Scary Stories

A mythical monster, a kingdom in peril, an adventure that will test two children’s bravery to the limit. Discover a brilliantly original fairy tale about the power of hope and friendship to triumph against all odds, from one of the world’s best storytellers....

Two kids race to save the world’s last magical place in the first book of a landmark new fantasy series, from “a writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination.” (Philip Pullman, author of The Golden Compass)

In Coraline's family's new flat are twenty-one windows and fourteen doors. Thirteen of the doors open and close. The fourteenth is locked...

Walking corpses, dancing bones, knife-wielding madmen, and narrow escapes from death - they're all here in this chilling collection of ghost stories, collected and retold by folklorist Alvin Schwartz. These horrific tales are guaranteed to raise goosebumps. Let the faint of heart beware....

Discover the fan-favorite thriller and chiller that first introduced the world to the wooden face of fear. The puppet who pulls all the strings. None other than Slappy the Dummy!....

A sinister problem has occurred in London: all nature of ghosts, haunts, spirits, and specters are appearing throughout the city, and they aren't exactly friendly. Only young people have....

Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation that's been unleashed....

Each story in this popular and critically acclaimed series has been read by the talented actor, Victor Garber....

Serafina's defeat of the Man in the Black Cloak has brought her out of the shadows and into the daylight realm of her home, Biltmore Estate....

Eleven-year-old Josh and 12-year-old Amanda just moved into the oldest and weirdest house on the block - the two siblings think it might even be haunted!....

Billy and his sister, Sheena, are visiting their uncle Dr. Deep on a tiny Caribbean island. It's the perfect place to go exploring underwater...and Billy's ready for an adventure. There's only one rule to remember: Stay away from the coral reefs....

After leaving Lockwood & Co., Lucy is a freelance operative hiring herself out to agencies that value her ever-improving skills. One day she is pleasantly surprised by a visit from Lockwood....

The young agents must survive attacks from foes both spectral and human before they can take on their greatest enemy in a climactic and chaotic battle....

It is a dark and dangerous time for the galaxy, and the Jedi of the High Republic must face their greatest trials yet.

Eleven-year-old Lydia Green doesn’t want anything to change. She lives happily in Mulberry Glen with her mismatched family of a fairy guardian, a philosopher, and twin troublemakers known as the Zs. But now, rumors swirl about The Darkness, a powerful force that dwells in the forest Tenebrae.

Jonathan Chiller has had a plan all along. Nothing is free in HorrorLand, especially his rare souvenirs. Now it's time for the six kids who visited his shop to pay up. And Chiller knows exactly what he wants--players for his deadly game.

From master horror storyteller K.R. Alexander, the chilling story of a girl who has visions of a dead girl—and the diary that will lead her to the truth behind the girl's tragic demise.

The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real love story about a girl, a ghost, a grandmother, and growing up....

When Lewis Barnavelt, an orphan, comes to stay with his Uncle Jonathan, he expects to meet an ordinary person. But he is wrong. Uncle Jonathan and his next-door neighbor are both witches....

The zombies are disappearing. This might seem like a good thing, since zombies eat your brains, but normal human kid Jack Sullivan is suspicious. He keeps hearing an eerie shrieking noise that seems to be almost summoning the zombies....

One night Jodie sees something really odd on her grandparents' farm. The scarecrows seem to be moving. Twitching on their stakes. Coming alive...

The author of the blockbuster Bartimaeus series delivers another amusing, chilling, and ingeniously plotted entry in the critically acclaimed Lockwood and Co. series....

When an odd new boy moves in next door, Hannah's neighborhood starts to get more and more eerie, and she suspects that the pale boy must be a ghost....

Dr. Brewer is doing a little plant testing in his basement. Nothing to worry about. Harmless, really. But Margaret and Casey Brewer are worried about their father....

One night, the Gruffalo's child wanders into the woods to search for the Big Bad Mouse. But instead, she comes upon a small mouse in the woods...and decides to eat him....

