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The Haunted States of America
by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)Fifty two different stories. Fifty two different Authors. Endless fright for all ages.Every state has an urban legend that evokes fear and curiosity in equal parts, and we've chronicled all of these logic-defying horrors here in the Haunted States of America anthology.From the Jersey Devil to La Llorona, each story included introduces a new chill inducing, stomach churning monster, spectre, or poltergeist certain to keep you up at night. A broad ranging collection of authors, including seasoned veterans and some first timers making a fright-tastic debut, have all united to unearth the scariest lore from each state in the US, as well as D.C. and Puerto Rico. Make sure to strap in for this spooky cross country tour, but be extra careful not to let any of these terrors follow you home.Featuring stories from Ellen Hopkins, Rae Rose, Daniel Barlekamp, Aixa Perez- Prado, Paul Lubaczewski, Jan Eldredge, and many more.
Haunted Tales: Classic Stories of Ghosts and the Supernatural
by Lisa Morton Leslie S. KlingerFollowing their acclaimed Ghost Stories and Weird Women, award-winning anthologists Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton present a new eclectic anthology of ghosty tales certain to haunt the reader long past the closing page.In Haunted Tales, the reader will enjoy discovering masterpieces like Algernon Blackwood&’s terrifying &“The Kit-Bag,&” Oscar Wilde&’s delightful &“The Canterville Ghost,&” and F. Marion Crawford&’s horrific &“The Screaming Skull,&” as well as lesser-known gems by some of literature&’s greatest voices, including Virginia Woolf&’s &“A Haunted House,&” H. G. Wells&’s &“The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost,&” and Rudyard Kipling&’s &“They.&” Haunted Tales also resurrects some wonders that have been woefully neglected, including Dinah Mulock&’s &“M. Anastasius&” (which Charles Dickens called &“the best ghost story ever written&”); E. F. Benson&’s &“The Bus-Conductor&” (the source of one of the most iconic lines in horror); and E. and H. Heron&’s &“The Story of the Spaniards, Hammersmith&” (the debut adventure of Flaxman Lowe, fiction&’s first psychic detective). Whether the stories are familiar or overlooked, all are sure to surprise and astonish the reader long past the closing of this book&’s cover.
Haunted Teachers: True Ghost Stories
by Allan Zullo"Haunted Teachers" is a creepy collection of stories about phantoms -- especially ghostly teachers -- who have haunted teachers and students in the classroom, on the playground, and at home. These eerie tales are inspired, in part, by real-life cases taken from the files of noted ghost hunters. Does the spirit of a teacher haunt your classroom? Is your teacher spooked by a ghost? You might think so after reading the startling stories in this book!
The Haunted Trail (Phantom Rider #2)
by Janni Lee SimnerCallie Fern can't wait to take her first trial ride. It's just what she needs to take her mind off Star, who has rejoined her owner in the ghost world. But on the trial, the horses go wild and turn off, leaving Callie, her friend Amy, and her sister, Melissa stranded in the mountains. Huge storm clouds are racing in and with Melissa's ankle sprained from her fall, the girls can't get shelter. Even worse, Callie spies a stranger following them.
Haunted Years
by Rebecca RoyceBook three of the Shadow Promised series. Jim Braxton has always known he was different, blood-oathed to help fight back the evil that haunts the world. But he has always felt dissatisfied with his role. Heather has been haunted all her life and now a powerful ghost has targeted her. After fate brings her and Braxton together, they are thrust back into the past to spend the night in a haunted house. The ghost commands them to find his murderer or die themselves. But something in the house stokes the simmering attraction between them, and soon they are fighting their uncontrollable passion as well as the sinister forces that seek to control them. **Please note, this book was previously published under the same name by a different publisher**
The Haunter (Goosebumps Most Wanted #4)
by R.L. StineIn this spinoff to the New York Times–bestselling Goosebumps series, a tween boy is haunted by a ghost who makes him misbehave at school.Sammy Baker is a quiet kid who wishes he wasn’t so shy and timid. He is frightened but eager to prove he can be brave. On Halloween night, he follows his friends to the Marple House, an abandoned mansion on the other side of town.Just past midnight, he feels a cold tingle at the back of his neck. The cold seeps down, a heavy chill he has never felt before. Soon, his whole head feels like a block of ice. He’s about to scream-but the cold feeling vanishes. Sammy doesn’t realize that he has just met The Haunter, and that his nightmares are only just beginning.
