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Nathaniel
by John SaulFor a hundred years, the people of Prairie Bend have whispered the name in wonder and fear. Some say he is simply a folk tale - a legend created to frighten children on cold winter nights. Some swear he is a terrifying spirit returned to avenge the past. And soon...very soon...some will come to believe that Nathaniel lives still - darkly, horrifyingly real. Nathaniel. For young Michael Hall, newly arrived in isolated Prairie Bend after having lost his father to a sudden tragic accident, Nathaniel is the voice that calls him across the prairie night...the voice that draws him into the shadowy depths of the old, crumbling barn where he has been forbidden to go...the voice - chanting, compelling - he will follow faithfully beyond the edge of terror.
Hawaii's Best Spooky Tales
by Rick CarrollIn Hawaii's Best Spooky Tales, Rick Carroll presents an all new second collection of true inexplicable encounters in Hawaii. Childhood experiences; family stories spanning generations, ghostly encounters in urban Honolulu and on the neighbor islands, chilling sights on volcanic peaks and ocean shores. These are the stories of old and new Hawai'i told by many people in many voices from many points of view. The result is a book rich in texture and complex in spirit, like Hawai'i itself. An added feature is The Guide to Spooky Places, featuring heiau (temples), monuments and memorials, petroglyph fields, and natural phenonena inbued with the special power and mystery found only in Hawaii.
Red Dragon
by Thomas HarrisThere's a serial killer on the loose. Will Graham, former forensics specialist and instructor for the FBI comes out of retirement to find him. He has captured some of the worst, including the notorious Hanabal Lecter. That collar put him in the hospital with near-fatal slash wounds. The next one put him in the psychiatric wing for depression. Now, to catch 'The Tooth Fairy', he must seek the aid of Dr. Lecter and by so doing he opens himself and his family to terrible, unknown danger. By the Author of The Silence of The Lambs, this one is a real thriller.
Reliquary (Pendergast #2)
by Douglas Preston Lincoln ChildHidden deep beneath Manhattan lies a warren of tunnels, sewers, and galleries, mostly forgotten by those who walk the streets above. There lies the ultimate secret of the Museum Beast. When two grotesquely deformed skeletons are found deep in the mud off the Manhattan shoreline, museum curator Margo Green is called in to aid the investigation, Margo must once again team up with police lieutenant D'Agosta and FBI agent Pendergast, as well as the brilliant Dr. Frock, to try and solve the puzzle. The trail soon leads deep underground, where they will face the awakening of a slumbering nightmare.
The Raven, The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado
by Edgar Allan Poe[This text is listed as an example that meets Common Core Standards in English language arts in grades 11-12 at http://www.corestandards.org.]
Rightfully Mine
by Doris MortmanThis is a romance in which Gaby has to fight for what is rightfully hers against overwhelming odds. The story is set against a background of the world of antiques, a subject which the author has obviously well researched. WARNING: some explicit descriptions of sex and incest.
The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas HarrisFirst published in 1988, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS is the #1 best selling novel by Thomas Harris, author of HANNIBAL.
Shattered
by Dean KoontzAs Alex and Colin speed toward their new home in San Francisco where Courtney awaits them, they are pursued by a madman who is also eager to see Courtney.
The Mailman
by Bentley LittleOnce upon a time, waiting for the mail was filled with warm, tingling anticipation. But now there is a new mailman in town. And a new kind of mail. Now everyone in town, especially the Albin family, waits for the mail in a different way. With Icy fear. Because no one and nothing- not the most proper citizens, the most shocking desires, the most hidden shames, the most secret weaknesses- are safe from the eyes and hands and steadily growing power of THE MAIL MAN.
The Trickster
by Muriel GrayIn a remote ski resort high in the Canadian Rockies, something is going terribly wrong. A young police officer is found murdered and strangely mutilated. A truck driver is found frozen solid in his truck, doors and windows closed, with snow drifts inside the cab. A hotshot skier is found dead and bloody in deep snow, with no human footprints anywhere near the body. Fear begins to spread that a bizarre and ingenious serial killer is on the loose. But for Sam Hunt, who turned his back on his Indian roots to live in white society, the fear is especially strong: He's been having blackouts, waking up miles away from where he started, with blood on his face and absolutely no recollection of what he's done. The Trickster is relentless and terrifying suspense -the most talked-about debut thriller of the year, by a writer of unique and startling gifts.
