Scary Paranormal

Let us introduce you to the remarkable Squickerwonkers - a band of colorful marionettes, and stars of the fabulous Squickershow - and to Selma of the Rin-Run Royals - a clever little girl with a naughtiness lurking just beneath the surface. One day Selma stumbles upon this troupe of puppet-scoundrels and endures a cheeky test of character that leads to an unpleasant lesson; one The Squickerwonkers are only too happy to oblige in orchestrating. In this, the prequel to the multi-book Squickerwonkers series, Selma’s curiosity and the Squickerwonkers’ vices set the stage for a wonderful cautionary tale that will captivate old and young alike.

This sequel to Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye begins soon after the first book's conclusion. Twelve-year-old Warren has learned that his beloved hotel can walk, and now it's ferrying guests around the countryside, transporting tourists to strange and foreign destinations. But when an unexpected detour brings everyone into the dark and sinister Malwoods, Warren finds himself separated from his hotel and his friends - and racing after them on foot through a forest teeming with witches, snakes, talking trees, and mind-boggling riddles.

Enter the world of Below London, the magical home of monsters, where causing a ruckus is the best thing you can do. Notorious troublemaker Rayleigh Mann has just discovered he’s the son of the infamous Bogey Mann. There’s just one problem: Bogey is missing and Rayleigh is the only one who can find him. But to do so, Rayleigh must travel to Bogey’s world…Below London, where Rayleigh’s penchant for tricks just might help him survive an adventure straight out of his wildest dreams—or perhaps his most terrifying nightmares.

*Revised and reedited* The notion that truth is stranger than fiction is on full display in this hodgepodge of stories that range from the simply bizarre to the supernatural. Included in this collection are real-life accounts of prophetic dreams; animals that have done the impossible for love of their owners; an antique car with a will of its own; hauntings; items thought lost forever that reappeared in the most unexpected places; cursed objects; eerie communications from beyond the grave; near-death experiences; and much, much more. Now that you have an idea of what is in store, you need ...

Belladonna Johnson can see ghosts. It’s a trait she’s inherited from her mother’s side of the family, like blue eyes or straight hair. And it’s a trait she could do without, because what 12-year-old wants to be caught talking to someone invisible? It is convenient, though, after Belladonna’s parents are killed in a car accident. They can live with her the same as always, watching the same old TV shows in their same old house. Nothing has changed...until everything changes.

A chilling thriller inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s mysterious final days. When Edgar Allan Poe is found, delirious and wearing a stranger’s clothes, Dr. Joseph Snodgrass rushes to his friend’s aid. But what begins as an act of kindness plunges Snodgrass into a sinister world of demons and darkness. Poe has vanished for five days. Now hunters are gathering—violent souls who believe Poe possesses something they crave. As they converge on Baltimore and New York City, Snodgrass is swept into a perilous pursuit. The fate of humanity hangs in the balance, and only Snodgrass can uncover the...

CAUTION! This isn’t for the faint of heart. Keep away from bodies of water while reading this novel. Or not, if you're courageous enough. Ghosts. Hidden mysteries. A world of silence awaits. Eric has returned to Swanton. His goals? Discover what happened to his childhood friends and get peace for their souls. His problems? No one wants to talk about what happened, the local sheriff doesn’t want anyone to talk about what happened, and Eric may or may not know how to… investigate. Yeah. The echoes of the past and supernatural sights of the now are dragging him to the brink of insanity....

These real-life stories relate terrifying brushes with the unspeakable things that stalk our nightmares. Included are harrowing accounts of reincarnation; haunted dwellings; the dangers of attempting to contact the spirit world; spectral animals; a cursed Hollywood landmark; a suspected portal to the netherworld; and much, much more. As you explore these pages, be prepared to have your spine tingled by these Chilling Tales From The Shadowlands.

When the dead come calling, there’s no ignoring the message. A gut-wrenching ghost horror short story with a twisted ending that sticks with you. The young and determined David Grimsley is an oddball in his primary school class. He has fallen head over heels for the lovely, breathtaking Madeline, and would give the world to have her look his way. And when he discovers that a mobile phone is his only key to the iron wrought gates of her heart, he leaps at it with full determination. Only he cannot afford it. Instead, young David is forced to source the phone from the most vile of places he...

When the engaged couple Jorinda and Jacob stumble into the witch’s part of the forest, she takes them captive. The hateful witch changes Jorinda into a singing bird. Will her fiancé save her, or will the witch keep her singing bird caged forever?