Haunters
by Thomas TaylorDoes history have a ghost of a chance?Eddie, Adam, David. Each has the same strange power: the ability to time-travel. Through portals of dreams, they can appear as ghosts, wherever and whenever they want. The first boy, Eddie, is the genius who has sworn to protect the past and uphold the dreamwalker's code. The second, Adam, is a haunter, a dream-terrorist, dead-set on changing history for his own nefarious ends. The third, David, is the neophyte who must fight for the future by keeping the other two apart! Can he surf the time warps, back and forth between 1940s London and today, to save the present from oblivion?
The Haunting
by Lindsey DugaA dark family secret prompts a ghost to seek revenge in this spooky novel in the spirit of Mary Downing Hahn.The only life 12-year-old Emily has ever known is the cold, unloved existence of being an orphan. But everything changes when the Thorntons, a young couple from London, adopt Emily, whisking her away to a new life at their grand estate.At first, life at Blackthorn Manor is wonderful. But as Emily explores the grounds and rooms, she stumbles upon a mysterious girl named Kat, who appears to be similar in age, and the two become fast friends.That's when things take a turn for the worse. Kat seems to know a curious amount about the estate, and strange things happen whenever she's around. In one case, Emily narrowly avoids getting toppled by a bookcase in the library; in another, the fire erupts in the fireplace, nearly burning Emily's hands. It's almost as if someone -- or something -- wants Emily dead.Emily must find out what happened to the Thorntons and, more important, how Kat is connected to these strange goings-on at Blackthorn Manor before it's too late!
The Haunting
by Margaret MahyEight-year-old Barry begins receiving mental messages from an uncle thought dead.
The Haunting (The House on Cherry Street #1)
by Rodman Philbrick Lynn HarnettA vacation house has a terrifying past—one that only the children know about Jason, his little sister, Sally, and his parents plan to spend the summer in the perfect seaside vacation home. But as soon as Jason steps onto the porch, icy air grips him, and he feels the stare of an invisible being. Although he can&’t explain it, he knows that in this house, children are not welcome. Jason soon meets Steve, a friendly kid who teases him about the so-called haunted house and the witch who used to live there. Jason tries to ignore him, but he&’s pretty sure there&’s truth to the spooky tale. Especially when he meets the pale figure of a child in the house . . .The Haunting is the first book of the chilling House on Cherry Street trilogy from prolific wife-and-husband coauthors Lynn Harnett and Rodman Philbrick, the Newbery Honor Award–winning author of Freak the Mighty.
The Haunting
by Natasha Preston#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Natasha Preston is back with another pulse-pounding, twisty read!Haunted by the past . . .Penny's trying to forget about her ex, Nash. His father was arrested for the brutal murder of four teenagers on Devil's Night last year. Penny's parents have forbidden her to have anything to do with Nash or his family. It's hard not to think of what happened as spooky season gets underway—but she's trying. That stops when she goes to the Halloween store with her friends to find a costume. What she finds instead is ripped from a horror movie: a classmate bleeding out on the floor of a dressing room. Stabbed. Is a copycat killer on the loose? The adults are saying no. But Penny knows better.
Haunting at Home Plate
by David PatneaudeWith only a few games left in the regular season, Nelson just wants to play baseball and maybe, one day, realize his dream of pitching. Then his manager is suspended and two players leave the team. On top of that, it seems that the park where the team practices may be haunted. Nelson convinces his cousin Mike (short for Michelle) to manage his team so the boys can stay together. It's Mike who tells them the story of Andy Kirk, a boy who long ago fell from a cedar tree to his death while watching his older brother play ball. When messages to the team begin to appear in the dirt near home plate and are signed AK, the team must decide what to make of them. Is the ghost of Andy Kirk trying to tell them something? And should the team do what the messages suggest?
Haunting at Home Plate
by David PatneaudeIs Nelson's baseball team getting mysterious and wise written messages near home plate from the ghost of a baseball fan who died in 1946, or somebody else alive now?
