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Emily Joiner was once part of an inseparable group—she was a sister, a best friend, a lover, and a rival. Summers without Emily were unthinkable. Until the fire burned the lake house to ashes with her inside. A year later, it’s in Emily’s honor that Chelsea and her four friends decide to return. The house awaits them, meticulously rebuilt. Only, Chelsea is haunted by ghostly visions. Loner Ryan stirs up old hurts and forces golden boy Chase to play peacemaker. Which has perfect hostess Kennedy on edge as eerie events culminate in a stunning accusation.

It’s the 1950s when Johnny Dixon’s mother dies, his father goes to fight in the Korean War, and he goes to live with his grandparents. Although life in a new house is strange, Johnny’s “Grampa” listens to his favorite ballgames, takes him on long walks, and tells him stories of the strange mysteries that lurk in the shadows. Best of all, he’s friends with Professor Childermass, an eccentric academic who’s about to take Johnny on the adventure of a lifetime.

"A poetic gem of a book that will linger in your soul long after the final page. ” XIRAN JAY ZHAO, bestselling author of Iron Widow Perfect for fans of Daughter of the Moon Goddess and Six Crimson Cranes this action-packed and gripping YA fantasy is about a daughter trying to save her father...

Solange Evander denken kann, lebt er wie ein Geist in den vergessenen Winkeln von Hazelthorn Manor. Als Evanders milliardenschwerer Vormund Byron plötzlich stirbt, erbt Evander dessen Vermögen und das riesige gotische Anwesen. Evander ist sich sicher, dass Byron ermordet wurde – und Laurie ist der Einzige, der ihm helfen kann, den Mörder zu finden. Denn der verwilderte Garten streckt bereits seine Ranken in Richtung Hazelthorn Manor aus. Und er hat Hunger.

Okiku wants vengeance...and she gets it. Whenever there's a monster hurting a child - the same way she was hurt 300 years ago in Japan - her spirit is there to deliver punishment. But one American boy draws her like no other. The two are pulled into a world of eerie doll rituals and dark Shinto exorcisms that will take them from the American Midwest to the remote valleys and shrines of Aomori, Japan. The boy is not a monster, but something evil writhes beneath his skin, trapped by a series of intricate tattoos.

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that makes for a thrilling listening experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy...

After the loss of her mother, Chloe Kennedy starts seeing the ghosts that haunted her as a young girl again. Spending time at her grandmother's country estate in the south of England is her chance to get away from her grief and the spirits that haunt her. Until she meets a mysterious stranger.... Alexander Reade is 157 years dead, with secrets darker than the lake surrounding Grange Hall and a lifelike presence that draws Chloe more strongly than any ghost before. But the bond between them awakens the vengeful spirit of Alexander's past love, Isobel.

Prepare to be enchanted and terrified by Julia Alexandra's debut enemies-to-lovers horror-fantasy, Midnight on the Celestial, set on a nightmarish ocean liner. When heiress Roe Damarcus fails a trial to keep her magic, deemed too dangerous for society, she finds herself serving aboard the...

When two teenagers stumble upon a frozen corpse deep in the woods, they make the fateful decision to bring it back to town—unaware they’ve just unleashed the apocalypse. In the morgue beneath the hospital, the dead begin to stir, attacking the living and spreading a relentless infection. The once-quiet town quickly descends into chaos as the hospital becomes a battleground, its halls soaked in blood as survivors fight to escape the growing horde.

It's the summer before her 16th birthday, and Sabrina Spellman knows her world is about to change. She's always studied magic and spells with her aunts, Hilda and Zelda. But she's also lived a normal mortal life - attending Baxter High, hanging out with her friends Susie and Roz, and going to the movies with her boyfriend, Harvey Kinkle.

Brought to you by Penguin. Final Destination meets House of Hollow in this haunting and lyrical speculative horror about a group of girls doing Death’s bidding in exchange for preserving their own lives. Roslyn Volk isn’t herself any more. It’s been almost a year since her older sister...

Leigh's life has been ripped apart. Orphaned, she goes to live with incredibly wealthy relatives she never knew she had. Struggling to fit into her new world, she can't let go of her grief. When the police tell her the investigation into her parents' murder has hit a brick wall, she knows the only way she will ever know peace is to solve the mystery herself. With new family and friends, which includes a ghost with multiple personality issues, Leigh risks everything to find her answers.

Andrew und Thomas, Schüler der Wickwood Academy, sind besondere Freunde: Andrew erfindet Märchen, so schön wie befremdlich, und Thomas schenkt ihnen in seinen Bildern von Monstern und Dunkelheit Leben. Doch als das neue Schuljahr beginnt, verhält Thomas sich seltsam. Die Kunst interessiert ihn nicht mehr und er kommt mit Blut am Ärmel zur Schule. Eines Nachts folgt Andrew Thomas in den verbotenen Wald – und trifft auf seine Albträume.

Don’t Let the Forest In meets The Whispering Dark in a queer YA cult horror following a recently diagnosed autistic teen who becomes enmeshed in a community of outcasts harboring sinister secrets. “One of the best horror novels of the year, full stop. Haunting, heartfelt, and downright...

Revised edition: This edition of The Casquette Girls includes editorial revisions.

Lanternes allumées, costumes chuchotants… Ava pressent que cet Halloween ne sera pas ordinaire. Quand l’univers des Supranormaux frôle la fête, les apparences se fendent et l’inattendu s’invite à chaque porte. Entre frissons et mystère, elle devra écouter son instinct, rassembler son courage et choisir en qui avoir confiance.

From Gillian Flynn Books, a lyrical young adult horror by debut author Wen-yi Lee that's perfect for fans of She Is a Haunting, Stephen King's IT, and The Haunting of Hill House. "Wen-yi Lee has crafted a dark and compelling supernatural mystery buoyed by earnestly written, queer-centric...

Things can never be the same again. The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, have returned to the county after a long journey and a hard battle. But their troubles are far from over. Their home has been over-run by enemy soldiers. The Spook's house is in ruins, the boggart protecting it has...

Warning: Not to be listened to after dark Capturing witches, Binding boggarts, Driving away ghosts For years, Old Gregory has been the Spook for the county, ridding the local villages of evil. Now his time is coming to an end. But who will take over for him? Twenty-nine apprentices have tried --...

Seventeen-year-old Hylee Williams didn’t ask to disappear. She didn’t ask to move from Kansas City, Kansas out to the suburbs in Missouri. But she did disappear, and not only that, but when she vanished from our world, she materialized in a dark, twisted version of the night that changed her life forever: the night her older brother went missing. Just as Hylee realizes this moment could be the key to unraveling the truth about her brother, she’s yanked away from the dark place back to our world.