Hawaii's Best Spooky Tales 2
by Rick Carrollhawaii's best spooky tales 2, the third collection of spine-tingling tales collected by Rick Carroll, is proof that encounters With the supernatural in Hawai'i are happening all the time and in all forms. The stories in this volume, collected from a varied group that includes public school students, librarians, journalists, visitors, industry employees, artists and performers, teachers, Native Hawaiians, newcomers, long-time residents, and former residents, is organized by the island. You decide: Does Kaua'i have more ghosts than Lanai? Does Pele appear only on the Big Island? Are you more likely to see night marchers on Oahu or on Maui? Do you dare go out at night on Moloka'i? To help you find--or avoid--the spookiest sites on all islands, this collection also includes The Guide to Spooky Places 2. At these sites, which include murder scenes, graveyards, haunted houses, ancient heiau and paths of night marchers, you are sure to get "chicken skin."
Phantom Leader
by Mark BerentJanuary, 1968. The full fury of the TET Offensive is about to explode, forever changing the lives of America's bravest warriors: FAC pilot Toby Parker, escaping through the jungle, is trapped in the middle of the tank attack on Lang Tri. Major "Flak" Apple tumbles from the skies and into the hands of the jailers of Hanoi's infamous Hoa Lo Prison. Special Forces Colonel Wolf Lochert is charged with the murder of an enemy agent. U.S.A.F. Major Court Bannister faces a choice that could make him Vietnam's first air ACE - or end his military career altogether.
The M.D.
by Thomas M. DischSTEPHEN KING PRAISES THE M.D. BY THOMAS M. DISCH ... The M.D. is simply one of the best novels of horror-fantasy I've ever read. Thomas Disch has been writing wonderful tales of imagination for years now-stories that sometimes amuse, sometimes sting, sometimes horrify, and sometimes manage to do all three at the same time-but The M.D. is surely his magnum opus. Although Disch uses the Frankenstein myth (and surely it has attained mythological status by this point) as a kind of echo chamber to make his story resonate, it is Dracula the novel most closely resembles on an emotional level. Like Dracula, The M.D. is the story of a great monster, a creature so awful that we can't help rooting for him. It also has the sweep of Dracula, and if Disch's novel is not as totally involving as Stoker's vampire tale, it may be because Disch has leavened the melodrama with a generous helping of black comedy. Still, don't be fooled: The M.D. attained maintains a level of morbid, jittery intensity that is quite remarkable. Oh, and one other thing: unlike most of the horror novels being churned out these days by the King wannabes, the Koontz wannabes, the Straub wannabes, and the Barker wannabes, The M.D. is a novel with a point. Disch understands that to really succeed as horror, a story must first succeed on the level of fundamental interest where the best fairy tales live. Put another way, a good horror novel must be about morality. The M.D. succeeds brilliantly as a morality tale-which means that it entertains us instead of preaching to us-and it says some marvellously insightful things along the way about business, religion, the family in suburbia , and the America we inherited in the wake of Vietnam. A thousand bravos to Thomas Disch, who has written a brilliantly entertaining novel. I hope it's a big fat #1 best-seller. P.S. The "kite scene" is going to be as infamous as the double amputation in Harry Bellaman's King's Row, I think. S. K.
Red As Blood (Or Tales From The Sisters Grimmer)
by Tanith LeeA darker and more gothic feel to famous fairytales, Snow White as you have never seen her before - she is a creature of the night, a vapire in 'Red as Blood.' There are 9 retold tales in all - each with a new time frame - the majority set in the past yet 'Beauty and the Beast' set in the future.
What Ho, Magic!
by Tanya HuffTanya Huff, the acclaimed writer of the Blood and Kigh series, is also a fantastic short story writer. What Ho, Magic! is a collection of fifteen of Tanya's short stories: "I'll Be Home for Christmas" "Word of Honor" "Shing Li-ung", "First Love, Last Love" "The Harder They Fall" "February Thaw" "The Chase is On" "A Debt Unpaid" "Symbols are a Percussion Instrument" "Underground" "A Midsummer Night's Dream Team" Four stories featuring Vicki, Henry, and Mike from her Blood series: "This Town Ain't Big Enough" "What Manner of Man" "The Cards Also Say" "The Vengeful Spirit of Lake Nepeakea". This is also the first printing of her new novella: "The Vengeful Spirit of Lake Nepeaka". With an introduction to the book by Michelle Sagara West.
The Amityville Horror
by Jay AnsonThe true account of the Lutz family's terrifying experience moving into--and out of--a house they believe to be possessed by evil spirits.
Haunted
by James HerbertThree nights of terror at the house called Edbrook. Three nights in which David Ash, there to investigate a haunting will be victim of horrifying and maleficent games. Three nights in which he will face the blood-chilling enigma of his own past. Three nights before Edbrook's dreadful secret will be revealed...And the true nightmare will begin.