Haunting Bombay: A Novel
by Shilpa Agarwal"[An] intriguing debut novel. . . Agarwal seeks to give voice to the dispossessed through the supernatural. " — USA Today"[Shilpa] Agarwal's work will definitely appeal to fans of Monica Ali and Jhumpa Lahiri by virtue of its characters and setting, but it retains a fresh, original feel that will draw in new readers with its own literary merit. Recommended for all but the smallest fiction collections. "— Library Journal“In her stunning debut novel Shilpa Agarwal takes on the ghosts that bedevil young Pinky Mittal's extended family and dispatches them with rambunctious wit and affection. The result is like finely wrought mirror work, a glittering tapestry of vibrant contradictions, characters, and mysteries. Haunting Bombay flirts deliciously with the true spirit of India. ”—Aimee Liu, author of Flash HouseAfter her mother’s death crossing the border from Pakistan to India during Partition, baby Pinky was taken in by her grandmother, Maji, the matriarch of the powerful Mittal family. Now thirteen years old, Pinky lives with her grandmother and her uncle’s family in a bungalow on the Malabar Heights in Bombay. While she has never really been accepted by her uncle’s family, she has always had Maji’s love. One day, as monsoons engulf the city, Pinky opens a mysteriously bolted door, unleashing the ghosts of an infant who drowned shortly before Pinky’s arrival and of the nursemaid who cared for the child. Three generations of the Mittal family must struggle to come to terms with their secrets amidst hidden shame, forbidden love, and a call for absolute sacrifice. Shilpa Agarwal was born in Bombay and currently lives in Los Angeles. She is a graduate of Duke University and UCLA and has taught at both UCLA and UC Santa Barbara. As an unpublished novel, Haunting Bombay won a 2003 First Words Literary Prize for South Asian Writers. It is her first novel.
A Haunting Collection by Mary Downing Hahn: Deep and Dark and Dangerous, All the Lovely Bad Ones, and Wait Till Helen Comes
by Mary Downing HahnMysterious disappearances! Ghost appearances! From the supernatural to the downright scary, these three spooky stories from award-winning author Mary Downing Hahn are sure to send shivers down readers' spines. Mysterious photographs, ghostly old houses, and all things supernatural await readers in these three frightful tales.
The Haunting Hour: Chills in the Dead of Night
by R. L. StineFollowing his New York Times best-seller Nightmare Hour, R.L. Stine, America's master of horror for middle-grade readers, has created another fantastically nightmarish collection of stories. These were written, as Stine says, in the hour "when lights fade, the real world slips into shadow, and the cold, moonlit world of evil dreams takes over your mind." The stories in this new collection are illustrated with chilling black-and-white drawings by a variety of well-known illustrators. R.L. Stine's millions of fans will be screaming for more! Ages 8+
The Haunting Hour TV Tie-in Edition
by R. L. StineTen terrifying tales that will haunt you forever . . . Read the spine-tingling story of a baby-sitter who loves evil tricks . . . the terrifying tale of a boy who dared to lie down in the tomb of an ancient mummy . . . the ghastly story of two boys just dying to have the scariest Halloween ever?.?.?.?and more. These are the original stories that inspired the hit TV show R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour. This bone-chilling collection of ten of the author's most frightful tales is guaranteed to give you chills in the night and turn any dream into a nightmare.
Haunting in Chinese-Australian Writing
by Xiao XiongThis book examines haunting in terms of trauma, languaging, and the supernatural in works by Chinese Australian writers born in Australia, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. It goes beyond the conventional focus on identity issues in the analysis of diasporic writing, considering how the memory of past trauma is triggered by abusive systems of power in the present. The author unpacks how trauma also brings past violence to haunt the present. This book considers how different Chinese diasporic communities present a dynamic and multiple state through partial erasure between different Chinese subcultures and other cultures.Showing the supernatural as a social and cultural product, this book elucidates how haunting as the supernatural refers to the coexistence of, and the competition between, different cultures and powers. It takes a wide-ranging view of different diasporic communities under the banner ‘Chinese’, a term that refers not only to Chinese nationals in terms of citizenship, but also to the Chinese diaspora in terms of ancestry, and Chinese culture more generally. In analysing haunting in texts, the author positions Chinese culture as in a constant state of flux. It is relevant to literary scholars and students with interests in Australian literature, Chinese and Southeast Asian migration writing, and those with an interest in the Gothic and postcolonial traditions.
A Haunting in the Arctic
by C. J. CookeA deserted shipwreck off the coast of Iceland holds terrors and dark secrets in this chilling horror novel from the author of The Lighthouse Witches.The year is 1901, and Nicky is attacked, then wakes on board the Ormen, a whaling ship embarked on what could be its last voyage. With land still weeks away, it&’s just her, the freezing ocean, and the crew – and they&’re all owed something only she can give them...Now, over one hundred years later, the wreck of the Ormen has washed up on the forbidding, remote coast of Iceland. It&’s scheduled to be destroyed, but explorer Dominique feels an inexplicable pull to document its last days, even though those who have ventured onto the wreck before her have met uncanny ends. Onboard the boat, Dominique will uncover a dark past riddled with lies, cruelty, and murder—and her discovery will change everything. Because she&’ll soon realize she&’s not alone. Something has walked the floors of the Ormen for almost a century. Something that craves revenge.
