. But one stolen night of passion has consequences they could never imagine.Fans of books packed with drama and doomed romance, like The Lying Game and Perfect Chemistry, will immediately be hooked by Wicked Games.
Wicked Hour: An Heirs of Chicagoland Novel (Heirs of Chicagoland)
by Chloe NeillVampires were made, not born, until Elisa Sullivan came along. The only vampire child in existence, she grew up with a heavy legacy, and she thought she could flee her past. But then trouble came for Chicago, and Elisa came home. Alongside shifter Connor Keene, the only son of North American Central Pack Apex Gabriel Keene, she faced down a great evil and accepted her true self.Months after the deadly attacks, while tempers are still cooling, Elisa is surprised when Connor invites her to a Pack initiation in the north woods of Minnesota, and by the warm welcome she receives from Connor's family--even though she's a vampire. But the peace doesn't last; the initiation celebration turns to chaos when a mangled body is deposited at the Pack's home. Elisa and Connor find themselves in the middle of a shifter fight, and the stakes get even higher when Elisa makes a vampire in the middle of Pack territory. Now Elisa's life, the Pack, and its vampire alliance are at risk.
Wicked Kiss
by Michelle RowenMy kiss can kill. I used to be ordinary Samantha Day, but that's changed. Now, after one dark kiss from a dangerous boy, I can steal someone's soul...or their life. If I give in to the constant hunger inside me, I hurt anyone I kiss. If I don't...I hurt myself. Bishop is the one whose kiss I crave most, but if I kiss him, I'll kill him. Then there's another boy, one I can't hurt. One whose kiss seems to miraculously quell my hunger. They're both part of a team of angels and demons that's joined forces in my city to fight a mysterious rising darkness, an evil that threatens everyone I know and love. I just wonder if I'll be able to help Bishop-or if I'm just another part of the darkness he's sworn to destroy....NIGHTWATCHERS: When angels and demons must work together, something beyond evil is rising...
Wicked Lies (The Colony #2)
by Nancy Bush Lisa JacksonA pregnant woman is on the run from an escaped serial killer plotting revenge in this thriller by the New York Times–bestselling authors of Wicked Game.If At First You Don&’t Succeed For two years, Justice Turnbull has paced his room at Halo Valley Security Hospital, planning to escape. Justice has a mission—one that began with a vicious murder two decades ago. And there are so many others who must be sent back to the hell that spawned them . . .Kill . . . Laura Adderley didn&’t plan to get pregnant by her soon-to-be ex-husband, though she&’ll do anything to protect her baby. But now reporter Harrison Frost is asking questions about the mysterious group of women who live at Siren Song lodge. Harrison hasn&’t figured out Laura&’s connection to the story yet. But Justice knows. And he is coming . . .Then Kill Again . . . All her life, Laura has been able to sense approaching evil. But that won't stop a psychopath bent on destroying her. Justice has been unleashed, and this time, there will be no place safe to hide . . .&“Wicked Lies is a riveting, can&’t-put-it-down, heart-pounding good read. If you love suspense with enough twists and turns to tie you into knots, this one&’s for you.&” —BookPage &“The affable protagonists maintain their individual identities as their romance sizzles to life, and several subplots add depth to this . . . deftly plotted and enticing read.&” —Publishers Weekly
Wicked Lovely with Bonus Material (Wicked Lovely #1)
by Melissa MarrThis ebook includes the full text of Wicked Lovely plus the following additional content: "Cotton Candy Skies"--an exclusive short story set after the end of Radiant Shadows; a Wicked Lovely series sampler, including free chapters from the other books in the bestselling series; and an exclusive preview of Melissa Marr's first novel for adult audiences, Graveminder--a captivating story about the living, the dead, and a curse that binds them.
