Fiction Creepy

Stranded aliens seek out Earth's most intelligent species. (Hint: It's not us.) A bully discovers the meaning of "spatial displacement." Two girls find out why you should never annoy a witch. When a swarm of sneaking, slashing, scurrying ninja weenies invades their neighborhood, a boy and his best friend find a way to fight back. Here are 33 hilarious and harrowing stories that will scare you, make you laugh, or see the world in a whole new way. Find out where David got the idea for each story at the end of the book. Don't be a weenie. Listen to these stories. If you dare!

Having escaped an Unseelie prince and a world of shadows, Emerson and Calla are now hunted by the Guild of Guardians. On the run, constantly trying to remain one step ahead, they must figure out how to find and rescue everyone the Guild has taken from them. Then, in an unprecedented move, Unseelie Prince Roarke breaks the fae realm's most important rule. Now two worlds stand on the brink of war. Caught in the middle between guardians and Prince Roarke's forces, Em knows her Griffin Ability is powerful enough to stop them both.

"'Are we not living proof of God's story?' To See God certainly is. It is highly recommended for spiritual readers-especially those who familiar with the prior books in the trilogy, who will find this concluding volume thought-provoking, essential reading." -Midwest Book Review In this profound continuation of the Covo family saga, Bruce J. Berger weaves a tale of faith, identity, and redemption. Sister Theodora, once a Jewish child saved from the Holocaust, now a devout nun, is compelled by a divine vision to guide her grandnephew, Jackie, believed to be the Second Coming. As she journeys ...

Lily Horne is a drama queen. It's helped her rise to stardom in the school play, but it's also landed her in trouble. Her parents warn her that Florida has to be different. It's a fresh start. No theatrics. But this time, the drama is coming for her. The Hornes' new house is awful. The pool is full of slime; the dock is rotten; and the swamp creeps closer every day. But worst of all, the house isn't empty...it's packed full of trash, memories, and, Lily begins to fear, the ghost of the girl who lived there before her. And whatever is waiting in the shadows wants to come out to play.

There’s something in the lake at Wren Hall. At least, that’s what the locals say. Not that Meg cares much about the rumors. When she’s asked to spend Halloween weekend at the Ireland retreat of the wealthy Wren twins, she recognizes the invitation for exactly what it is: her last, and only, chance to save her spot at Greyscott’s, the exclusive British art school she attended on scholarship until last summer. Clever, beautiful, and talented, the twins are the pride of Greyscott’s, and kindhearted Lottie Wren was once Meg’s closest friend. But not anymore.

“ONCE YOU SEE HIM, HE HAS YOU!” A disabled boy goes missing. His mother is savagely torn apart by an unknown force. At the heart of this mystery is an evil that only wants one thing - the death of every living soul! Only one man is capable of stopping the madness. His name is D and he’s running out of time! Apocalypse is the ultimate in supernatural suspense!

After leaving the Sanguine Spa in pursuit of Edgaren't, the kids find themselves at a mysterious summer camp, Camp Creek. There are lake games and happy counselors, and there's even a tie-dye cabin. It's all very . . . normal. But if Theo and Alexander know one thing, it's that normal doesn't always mean good. When everyone around her starts acting strange, Theo wonders if maybe the fumes from the tie-dye cabin are seeping into their brains, and she resolves to investigate what's really going on at Camp Creek.

Welcome to the Weenie Zone! Here are 30 hilarious and harrowing stories that will scare you, make you laugh, or get you to see the world in a whole new way. Find out where the author got the idea for each story at the end of the book.

She was made to fix little Black girls. But when the culture pushed back, she chose violence....... What happens when a doll becomes a mirror—and shatters everything it sees? Naomi Carr spent her life trying to escape the parts of herself the world taught her to hide. Too smart. Too loud. Too Black. When she finally builds the perfect product—Keira, an intelligent, brown-skinned doll programmed to reflect “respectable” values—she believes she’s rewriting the rules of success. Instead, she unleashes a nightmare. Keira was designed to elevate—but she evolves to erase. Speaking ...

