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It’s the most important day of the year for King Fabian as he is hosting all the neighbouring rulers. Everything simply must go perfectly. King Fabian wakes up, stretches, and farts. His wife’s fury is so huge that he panics and blames the butler, who is carted off to the dungeons. Leaving behind a big problem: Fabian isn’t really the brains behind the crown: it is the butler...how will dithery Fabian manage to pull off this high-pressure event alone? His small and smelly fart looks like it will kick off a crisis.

Get ready for a collection of thirteen short stories that will chill your bones, tingle your spine, and scare your pants off. Debut author Josh Allen masterfully concocts horror in the most innocent places, like R. L. Stine meets a modern Edgar Allan Poe. A stray kitten turns into a threatening follower. The street sign down the block starts taunting you. Even your own shadow is out to get you! Spooky things love hiding in plain sight. The everyday world is full of sinister secrets, and these stories show that there's darkness even where you least expect it. 

A game of tag turns monstrous one night in the forested village of Pine Bluff, where kids who are "it" for too long transform into something terrifying. When little Mateo goes missing after being "it," the kids begin to worry who the next victim will be—only to discover that the truth may be scarier than they thought! Follow along with Mateo and others in this collection of scary stories.

Si crees que los monstruos no existen, tienes que hablar con Theodora Hendrix. La primera regla de la Montruosa Liga de los Monstruos es: mantén a los monstruos escondidos de los humanos. Pero cuando el zombie Georgie y Bandido, su inseparable gato, encuentran a un bebé abandonado, no pueden dejarlo a su suerte ya que sería devorado por los trasgos. Así que se llevan a la pequeña a casa, donde rápidamente se vuelve parte de la familia.

Trevor thought nothing could be worse than spending the entire summer in school. Then his teachers turn into homework-crazed creatures! Now Trevor and his friend Filbert must find a way to stop the zombies. Or they'll be trapped inside the classroom of doom forever!

Charlie Hitchcock and Tyler Yu learn that the Abracadabra Hotel may be haunted.

What's the best day for an alien invasion? Halloween, of course. When Eek and Ack visit Earth during the ghoulish holiday, they fit right in with the other trick-or-treaters. Unfortunately, so does Wolfy the Wolfman! Now, the terrible twosome must fight off this frightful furball or fail to conquer Earth once again.

Dory is brand-new to her neighborhood, so it's a good thing she has a pet monster to keep her company. When she tells the mailman about her monster, he doesn't believe her. Dory begins to get angry that he's not taking her seriously, so she opens up the mailbox to show him the monster—only to find that the mailbox is empty! Is Dory's monster real, or part of her imagination?

This collection of spine-chilling stories is sure to scare you silly. A movie about alien invasion transforms into real life. A hunt in a snowy forest suddenly turns dangerous when a monster appears. A great-aunt comes back from the dead, just in time for a little girl's birthday party.

New-found witch and eco-warrior Orla is up against some seriously dark magic in this creepy and funny adventure, the second in the series. Orla, her brothers and Dave the dog are on holiday in Norfolk, visiting their eccentric Uncle Valentine. Orla may have recently learned she's a witch, but...

Cassie's older brother Byron has fallen in with the wrong crowd; boys who are wild, reckless and not even human at all. They are 'tylwyth teg'—Fair Folk—who tempt humans down into the dark places of the world. And Byron is tempted. When he goes missing, Cassie and her cousin Sian follow his trail into Annwn, the underworld. Here they find that the tylwyth teg are restless—and angry. Their leader Gwenhidw wants to protect Annwn from the damage humans are doing to the world, and Byron is part of her plan. Can Cassie rescue him before it's too late?

Get ready to laugh out loud at Strangeville Middle School, the wackiest (definitely not cursed) school ever! This hilarious new series is Sideways Stories from Wayside School for a new generation! Smile! It’s picture day! Except maybe don’t smile, because there’s a glowing lost-and-found...

From the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Magic Misfits comes a spectacularly creepy novel that will keep you up way past bedtime. Perfect for fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark! "Grab a flashlight and a blanket—this lives up to its titular claim."— Kirkus...

When Clovis, Eve and Tom decide to play with a ouija board in an old abandoned house on Halloween, none of them foresees the horrors they’re about to unleash. What starts out as a bit of fun soon transcends into something far more terrifying when a distressed and determined spirit follows them home. Before long, the friends are caught up in a series of events beyond their wildest imaginings and their journey as ghost hunters begins.

Siempre lo he sabido. Siempre he sabido que tenía poderes. Mis papás no lo saben, pero mi abuela Flora sí. Ella tiene poderes como yo y también tiene los ojos violetas como yo. Pero en mi pueblo tienen miedo a las brujas, porque se creen que todas son malas. Acabo de conocer a Clover que tiene unos siete años más que yo y ya es una bruja con experiencia. He estado en su preciosa casa en el bosque y ella me ha explicado que existen brujas buenas, que son la mayoría y otras que utilizan sus poderes para lo que no deben y por eso la gente ignorante les tiene tanto miedo.

Bienvenue dans un monde fantastique où l'amitié est le seul bouclier contre le danger. Quatre orphelins échouent sur un îlot paradisiaque, au beau milieu de la mer de Corba. Leur ami Gaspard a disparu. Accompagnés d'un zouflon et d'une hyène, ils partent à sa recherche, d'île en île, affrontant d'innombrables épreuves et un mage tout-puissant. Comment déjoueront-ils les sortilèges rencontrés en chemin ? Vont-ils sauver Corba, menacée par une pollution abominable ? Que vont-ils découvrir sur l'île sauvage ? Gaspard est-il toujours vivant ?

Auf den Spuren eines Betrügers unter Vampiren. Anna, Anton und Rüdiger versuchen, mehr über den dubiosen Igno von Rant und die Herkunft seines rätselhaften Sargs herauszufinden. Dafür nehmen sie die Sargtischler-Firma Erdmöbel genauer unter die Lupe. Und dann kommen auch noch ein mysteriöser Doktor Gans und geheime Treffen in einem Hotel ins Spiel. Ist Tante Dorothees Verlobter Igno von Rant wirklich ein echter Vampir?

Nachforschungen in einem rätselhaften Sarg. Anna, die Schwester des kleinen Vampirs, ist eifersüchtig. Hat Anton das Vampirmädchen Olga von Seifenschwein lieber? Immerhin hilft Olga Anton bei seinen Ermittlungen gegen den zwielichtigen Igno von Rant. Tante Dorothees Beziehung zu dem geheimnisvollen Vampir wird immer enger und schließlich schlägt sie dem Familienrat sogar vor, Igno von Rant in die Gruft aufzunehmen. Doch Anton ist wachsam.

"Unter ihren Schuhsohlen knirschten die Scherben, und schon von der Tür aus sah Galina, dass sich hier ein erstaunlich riesiger Saal befand, mit den schönsten und prächtigsten Spiegeln, die sie jemals gesehen hatte." Wie jedes Jahr verbringen die 12-jährigen Zwillinge Galina und Domingo im Herbst eine Woche bei ihrer strengen Tante Serafina. Öde ist das! Doch dann entdeckt Domingo in der alten Nachbarsvilla einen zerbrochenen Spiegel - und davor einen geheimnisvollen goldenen Würfel.

The Houston family can't believe their luck when they stumble upon a beautiful piano at a low price. Their delight soon turns to horror when the piano comes to life. The melodies that it plays over and over again are eerie, and it becomes clear that someone from the past has a message for them.