In the small town of Farlow, mysterious advertisements appear for a summer scavenger hunt. Twelve-year-old Maggie and her friends can't wait. They have their team, and more than bragging rights, they want that huge cash prize. On the big day, a strange man welcomes everybody to the game. The first items are ridiculously easy ("An egg? Seriously?"), but they quickly grow more difficult. Even a little scary. Okay, a lot scary. When the game moves to the cemetery, nobody wants to play anymore. Except now it's too late to quit . . .

Gripping stories of myth, folklore and magic: two step-brothers share one nightmare. Red gloves that reach for your throat. A changing room where a stranger asks to swap lives with you. A ghost in the rain ...An expert storyteller weaves nine spells. Fear mixed with wit, heart and magic.

Welcome to Crater Lake … the year six school trip where your first day might just be your last … Maybe it’s the bloodstained man who tries to stop the coach. Maybe it’s the absence of welcoming staff, but something is definitely not right at Crater Lake Activity Centre. Then, at night, things get much, much stranger … Lance and his friends, Chets, Katja, Big Mak and Adrianne find themselves in a fight for survival and must work together to defeat a swarm of enemies. But whatever happens they must never, ever, fall asleep!

Welcome to Hazard. An ordinary town where strangeness is a way of life. A town where sink holes appear with no warning, where people go missing way too often and where things really DO go bump in the night … To Travis and his classmates, Hazard is home. But when they’re set a school project to investigate the history of the town, they soon realise that something strange and alien lies beneath Hazard. What can they learn from their investigations into the mysterious witch in the woods? And – if the witch does exist – will they make it home to tell the tale…?

Thirteen-year-old twins Gabby and Trent Manning are Connecticut's youngest paranormal investigators. Both have inherited "the gift" from their grandparents, the Mannings, whose legendary ghost hunts inspired several books and movies—but whose names have been nearly forgotten since their untimely deaths years ago. Armed with EMF machines, flashlights, and recording equipment, the twins' mom drags them all over New England in an attempt to bring their family back into the limelight.

The nightmares return in Scary Stories To Give You Nightmares 3! This all-new collection of eerie tales will send shivers down your spine and make you think twice about what lurks in the shadows. Step into the darkness and uncover a ghostly presence that calls from deep within a cave, a seemingly innocent game that opens a door best left closed, and a doppelganger that isn't quite right. Beware the return of Hello Dolly—she’s back, and she’s not alone. And on a remote island, the echoes of a lost soul refuse to fade. With each chilling story, your fears will take shape in ways you ...

The Ghost Scouts were created to keep the ghosts of Savannah in line. It's an honor to serve. Evey's never wanted anything to do with ghosts, but after best friend, Laura, dumps her for no reason, Evey wants revenge. To take the student of the year award from her ex-bestie, she'll have to join the Ghost Scouts. She'll be the best Ghost Scouts Savannah has ever seen.

Возвращавшись с тренировки домой, пятиклассница Вера Солнцева встретила таинственную женщину и согласилась пойти с ней в тропический сад, полный экзотических растений. Вопреки обещанию незнакомки, Вера оказалась не в волшебном саду, а в лесной чаще, где стоит большой игрушечный дом, заселенный уравьями, а в камышах прячется человеческий скелет. А вход просто… исчез. Вере придется жить в доме древней колдуньи, проводить время с призраком и познакомиться с двумя ведьмами. Сможет ли Вера спастись из ловушки и вернуться к родным?

When Numb Skull visits Zeek at the Catacombs, they're in for a BIG surprise and so is the Sweet girl with sour eyes!

Trudi Gerster (1919-2013) war die bekannteste Märchenerzählerin der Schweiz, Schauspielerin und Politikerin. 70 Jahre lang stand sie auf der Bühne und berührte mit ihrer einzigartigen Erzählkunst Hunderttausende von Menschen. Sie sammelte und bearbeite Geschichten aus aller Welt. Trudi Gerster setzte ihre Stimme auch politisch ein und trat 1968 mit den ersten Frauen in den Grossen Rat in Basel Stadt ein. Sie engagierte sich für Frauenrechte, Umweltschutz, Kultur, fairere Bedingungen für Kulturschaffende und Heimatschutz.