Scary For Adults

Cory and Christine were a happy, healthy, newly married couple. They bought the house of their dreams and made love all over it – that is, until they found the bodies. After that, nothing was the same. Their house stopped feeling like a home. Day by day, they drifted further from themselves and each other. Smiles dropped from faces as the house itself seemed to drag them down. And now, a year to the day, they’re awoken in the middle of the night by the cellar door banging away in their unfinished basement - the exact spot the bodies were once stored. Is someone trying to get in? Or is ...

Drifting in the dark waters of a mysterious river, the only thing Amelia knows for sure is that she's dead. With no recollection of her past life - or her actual death - she's trapped alone in a nightmarish existence. All of this changes when she tries to rescue a boy, Joshua, from drowning in her river. As a ghost, she can do nothing but will him to live. Yet in an unforgettable moment of connection, she helps him survive.

5 Stars: I adored reading this book. The characters aren't wafer thin, they have depth and history. The Darkling Wind was a wonderful read, with wonderfully written scenes which pulled you in and made you believe it was truly happening... A great love vs evil story... I'd recommend this book to anyone, young or old. It's a feel good story you won't be able to put down. -Smashwords Review 4 Stars: This is a very well-written, good-versus-evil story that will capture a young reader's imagination. The main character has to deal with both emotional and physical challenges that I expect will ...

Markas hears news about dead people with weird symbols on their bodies. He decides to investigate symbols at the library to see if he can find anything. Shortly after he starts having dreams about the people and the rituals done on them. In one of such dreams, Markas sees visions of his own dad… Markas learns more data about the killer from his visions. A police investigation is also underway. As soon as possible, Marcus wants to bring his father the artifact that he found. As the sword gets closer, he suspects the visions will last longer.This is the second book of "The Demon King’s ...

Oliver was always a jerk. Now that he’s dead, he’s downright terrifying. Augie Doyle eats, sleeps, and breathes horror. Vampires? Real. Werewolves? Absolutely. Zombies? Don’t get him started. His best friend, Ethan, thinks it’s all nonsense—until Oliver Hackl shows up to school. Five days ago, Oliver fell off the Old Mill Bridge and broke his neck. The paramedics pronounced him dead. Now he’s back. Pale. Slow. Wrong. Augie’s convinced it’s the zombie apocalypse. Ethan’s sure there’s a logical explanation. Then Oliver’s friends start dropping like flies. One vanishes, ...

There are no more monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. With doting parents and a best friend named Redemption, Jam has grown up with this lesson all her life. But when she meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colours and claws, who emerges from one of her mother's paintings and a drop of Jam's blood, she must reconsider what she's been told. Pet has come to hunt a monster, and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemption's house. Jam must fight not only to protect her best friend but also to uncover the truth.

As everyone at her Brooklyn high school announces their summer adventures, Olivia harbors a dirty secret: Her plan is to binge-watch horror movies and chat with her online friend, Elm. Olivia and Elm have never shared personal details, apart from their ages and the fact that Elm's aunt is a low-budget horror filmmaker. Then Elm pushes Olivia to share her identity and sends her a selfie of his own. Olivia is shocked by how cute he is! In a moment of panic, assuming she and Elm will never meet in real life, she sends a photo of her gorgeous friend Katie.

Nicholas “Clutzy” Smith is terrible at everything. Sports, games, or even just walking down the hallway at school. He is just bound to trip over something, causing the whole school to break out in laughter. It’s so bad that even the teachers call him “Clutzy.” All that is about to change when he runs into a mysterious old woman in town. She offers to give him a small bluish stone as a reward for helping her out. She claims that rubbing it will grant him three wishes, but he doesn’t believe her. Until the day he makes the first one by mistake, and his whole life changes. Will ...

Seventeen-year-old Josephine Jagger is a talented writer with special abilities she doesn't fully understand. Over the years she has developed methods to cope with the voices she hears in her head, but the old house her family has inherited in Vermont makes Josephine question what's real and what's not more than anything she's ever encountered before. It's filled with shadows, and whispers, and the unshakable feeling of being watched. Josephine then catches her first glimpse of a shadowy woman with long hair, pale skin, an impossibly wide smile and hollow pits for eyes.

A witch out of her element... An evil specter set on gaining immortality... A paranormally gifted girl's work is never done. April accepts the dangerous mission of uncovering the truth behind a series of disappearances on the mysterious coastal island of Turtle Key. Armed with nothing more than her resolve and unreliable supernatural "gifts," April works with her makeshift paranormal team as they face mortal danger and uncover a terrible family secret. Along the way, she grapples with the complicated relationship with her mentor, neighbors, and even her family. With suspense and powerful ...

