Camping Horror

Give your kids a fright! Haunted houses, prowling monsters, vengeful ghosts, and more are waiting for you. Inside you’ll find 35 original short scary stories for kids, including a room where everything is wrong and you can never leave, a forest guide who leads people on a walk they won’t forget, a monster dining in a graveyard, a ghost ship that hunts down treasure seekers, and a statue that comes to life—for a price. And many more! Just make sure you listen to these stories with the lights on.

A funny book for boys and girls aged 7 and up. This fantastic book includes two stories. Perfect for kids who like to laugh. Hi, my name is AJ...well, actually, it is Arthur. This is my story. I'm not cool. I'm the middle, just your average 6th grader. My best friend is Mike, and my worst enemy is Cedric. Don't tell anyone, but I really like a girl called Julia, and I don't get on with my sister. Mom is a fitness instructor, and Dad is a real estate salesman. In book 2, AJ goes to camp. Summer Camp is supposed to be fun...right? AJ is not so sure, especially when he arrives and sees his old...

Welcome to Camp Sacrifice. You’ll find your cabin clean and comfortable, but please bring the following items to get the most out of your vacation this summer: 1 - personal story of bone-chilling fright 1 - mirror for summoning spirits 1 - sharp knife for things that stalk the night 1 - shovel to dispatch the undead Oh, and be sure to cancel your autumn plans.

Zombies, reapers, and more monsters. In a world where so many dark things go bump in the night, terror awaits around every corner as these authors take horror stories to the next level. Discover ghosts, demons, and your worst nightmares. Read at your own risk. Featuring 19 stories by the following 17 authors: Michael Raff, Antoinette McCormick, Matthew Ross, Charles Kyffhausen, Andrew McAuley, B.F. Vega, Douglas Allen Gohl, Toni Mobley, Barend Nieuwstraten III, E.B. Hunter, Constantine E. Kiousis, Alexis Cunningham, Katie Jordan, Maya Moes, Jodie Francis, Lori Gaudet, and J.E. Feldman.

16 stories to light your fright. Ghostly counselors collect something stolen and Brian needs to give it back. In the Summer job Night Watch, a cold river killer is still on the loose and it's up to the employees at the city fair to stop him. Supernatural stories that can't be explained. Secrets untold and strange lights unfold, short stories that go bump in the night.This book includes: Knocking in the Dark, The Tech Ghost • Summer Camp Nightmare • Night Hike • Accidental Betrayal • The Backwoods Eater • A Camping Trip Gone Wrong And more! A start to the summer night series. ...

Why do some Americans find pleasure in sleeping outside, particularly when so many others, past and present, have had to do so for reasons other than recreation? Never only a vacation choice, camping has been something people do out of dire necessity and as a tactic of political protest. Yet the dominant interpretation of camping as a modern recreational ideal has obscured the connections to these other roles. Camping Grounds rediscovers unexpected and interwoven histories of sleeping outside.

Eyes in the Dark A Psychological Thriller Where Memory Lies and the Forest Watches They thought it was just a camping trip. But when Harper wakes to find her friends missing and glowing eyes watching from the woods, she realizes something is horribly wrong. The forest around her isn’t just alive—it’s remembering. Looping. Rewriting. Each step forward brings her back. Each night ends where it began. And each memory she trusts begins to fracture. Somewhere beneath the twisted trees, a truth is buried. A choice was made. A boy burned. And the forest remembers everything. Years later, Eli...

Tony Stevens has to be the laziest kid in town. No, he’s definitely the laziest. He spends every second of his free time sitting in front of the TV, and he enjoys every second of it. As long as the snacks and drinks keep coming, he would be satisfied to spend his whole life watching TV. He doesn’t even care what’s on, as long as he can see it. One day, a mysterious package arrives in the mail for Tony. He doesn’t remember ordering anything, and his parents claim to know nothing about it. He decides to keep it anyway, and opens it up to find a fancy new remote control. It has so many...

Charity Curtis has the summer job of her dreams, playing the “final girl” at Camp Mirror Lake. Guests pay to be scared in this full-contact terror game, as Charity and her summer crew recreate scenes from a classic slasher film, Curse of Camp Mirror Lake. The more realistic the fear, the better for business. But the last weekend of the season, Charity’s co-workers begin disappearing. And when one ends up dead, Charity’s role as the final girl suddenly becomes all too real. If Charity and her girlfriend Bezi hope to survive the night, they’ll need figure out what this killer is after.