Wicked Reign: Enemies to Lovers Witch Academy Romance (A Touch of Darkness #5)
by Rebecca Hamilton Candace OsmondFrom the ashes of battle, it's time to rise and forge a new future for all magic-kind...Lydia Laveau and her friends are at the brink of war, fighting for the very soul of what's left of the magical world. Even with the Crimson Covenant now her sanctuary and battleground, the mix of ancient magic and modern technology at their disposal may not be enough to claim victory. Especially not when the revelation of a relic capable of tracking Red Witches meant to ignite hope stirs up danger in equal measure.Betrayal comes from within, forcing Lydia to confront the possibility of enemies cloaked in the guise of friends once again. With the Midnight Circle and the High Council continually weaving their web of destruction, Lydia has to rally an army of Wicked Born, supplements, and Red Witches for one final stand.Soon, the battle lines are drawn in the heart of the capital, where ancient vendettas and the thirst for power culminate in a showdown that will define the future of all magical factions. But if Lydia's reign doesn’t deliver on its promise of a new era, forged from the ashes of war and woven with threads of magic, hope, and renewal…then they're all doomed forever. Fans of DIVERGENT, HARRY POTTER, and A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES will devour this edgy paranormal academy series with a slow burn romance!Ready for the epic conclusion to the Touch of Darkness series? Scroll up to one-click the fifth installment, Wicked Reign, today!
Wicked Things
by Thomas TessierIn addition to the title novel, the book also includes a novella entitled Scramburg, U.S.A.
Wicked Ways (The Colony #4)
by Nancy Bush Lisa JacksonA real estate agent fears she&’s killing others with her mind in this supernatural thriller by the New York Times–bestselling authors of Something Wicked.The Greatest Terrors Elizabeth Gaines Ellis is an ordinary suburban wife and mother. That&’s what she tells herself as she flits between her realtor job, yoga class, and caring for her daughter, Chloe. But for months now, Elizabeth has worried that she&’s far from normal . . . that she&’s somehow the cause of a series of brutal, horrible deaths.Are The Ones Her mean-spirited boss. A bullying traffic cop. Her cheating husband. Elizabeth had reason to be angry with them all. She didn&’t mean for them to die. No one will take her fears seriously—except the private investigator prying into her past . . .Too Close To See The more scared and angry Elizabeth becomes, the higher the death toll grows. But those who wrong her aren&’t the only ones in danger. Because others have secrets too, and a relentless urge to kill without mercy or remorse . . .Praise for the series &“Superb . . . A masterpiece of romantic suspense with enough twists and turns to keep the reader eagerly anticipating the breathtaking conclusion.&” —Publishers Weekly, starred review &“A riveting, can&’t-put-it-down, heart-pounding good read. If you love suspense with enough twists and turns to tie you into knots, this one&’s for you.&” —BookPage
Wicked on the Wind (The School for Wicked Witches: Wicked, book #3)
by Will TaylorThis bound-to-be-Popular series hits its magical stride with book three, in which Ava, her friends, and her frenemy must fix a disaster that has befallen the school.Ava hasn't found Tinabella to be the easiest roommate to get along with. She's sneaky. She's popular. And she bends the rules a lot when it comes to magic.Still, Ava never asked for Tinabella to be banished to a tower, trapped by a strange spell. And when the wickedest witch of them all attacks the School for Wicked Witches, trapping all the teachers within an enormous twister, Ava knows that it’s better to have Tinabella by her side than to keep her locked away.Now the question is: With no teachers around, and even the oldeststudents in the school caught by the magic, what can Ava, Tinabella, and their friends do to prevent a truly wicked fate?
Wicked: Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Wicked Years #1)
by Gregory MaguireThe New York Times bestseller and basis for the Tony-winning hit musical, soon to be a major motion picture starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. With millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguire’s Wicked is established not only as a commentary on our time but as a novel to revisit for years to come. Wicked relishes the inspired inventions of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, while playing sleight of hand with our collective memories of the 1939 MGM film starring Margaret Hamilton (and Judy Garland). In this fast-paced, fantastically real, and supremely entertaining novel, Maguire has populated the largely unknown world of Oz with the power of his own imagination. Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz’s most promising young citizens. But Elphaba’s Oz is no utopia. The Wizard’s secret police are everywhere. Animals—those creatures with voices, souls, and minds—are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals—even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas. Recognized as an iconoclastic tour de force on its initial publication, the novel has inspired the blockbuster musical of the same name—one of the longest-running plays in Broadway history. Popular, indeed. But while the novel’s distant cousins hail from the traditions of magical realism, mythopoeic fantasy, and sprawling nineteenth-century sagas of moral urgency, Maguire’s Wicked is as unique as its green-skinned witch. <b>New York Times Bestseller</b>