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Winner of the 2004 Bram Stoker Award for Young Readers, the horror genre's most coveted award. Nine weird tales from Steve Burt.

Nothing ever seems out of place in the safe, suburban town of Cowslip Grove. Lawns are neatly mowed, sidewalks are tidy, and the sounds of ice cream trucks fill the air. But now...kids have been going missing - except no one even realizes it, because no one remembers them. Not their friends. Not their teachers. Not even their families.

Wer spürt sie nicht gern, die Gänsehaut, die in stürmischen Nächten wohlig über den Rücken streicht? Für alle, die sich gerne bei Kerzenschein und einem Glas Wein oder einer heißen Schokolade, begleitet vom Heulen des Windes angenehm gruseln, habe ich sechs Schauergeschichten aus meinem persönlichen Gruselkabinett zusammengestellt. Begleiten Sie mich nach England, wo im altehrwürdigen Herrensitz Dabney Hall die „Weiße Frau“ ein garstiges Unwesen treibt; kommen Sie mit ins schottische Hochland, wo auf einem kleinen Bahnhof das Böse erbarmungslos zuschlägt.

When a group of Ninth graders go on a field trip to a local cave that has been closed for 50 years because of rumors the army once stored dangerous chemicals there, it becomes a game of survival after they are attacked by mutated bats. The reluctant hero is a kid named Sean who must step up and take charge if he is going to protect himself and his close-knit group of friends. Things become even more complicated when the kids learn their remote little town has also been invaded by the zombie bats.

The dead whisper in your nightmares...Their macabre mutterings keep you awake at night. Only you seem to hear their tales of demonic fiends, horrific hauntings, and restless spirits. It’s enough to drive you to the brink of madness...Scare Street brings you volumes five and six of Short Horror Stories in a single edition - five diabolical morsels of fear, brought together for your listening pleasure. And each addictive tale of terror is guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat, dying to find out how it ends.

Rasmus og hans forældre skal have et plejebarn med på efterårsferie i et lejet sommerhus. Drengen hedder Gabriel, og han er ikke som andre børn. Det viser sig, at hans forældre er blevet slået ihjel på godset, der ligger ved siden af sommerhuset. Og så begynder der at ske underlige ting både på godset og i sommerhuset ... "Mareridt" er en gyserserie for dem, der ikke er bange for noget. Line Kyed Knudsen (f. 1971) har skrevet en lang række børne- og ungdomsbøger i forskellige genrer. Hun er uddannet Cand.merc.

"Michael tog øksen og holdt den op i luften. Louise så ham lige ind i øjnene - og så blev hun pludselig usikker. Måske var det alligevel bare noget, hendes storebror gjorde for sjov. Måske var han virkelig blevet sindssyg af at se alle de gyserfilm. ‘Aarrrgh!" råbte Michael pludselig. Hånden med øksen begyndte at dirre. Louise skreg." Louises storebror, Michael, har set for mange gyserfilm. Nogle gange lader han, som om han hedder Mik, og så jagter han Louise og piner og truer hende. En dag, de er alene hjemme, går Mik helt amok.

Ellie is a 12-year-old vampire that loves solving mysteries, but is afraid of...everything. She's afraid of spiders, clowns, and loud noises - just to name a few. And her pesky sister, Penny, never lets her forget it. But with a little courage and help from her friends, Ellie just might achieve her dream of becoming a real detective. When Ellie attends the royal vampire wedding, all she can think about is her wish to solve a real mystery. The next thing she knows, the entire wedding and all its guests have been frozen solid!

Jinx felt something rumble through the room. She began to shake and moved closer to Jackson. "Do you feel that?" she whispered. Jackson nodded. When Jinx glanced at him, his face had turned bright white. As if he'd seen a ghost. When a popular girl named Emily asks Jinx and Jackson to explore a haunting in her dad's apartment, Jackson insists they take the case. And the truth they find is even stranger than Emily's story.

Rhino is one of Bridgewater's best basketball players - except when it comes to making free throws. It's not a big deal until he begins receiving strange threats. If Rhino can't make his shots at the free throw line, someone will start hurting the people around him. Everyone's a suspect: a college recruiter, Rhino's jealous best friend, and the father Rhino never knew - who recently escaped from prison.

Ella loves to practice designs for the bakery she'll someday own. She's also one of the few people not to try the cookies and cakes made by a mysterious new baker. Soon, the people who ate the baker's treats start acting oddly, and Ella wonders if the cookies are to blame. Can her baking skills help save her best friend - and herself?

Dante only thinks about football. Miranda's worried about applying to college. Neither one wants to worry about a locker combination too. But they'll have to learn their combos fast - if they want to survive. Dante discovers that an insane architect designed St. Philomena High, and he's made the school into a doomsday machine. If too many kids miss their combinations, no one gets out alive.

Something evil is living under Nick's skin. Where did it come from? What does it want? With the help of a dead kid's diary, a nun, and a local professor, Nick slowly finds out what's wrong with him. But there's still one question that Nick must face alone: how do you destroy an evil that's inside you?

Lamar takes the "late bus" home from school after practice each day. After the bus's beloved driver passes away, Lamar begins to see strange things - demonic figures, preparing to attack the bus. Soon he learns the demons are after Mr. Rumble, the freaky new bus driver. Can Lamar rescue his fellow passengers, or will Rumble's past come back to destroy them all?

The club started innocently enough. Bored after school, Josh and his friends decided to try out an old game Sabina had found in her basement. Called Black Magic, it promised the players good fortune at the expense of those who have wronged them. Yeah, right. But when the club members' luck starts skyrocketing - and horror befalls their enemies - the game stops being a joke. How can they end the power they've unleashed?

Stylish gentlemen and ladies await their carriages in the Victorian London night. But lurking in the shadows is one of the creatures of the night, one who brings chilling fear to those he encounters, a man who cannot die yet must prey upon the blood of others to prolong his doomed existence...the vampire Dracula.

Pranks make Jordan nervous. But when a group of popular kids invites her along on a series of practical jokes, she doesn't turn them down. As the pranks begin to go horribly wrong, Jordan and her crush, Charlie, work to discover the cause of the accidents. Is the spirit of a prank victim who died 20 years earlier to blame? And can Jordan stop the final prank, or will the haunting continue?

A July storm caused a major power outage in Bridgewater. Now a research project at the Institute for Cryogenic Experimentation has been ruined, and the thawed-out bodies of 27 federal inmates are missing. At first, Dani Kraft didn't think much of the breaking news. But after her best friend Jake disappears, a mysterious visitor connects the dots for Dani. Jake has been taken in by an infamous cult leader.

Trouble arises as Zion works to connect the various survivor groups within the city. With ammunition being scarce, brutal hand to hand combat is required to survive the day. Dead America: The Second Week introduces new survivors and locations in addition to revisiting some familiar ones as people all across the country fight for their survival against the growing armies of the undead.

Tracy is still floating on cloud nine after getting married to the handsome detective in her small town. Her joy overflows when he surprises her with the destination of their honeymoon...Alaska!