A Haunting in Williamsburg
by Lou KassemAt first Jayne thought she was dreaming. Staying in colonial Williamsburg in a house one owned by her ancestors, She was used to seeing people dressed in old-fashion costumes. . . but not in the middle of the night, not standing at the foot of her bed. . . The trouble stranger was Sally Custis, a young girl who once lived in the house. She was haunted by a terrible wrong she had done over 200 years ago and she begged Jayne to help her set it right. But little did Jayne know when she steeped among the dead in the darkened old graveyard, that a chilling hand of evil would reach out to stop her from discovering a long buried truth. . .
Haunting Muses
by Doreen PerrineIn this collection of lesbian stories, ghosts, be they actual or the metaphorical ghosts of memories, aren't necessarily evil and hauntings may or may not be bad. How do we move beyond the foul spirits or integrate the shining beings who haunt us in the cruelest or the best ways? And how do we or our characters reconcile these ghosts into transformation and healing within present reality?
The Haunting of Alejandra: A Novel
by V. CastroA woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona in this &“utterly terrifying and wholly immersive . . . story about generational trauma, colonization, systemic oppression, and the horror at the heart of motherhood&” (Library Journal, starred review). &“Castro is one of the most exciting genre authors on the scene right now, and this might be her most powerful book yet.&”—PasteA POPSUGAR AND CRIMEREADS BEST BOOK OF THE YEARAlejandra no longer knows who she is. To her husband, she is a wife, and to her children, a mother. To her own adoptive mother, she is a daughter. But they cannot see who Alejandra has become: a woman struggling with a darkness that threatens to consume her. Nor can they see what Alejandra sees. In times of despair, a ghostly vision appears to her, the apparition of a crying woman in a ragged white gown. When Alejandra visits a therapist, she begins exploring her family&’s history, starting with the biological mother she never knew. As she goes deeper into the lives of the women in her family, she learns that heartbreak and tragedy are not the only things she has in common with her ancestors. Because the crying woman was with them, too. She is La Llorona, the vengeful and murderous mother of Mexican legend. And she will not leave until Alejandra follows her mother, her grandmother, and all the women who came before her into the darkness. But Alejandra has inherited more than just pain. She has inherited the strength and the courage of her foremothers—and she will have to summon everything they have given her to banish La Llorona forever.
The Haunting of Cabin 13
by Kristi D. Holl[from the cover flaps: "Was "Eleanor" really a ghost? When Laurie, her family, and her best friend Jenny arrive at Cabin 13 in Backbone State Park for a week's vacation, the mysterious notes left in the cabin don't really alarm her. Laurie thinks it's just a prank to scare campers. After all, there were also eerie bobbing lights said to be seen floating out over the lake. Soon Laurie discovers that "Eleanor"--the signature on all the notes--was the name of a young girl who had stayed in Cabin 13 the previous summer and had died in an accidental drowning. The ghostly notes become more frequent and alarming, and Laurie finds she can't get Eleanor off her mind. Although Jenny is more interested in meeting boys, she reluctantly agrees to help Laurie track down the truth. Their investigations become terrifying when their canoe sinks--was it deliberately sabotaged?--and Laurie is tricked into meeting the "ghost" late one night at the park's cave. But Laurie persists, and as she does she learns more about the rich history of the Backbone Trail. She also becomes convinced that Eleanor's death was no accident. Will Laurie be the next victim of the haunted Cabin 13?" The cover illustration is described.
The Haunting of Cambria
by Richard TaylorA novel of love, redemption, and second chances."Lily died the day we signed the escrow papers," Theo Parker writes of his bride and of Monroe House, the bed-and-breakfast they'd just bought in the picturesque coastal town of Cambria. Theo soon learns he can no more bring his beautiful wife back than he can kill the thing that haunts his new home.Riddled with guilt but making the best of his recuperation from the car accident that killed Lily, Theo and his property manager, dowdy Eleanor Gacy, begin to investigate strange occurrences in Monroe House. And as they do, both Theo and Eleanor begin to see a bit of hope for a second chance at love and redemption.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Haunting of Drang Island (Orca Books)
by Arthur G. SladeThe Haunting of Drang Island is a modern retelling of Old Norse and Icelandic myths. It combines all the best elements of the sagas: strong heroes, powerful enemies and a fast-paced story so full of detail it becomes entirely believable.