On their way home from the local corner market, two best friends take the usual shortcut through the woods... and come across something glowing in the near distance. Curious, the boys investigate... and soon discover a campfire in an unlikely location. Strangely, there are other people here, too—all seemingly drawn to the same mysterious flame. The mysterious and hungry flame... What Readers are saying: ★★★★★ “It was a great read from beginning to end. I believe the story was aimed more for young adults, but this 55 year old enjoyed it too. Anne Rice, J.R. Rain, and Stephenie ...

The silence in the deep woods is not always empty. Sometimes, it’s listening. The Pacific Crest Trail is a 2,650-mile journey through the last great wildlands of the American West. Thousands walk it, seeking solitude and adventure. But they are not always alone. For decades, a steady drumbeat of testimony has emerged from these remote spaces—chilling, firsthand accounts of encounters with something that should not exist. This is not a book of folklore. It is a sober presentation of testimony from the people who know this wilderness best: seasoned thru-hikers, Forest Service employees, ...

Since 1985, more than 500 overweight teenagers have come to Camp Wašíču looking to lose weight, gain self-confidence, and turn their lives around. Phillip McCracken arrives, weighing in at almost 400 pounds; but the baggage he carries from the past affects him much more deeply than the numbers of the scale. When a homicidal maniac hell-bent on revenge attacks, Phillip will be forced to either find the courage to save the people around him or fall victim to his own self-doubt...and possibly a machete.

While camping in a remote location, Maddie Davenport gathers around the fire with her friends and family to tell scary stories. Caleb, the handsome young guide, shares the local legend of the ferocious Mountain Men who hunt unsuspecting campers and leave their mark by carving grisly antlers into their victims' foreheads. The next day, the story comes true. Now Maddie and her family are lost in the deep woods - with no way out - being stalked by their worst nightmares. There were other, more horrifying stories told that night - and Maddie's about to find out just how they end...

After a horrible accident that kills her sister, 10-year-old Terri Wilcox has to live her life in a wheelchair. She becomes a burden for her passive mom and aggressive dad. So one summer, they send Terri to Camp Cherry Plain–Wheelchair Camp. She thought it was a place she could fit in, but she soon realizes that's not the case.

A tale of cryptid terror in the woods! The horror at Fallow Creek continues... Rob Easton arrives at Fallow Creek Campground to search for his missing brother, accompanied by his estranged son and two friends. Deep in the abandoned mines delving into the secret depths of Fallow Pines, they are stalked by something in the darkness.

One of the best ways to turn an average camping trip or sleepover with friends into an all-out adventure is to spark your kid’s curiosity with a nail-biting and edge-of-your-seat tale of terror. Whatever the case may be, these captivating and mind-bending stories are sure to capture their attention and leave them begging for more. On top of that, all of the characters are easily relatable and will even empower your children toward a deeper understanding of some powerful moral life lessons.

Victor Bayne honed his dubious psychic skills at one of the first psych training facilities in the country, Heliotrope Station, otherwise known as Camp Hell to the psychics who've been guests behind its razorwire fence.

“Every sound is death around the corner. Every breeze through the trees is a ghost from your past.” Fourteen-year-old Tempest and her New York City friends are hiking through the Maine woods on a quest for a horror novel hidden by their favorite author. But a mysterious killer begins stalking the teens and lures them into his deadly game. Trapped in the vast and treacherous woods, Tempest battles for her life while trying to save the others.

When he was young, Jimmy met a boy in a playground. As the years passed, Jimmy grew older...but the boy did not. Set in a haunted playground, The Red Boy explores the boundaries between parents and children, women and men, and the living and the dead.

Schmall World Publishing in conjunction with Bite-Sized Books brings you; Shadows in the Forest: Encounters with Bigfoot. THE MYTH OF Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, has captured the imagination of countless individuals over the years, drawing interest from outdoor enthusiasts, researchers, and the general public alike. The origins of this enigmatic creature can be traced back to various indigenous cultures across North America, where stories of large, hairy beings living in the wilderness have persisted for centuries. These tales often served as cautionary fables, warning of the dangers ...