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"A chilling collection of psychological suspense and literary horror from the multiple award-winning author of the national bestseller, The Cabin at the End of the World, and A Head Full of Ghosts. Featuring nineteen pieces of short fiction, Growing Things and Other Stories is an exciting and disquieting glimpse into Paul Tremblay's fantastically fertile imagination.
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A book so iconic that its title is synonymous with split personalities, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, was first released in 1886. The story of a virtuous Dr. Jekyll who mistakenly creates an alter ego of unadulterated evil serves as an examination of the duality of human nature and the battle between good and evil. Full of mystery and fright, this story has remained popular for more than a century....
3) The unquiet
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Five "New York Times" bestselling authors-five superlative stories. From J.D. Robb: Eve and Rourke return to investigate a series of murders connected to a brilliant young surgeon in "Chaos in Death." From Mary Blayney: A shopkeeper's solitude is complicated by a magic coin, a daring rogue, and dreams of her late husband, who whispers but one word .. ."wish." From Patricia Gaffney: A lonely woman and a hotline psychic turn their astonishing connection...
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Miss Peregrine volume Related works
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 7
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940L
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Presents an illustrated edition of the fantastical book featured in the Miss Peregrine series that includes unusual fairy tales about wealthy cannibals, a fork-tongued princess, and the origins of the first ymbryne.
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Signets Belles lettres volume AE 4293
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IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 34
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840L
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Age-old images of fear fuse with the iconography of contemporary American life in this collection of tales from the modern master of horror.
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IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 25
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HL 780L
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A collection of ten short stories, some of which were previously available online, that follow Jem Carstairs as he travels through the many Shadow Markets around the world, searching for a relic from his past.
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A Collection of the most notorious works of H.P. Lovecraft.includeTHE CALL OF CTHULHU (1926)I. The Horror in ClayII. The Tale of Inspector LegrasseIII. The Madness from the SeaHERBERT WEST - REANIMATOR (1922)I. From the DarkII. The Plague-DaemonIII. Six Shots by MidnightIV. The Scream of the DeadV. The Horror from the ShadowsVI. The Tomb-LegionsTHE LURKING FEAR (1922)I. The Shadow on the ChimneyII. A Passer in the StormIII. What the Red Glare MeantIV....
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"A haunting is a moment of trauma, infinitely repeated. It extends forward and backward in time. It is the hole grief makes. It is a house built by memory in-between your skin and bones."--Back cover.
A lush and elegant collection of tales - many having appeared in various "Best Of" anthologies - teeming with frightful and tragic events, yet profoundly and intimately human. These chilling tales will engross and enthrall. For readers of Kelly Link,...
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IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 20
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870L
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A collection of eleven short stories, previously published online, that illuminate the life of the enigmatic, flashy, and flamboyant High Warlock of Brooklyn, Magnus Bane, a character in The Mortal Instruments series.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 9
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1110L
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Magical stories set in alternate universes... tales of curses and gifts of healing... a wizard who has lost his powers... and a princess, a troll, and a teenage girl are featured in this diverse collection from Newbery Medalist Robin McKinley In "The Healer," Lily was born mute, but she has so great a natural gift for healing that the local midwife and healer takes her as an apprentice. One evening, riding home, she meets a stranger on the road who...
11) Loteria
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2023.
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"The Mexican board game of Lote̕ra is a game of chance--similar to bingo. However, in Lote̕ra instead of matching up numbers on a game board, players match up images. There are 54 cards in the Lote̕ra game, and for this short story collection, you will find one unique story per card based on a Latin American myth, folklore, superstition, or belief--with a slant towards the paranormal and horrific. In this deck of cards, you will find murderers,...
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The baker's dozen stories gathered here (including a new, previously unpublished story) turn readers into travelers to the past, the future, and explorers of the weirder points of the present. The journey is the thing as Pinsker weaves music, memory, technology, history, mystery, love, loss, and even multiple selves on generation ships and cruise ships, on highways and high seas, in murder houses and treehouses. They feature runaways, fiddle-playing...
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Stinetinglers volume 2
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IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 6
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480L
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"From R.L. Stine, the master of horror for young readers, comes ten new stories that are sure to leave you shivering. A boy who hates bugs starts to see them everywhere. A basketball player's skin starts to almost drip off his hands--but no one else can see it. Three friends find a hole in the ground that just gets bigger, and bigger, and bigger . . . And each story is introduced by Stine himself, providing a personal touch sure to delight fans.Laced...
14) Wild Invitation
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Four novellas based in the Psy-changeling universe include "Stroke of Enticement," in which a young teacher arouses the animal from a leopard changeling; and "Declaration of Courtship," in which a shy wolf finds herself pursued by a SnowDancer.
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"As railroads, industry, cities, and technology flourished in the mid-nineteenth century, so did stories exploring the horrors they unleashed. This anthology includes ghost stories and tales of haunted houses, as well as mad scientists, werewolves, ancient curses, mummies, psychological terrors, demonic dimensions, and even weird westerns." --provided by publisher.
16) Heroic hearts
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2022.
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"In this short story collection of courage, adventure, and magic, heroes--ordinary people who do the right thing--bravely step forward. But running toward danger might cost them everything. In Jim Butcher's "Little Things," the pixie Toot-Toot discovers an invader unbeknownst to the wizard Harry Dresden . . . and in order to defeat it, he'll have to team up with the dread cat Mister. In Patricia Briggs's "Dating Terrors," the werewolf Asil finds an...
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"Five-time Bram Stoker Award-winner Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of the Pine Deep Trilogy, weaves a chilling web of small-town terrors, local legends, and hair-raising haunts set in the eerie world of Pine Deep, Pennsylvania. Eleven terrifying tales are gathered here for the first time in a single volume--including one exclusive, brand new story! Four children explore an abandoned house that's supposed to be haunted--and discover...
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