Wendy Jarrett never thought she'd meet the man of her dreams at a funeral. But when an old boyfriend of her mother's dies, Wendy accompanies her to the beach resort of Cape May, New Jersey for the service. There she meets Adam Lewis, nephew of the deceased, who is tall, gorgeous, and available. Everything seems to be going right for Wendy, until everything starts turning against her. While Adam is undeniably attractive, he is possibly the least romantic person in the world. Wendy then finds out that the dead man's estate includes an ugly old Victorian house in Cape May--and that dead man's ...

Tommy Edwards is a complete comic book nerd. His entire room is filled with comics, and they are his entire life. He knows all the stories by heart, and also likes to draw his own. He even has some special colored pencils that he recently bought that are able to bring his stories to life. He didn’t believe it at first either, but as he makes his way around town, he quickly discovers that his stories are more than real. Not only does Tommy find that his stories are real, he comes to learn that his superheroes exist as well. Even their superpowers. But that’s not the scary part. His super...

El antiguo pájaro de la muerte El fotógrafo de vida silvestre Sam Daniels tiene un trabajo de ensueño: viaja a lugares exóticos y toma fotos de animales increíblemente hermosos para que todos los puedan ver. Sin embargo, durante un viaje a la jungla amazónica a la que viajó por ese motivo, Sam y su guía se encuentran con un pájaro diferente a cualquiera que hayan visto antes, completamente hermoso e hipnotizante. Se las arregla para conseguir algunas fotos, pero no antes de que la extraña criatura asesine a su guía y salga volando, gritando. Petrificado y traumatizado, Sam ...

Elizabeth's power grows stronger by the day, and the clouds over Captive's Sound grow darker. And soon a terrible flood will drown everything and everyone in its path. In order to save her family, her friends, and her Steadfast, Mateo, Nadia swore herself to the One Beneath. Her only chance to learn how to defeat him and Elizabeth is to pretend to be a loyal student of dark magic - but to do so, she must abandon Mateo and the world she knows.

Step into a world of spine-tingling excitement with the Brave Kids' Book of Scary Urban Legends: Humor & Mystery Unite. This thrilling collection invites brave young listeners to embark on a hair-raising adventure through eerie urban legends, haunted places, unexplained phenomena, supernatural objects, legendary creatures, and pop culture ghostly mischief. Brave kids will giggle and gasp as they face the Chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, the Loch Ness Monster, and Bigfoot with newfound courage.

ENTER IF YOU DARE. So reads the sign at the entrance of a carnival that suddenly appears in the sleepy town of Millbrook, Massachusetts. Despite the ominous warning, Addison and her friends can’t wait to go. It isn’t long, however, before Addison realizes the warning isn’t just a publicity stunt. When she and her friends experience terrifying nightmares after visiting the carnival, she knows something is terribly wrong. What is real? What isn’t? What is frightening them all? And who is the strange man stalking her among the rides and arcades? Things take a dark turn when Levi’s ...

He saved her from the hunters, but the nightmare isn’t over…Jacob rescued his fated mate and tore the vampire hunters to pieces. All he wants to do is bury himself in her. He’s dying to hold her, to possess her completely, but he can’t. She’s terrified of him. To prove he’s the protector she needs, Jacob must brutally leash his desire, but every moment they spend together burns though his self-control. His mask is going to break. It’s only a matter of time. Sparrow doesn’t know why the silent, hulking warrior makes her feel so safe. She saw him kill a room full of hunters. ...

In the haunted town of Emberfield, mysterious packages arrive, each promising your heart's desire but lurking with unspeakable horrors. As you immerse yourself in this chilling tale, feel the tension rise with every shadow that dances in the dark. Join Rose, Clara, and the Torres family as they grapple with the seductive allure of wishes granted and the terrifying price of their fulfillment. Imagine the thrill of unwrapping secrets that twist reality and plunge you into a world of corruption!

Need a thief for hire?No problem, Nicky is an expert. Intelligent, witty, and a bit sarcastic, she excels in what she likes to call commercial warfare, making a living stealing from businesses. But this time, she was hired to take something that the owner did not want human eyes to see, and he wants it back. A group of unhuman men are sent after her, leaving only death in their wake, and now they have their eyes locked on Nicky and her friends. Nicky's only chance of survival is to outsmart them, but everywhere she turns they are waiting for her. Every step she takes, they are already one ...

Amid the chaos of war, the Shadowhunters must decide to fight with the vampires, werewolves, and other Downworlders – or against them. Meanwhile, Jace and Clary have their own decision to make: should they pursue the love they know is forbidden?