This book contains the combined volumes of my True Scares and Real-Life Nightmares series with a disturbing new tale added for good measure. Included in this collection are true accounts of haunted dwellings, possessed objects, ghost animals, a sinister entity that attached itself to an unsuspecting couple, zombie legends that may be closer to reality than we would like to believe, dreams that foretold the future, Halloween terror, a mysterious presence that stalked people while they slept, a madman who took his obsession with dolls to macabre extremes, a parasitic twin with a mind of its ...

This book explores a variety of urban legends, some more well-known than others. Included in this collection are accounts of a doll rumored to house a human soul; a painting sold on an online auction site that is more than meets the eye; bodies of water that many believe harbor the spirits of the damned; ghostly dogs sent from the hereafter as representatives of both heaven and hell; a family in rural Kentucky who claimed to have encountered beings of unknown origin; the infamous "Bunny Man" who made it his mission to terrorize a Virginia community in the 1970s; arachnid bites that are only...

This book features true accounts of an evil presence that wreaked havoc on a single mother and her young family, a teenager whose experiment with the occult took a terrifying turn, a bar and grill so beloved by its former owners that even death couldn't keep them away, flying cryptids, a doll whose spite knew no bounds, a Midwestern town where apparitions lurk around every corner, a haunted high school whose ghostly resident was purportedly caught on tape, fairies with questionable intent, a spectral bride-to-be who remains bound to the last place she knew in life, a college campus that is ...

Welcome to Pearl, a town obsessed with Halloween: the spooky decorations, the costumes, the candy. No one seems to notice that every October 31st, a kid goes missing. Mason Miller does, though. Somehow he’s the only one who has any memory the person existed at all. When Mason’s sister, Meg, vanishes while they’re trick-or-treating, Mason and his friends are pulled into an underworld where monsters roam the streets. They need to fight the evil taking over Pearl, but none of them know the true danger they're facing.

An antique dollhouse welcomes a troubled family to a celebration of death. A party girl’s addiction gives birth to a monster within. Man’s best friend must fend off a woman’s greatest nightmare. Scare Street is proud to present 11 chilling tales of the supernatural, in one monstrous volume. Horror authors Ron Ripley, David Longhorn, Sara Clancy, and many more unite to bring you a terrifying collection of short stories, each one guaranteed to haunt your dreams. And each one more chilling than the last.

Within these pages are an extraordinary collection of interviews with individuals from throughout the state of Arizona and their firsthand reports of ghost sightings and paranormal encounters. If you enjoy reading about haunted locations, poltergeists andother unexplained phenomena, Arizona Ghost Stories exposes the shocking experiences that local citizens and traveling visitors only share in private among themselves.

A surprised guest finds herself in a house where whispering walls urge the occupants to kill. An ancient legacy of death and sorrow plagues the new owner of house built over hallowed ground. And the wailing cries of a baby drive a man to investigate a brutal crime in the apartment upstairs.... Scare Street’s stable of horror authors return to bring you 12 new tales of supernatural terror in one diabolical collection. Each story is guaranteed to take you to the shadowy world of nightmares.

The Antique's Roadshow if Stephen King were the host... When art appraiser Anita Cassatt is sent to catalogue the haunting collection of reclusive artist Leo Kubin, it’s not just the eerie silence of the secluded house that unnerves her—it’s the hundreds of lifelike portraits watching her every move. Unbeknownst to Anita, Kubin left behind strict instructions for handling his art, rules designed to protect those who dare to enter his domain. As Anita and her team begin their work, they unknowingly awaken the dark secrets embedded in the house, secrets that don't want to remain hidden....

This book is brimming with accounts of brushes with the paranormal and unexplained that are sure to please readers who are looking for stories with a bit of bite. Included in this collection are true tales of ghostly encounters, a haunted hotel, an arachnophobe's worst nightmare that became terrifyingly real, inanimate objects that are rumored to possess the power to come to life at will, a teenage girl's first taste of freedom that went horribly awry, run-ins with creatures of unknown origin, vengeful spirits that torment the living and much more. If it is a scare you seek, you just might ...

In rural Ireland, Jeremiah Kildare lives alone in the house he was born in. His is a simple life marked by isolation and loneliness where everyday routines on the farm occupy him from dawn to dusk. Then, while on a break from his usual habits, out recovering an illicit stash of poteen from the bog, he makes a startling discovery. What happens next is the stuff of nightmares. With Five Stars from Readers' Favorite, Jeremiah Kildare is yet another remarkable story from award-winning author, Robert E. Kearns. Now with a Five Star editorial review from Readers' Favorite