Childrens Horror

When the castle walls of Max and Finlay's den start crumbling away, little do the best mates know that everything is about to change. Trapped inside the wall is the ancient god Hercules, and he needs the boys' help! The friends must complete a terrifying challenge every day for seven days and can choose only one of Hercules' amazing superpowers at a time to help them. Here are their first two extraordinary challenges.

Get ready for a terrifying spin on some of literature’s most beloved tales—no story is safe! From Captain Hook’s run-in with dark magic to Sherlock Holmes narrowly escaping graveyard spirits to a happily never after for Cinderella, this horror anthology is anything but a bedtime story. In this terrifying new collection for young listeners, the best-loved stories from the literary canon are revisited and reimagined with a deadly twist by some of the top authors working in middle grade today.

Sharptooth runs through the forest under the light of the moon and spends each day hiding from the sun in the burnt ruins of her family home. One night she braves the cobblestone streets of the nearby town and stumbles upon a silver-haired girl in a walled garden. Lyssa’s parents couldn’t stand to see her wither away, so they have left her with only a maid for company. She thinks her unusual new friend is just the thing to distract her in her final days…but Sharptooth has other plans. When Lyssa’s parents return with a dangerous stranger, the girls will risk everything to seize ...

Hello! It's me, Ruby Thumb. You might remember me and my dad - we're famous POOPAs. What do you mean you've not heard of us? And you don't know what a POOPA is?! It means we're Protector Of Our Dinosaur Allies - obviously! Me and my dad have loads of amazing adventures in Dinotropolis - an incredible island, full of dinosaurs who live just like us humans do. And when we go there using our special magic Ammonite shell, we turn into dinosaurs too!

"El psiquiatra lo miró de reojo a él y después al cogote rubio del crío. - Túmbese en el diván por favor. Henry enarcó las cejas. - Querrá decir, que se tumbe mi hijo, ¿es así? - preguntó desconcertado. Jack levantó el dedo índice sin titubear. - No. Se lo he dicho a usted señor Henry."

Maud loves camping and is excited about going on Wilf's family holiday in the woods. Will she be the first camper ever to solve the monstrous mystery of the Beast Of Oddington?

Mina, the world’s only paranormal pet sitter, is back and still determined to earn enough money to go to Zoo Camp this summer. This time, she’s guarding an alien’s pet from a weirdo secret agent named Oswald and confronting Silvia, the evil robot cheerleader, who’s hatching a sinister plan for revenge. But when Mina uncovers an unearthly secret, she discovers that she doesn’t even have to leave Earth to have an out-of-this-world adventure.

It all started with the school rabbit. Snowflake is the school rabbit, and Snowflake is trouble. At least that's what Tommy thinks, and when Snowflake is unexpectedly left for him to look after and everything starts to go wrong, it looks like Tommy might be right. Even if he is getting more pocket money for feeding it and might be able to afford a new bike after all. And with a sick sister left in bed, a snobby actor left with suspiciously damp trousers, and no rabbit anywhere to be seen, Tommy can see his hopes of a new bike disappearing as fast as Snowflake.

Lupo ha dodici anni quando vede la sua vita completamente sconvolta. Il padre si chiude completamente nel suo dolore quasi dimenticandosi del figlio e lasciandolo alle cure di Evelyn una tata tuttofare. Lupo approfondisce la conoscenza di Lieve, sua coetanea e vicina di casa che coltiva piante e fiori e ne ascolta le parole. Una sera degli sconosciuti entrano in casa per rapirlo e il ragazzino scopre che il padre è scomparso, volatilizzato. Sarà Lieve ad aiutarlo a fuggire a bordo di uno Scuolabus guidato da uno strano individuo.

First published in 1886, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, is a psychological fable for our time. It draws on intuitive knowledge of the nasty complications of the human mind (which Shakespeare used so well in his tragedies). Here, Sir Laurence Olivier unfolds the story as precisely and pedantically as it was written.

Enter the Blue Cantina and see what awaits you there! Not everything is as it seems - just like life! When Death is chasing you, where do you go?

A woman with wings that exist in another dimension. A man trapped in his own body by a killer. A briefcase that is a door to hell. A conspiracy that reaches beyond our world. Breathtaking SF from a Clarke Award-winning author. Tricia Sullivan has written an extraordinary, genre-defining novel that begins with the mystery of a woman who barely knows herself and ends with a discovery that transcends space and time.

'Horror from the Deep': On holiday on Earth, Charlie finds himself on the trail of a very mysterious ghost. A giant three-eyed octopus is terrorising two ghosts living on a pirate shipwreck. Can Charlie and Lewis discover the true identity of the tentacled beast before they come to a sticky end? 'Revenge of the Stink Monster': It’s exam time at Spook School, and Charlie and Lewis must solve a baffling mystery on Earth - in just 24 hours.

In Bohemian Village, dem Künstlerviertel der Stadt, waren mehrere grauenvolle Morde verübt worden. Jedes Opfer war männlich und war zuletzt beim Tanzen in den verschiedenen Nachtclubs des Villages gesehen worden. Detective John Yates und Detective James William „Jim Bill“ Coleman haben den Auftrag, einen dieser Nachtclubs zu observieren und nach demjenigen Ausschau zu halten, der hinter den “Tanzmorden” stecken könnte.

Buster Fletcher un buen día toma una decisión en su vida, que resulta traer consecuencias muy graves. El anciano de noventa años se las tiene que ver con las ratas, su maíz y el resultado de tan siniestra decisión. Sus decenas de hectáreas plantadas de maíz, crecen sobre un antiguo cementerio conocido como Mimuk y allí hay un pozo. Un relato psicológico que tiene unos resultados que no te dejarán indiferente.

We're coming. The martyrs are awakening. Spirits are gathering. This will be our time...'In York and London, strange shapes are taking form, emerging from the shadows. And who is the man who lies in a pitch-black room, listening to a voice that seems to speak from the darkness itself? Jud Lester knows that something evil is afoot.

In the style of Poe and Seuss, these five vivid yet dark and twisted fables will send shivers down your spine. "Gwendolyn Witch" has a magic crystal that loses its clarity. "The Tooth Wraith" seeps into your bedroom window at night searching for cavities. "The Ghost of the Canyon" is the unsettled spirit of a girl from long ago. "The Playmate" is an unseen child, heard yet never found. In "Gnomes G'Lee", gruesome creatures dead set on defending their garden.