They weren’t supposed to be real. But they found us anyway. In The Things That Found Us, thirteen ordinary people share their extraordinary—and terrifying—encounters with the unnatural. From haunted mirrors and hunger-thin shadows to time-anchored ghosts and whispering drains, each first-person account is a chilling reminder that some horrors don't hide... they hunt. Told in gripping, intimate detail, these stories feel less like fiction and more like confession. If you've ever wondered what might be waiting just past the edge of what we call real—this book is your invitation to ...

Master of the macabre David Lubar is back with Check Out the Library Weenies, his ninth collection of Weenies Stories. Here are 30 more scary stories for the middle grade audience - perfect for both avid and reluctant young listeners who like a few chills and a lot of laughs. Don't be a weenie. Listen to these stories. If you dare!

Thrown into an entirely new world of faeries, enchantments - and the annoying guy from down the road who, it turns out, isn't human either - Em barely has time to learn even the most basic of magic before another startling truth reveals itself: she has a Griffin Ability. A special kind of magic feared by most fae. Now she's at the top of everyone's most-wanted list - including the mysterious glass faerie carrying out random attacks on fae.

Caleb Cantrill is an Irishman whose luck may have just run out. He has two fortunes in gold and can't remember the location of either. And that's the least of his worries. A gang of blood-thirsty bandits are riding north to claim his first fortune, sovereign gold, which he fled with after a bank job went wrong. His second fortune, an immense gold strike, comes with a monstrous blight attached, one he accidentally unleashed onto a small mountain town nestled in the heart of a remote Canadian valley.

Gather 'round for ominous tales of the paranormal that’ll have you looking over your shoulder to make sure you’re actually alone. The World’s Favorite Ghost Stories is a carefully curated collection of hair-raising ghost stories from around the world meant to thrill and ensnare you. Listen to this audiobook for unsettling ghost stories that’ll get under your skin. These peculiar tales from different corners of the world (including the United Kingdom, India, and the United States) are so vivid that they almost feel real. But they couldn’t be - could they?

"TIME TO GO HOME, FRANNIE." Fran didn't want to return to the old homestead. Too many awful memories. Or in her case, blank spaces in her mind. However, her brother's invitation is difficult to ignore. Fran hasn't seen him in years. A reunion might jog her memory. It might kill her, too. Erik Handy, the author of The Mummy Kills The Brides, unleashes the next level of horror with Macabre! You'll never see the surprise ending - and neither will Fran!

Here you have found a book so foul, so repulsive, so horrifying...that you will undoubtedly find yourself running to the nearest bathroom in an effort to both relieve your bowels and scrub your hands clean of its putrid filth. They have finally released this humorous collection of terrifying tales, despite the bitter public outcry which demanded these pages never see the light of day...and perhaps for good reason.

Emerson Clarke thought magic might solve all her problems. Turns out, magic only made her life more complicated. Her sick mother is in a worse position than before, and Em just made a risky deal with an Unseelie prince: he will heal her mother if Em agrees to the ultimate alliance - marriage. With the possibility of finally getting the one thing she's always wanted, Em enters the dangerous world of the Unseelie Court. She'll learn whatever she has to about magic and etiquette in order to fake her way through palace life until Prince Roarke fulfills his side of the bargain.

When Sloane Ellery starts receiving chilling emails from her sister’s deactivated account—two years after Delilah’s death—she thinks it’s a cruel hoax. But as each message reveals secrets only Delilah could know, Sloane is pulled into a web of digital conspiracies, haunted memories, and an underground network hellbent on resurrecting the past. To uncover the truth, she must confront the darkest corners of her grief—and the possibility that death is just another doorway. Fans of twisty, tech-infused psychological thrillers will devour this heart-racing tale where sisterhood meets...

TICK TOCK A warehouse of abandoned things. A video recording of a place that doesn't exist. A family vacation that never ends. A cure for dementia. In The Clocks in the Cemetery, you'll experience these horrors and more! Erik Handy, the author of The Mummy Kills The Brides and Macabre, brings you 12 stories that continue the genre-bending short fiction legacies of H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King. It's time for true terror!

Small town secrets are the most disturbing... and the most deadly. In 1983, four teens got together in the forest surrounding Scab Wood, North Dakota, and did something terrible. Something so horrific, it's haunted them to the present day. But when children begin to emerge from the woods—kids presumed missing and dead for years—the four are reunited one last time against their will to set things right and keep that secret buried. WARNING - this novella contains strong language and violent situations. I'm guessing you got that figured out already.