Showing results by publisher "----RM Alexander" in Scary Stories

Gus doesn't want to make friends. She also doesn't want to be intrigued by the cat-lady teacher at her new school, or the Riley's Comet project that she and her seaweed-eating science partner are working on together. And she definitely doesn't want to fall in love with her job as the projectionist at the Starlight, a drive-in movie theatre that her family is reviving.

When Tom is invited to the reading of a will of a great-uncle he’s never heard of, there’s no way to know what to expect. But on the long list of possible things to inherit, a travelling carnival ghost train is the very last on the list. To get his full $10 million inheritance, all Tom has to do is run the antique ride until his 18th birthday. Easy. Except for a strange caped-creep he’s never met, who’s trying to con him out of the money...and the actual ghosts and ghouls who call the ride home.

Iano, è un orco grande e grosso, mostruoso d'aspetto ma gentile di carattere. E' vegetariano, e vive in armonia con animali e persone in una fetida palude che ama molto. Una terrificante puzza minaccia l'esistenza degli abitanti; Iano decide di scoprirne la causa. Aiutato da un gigantesco serpente, dopo alcune peripezie ne scopre l'origine. Si tratta di un enorme sedere costruito con la terra da un potente mago, che per oscuri scopi vuole inquinare l'aria della palude con i potenti peti del magico sedere.

Un misterioso carro si perde nella fetida palude, inseguito da spietati cavalieri che intendono uccidere gli impauriti viaggiatori. Nuova avventura per l'orco Iano, che spinto dal suo innato senso di giustizia interverrà, scoprendo che i misteriosi personaggi aggrediti sono dei comici della commedia dell'arte, le famose maschere: Arlecchino, Colombina, Brighella, Pantalone. Un Duca prepotente li perseguita e vuole ucciderli perché l'hanno deriso sulla scena. Iano li aiuterà a combattere lo spietato...

I am a dark spirit, the ghost announced grandly. I am your inheritance, your grandmother's legacy. I am yours to command. Suraya is delighted when her witch grandmother gifts her a pelesit. She names her ghostly companion Pink, and the two quickly become inseparable. But Suraya doesn't know that pelesits have a dark side - and when Pink's shadows threaten to consume them both, they must find enough light to survive...before they are both lost to the darkness.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Beast Awakens by Joseph Delaney, read by Lee Ingleby. They heard shouting and cries of fear. Crafty looked down the slope and realised what had happened to cause so much panic. Without warning, the dark wall of the Shole had advanced. Crafty can't remember a time before the Shole - the terrifying mist that has engulfed most of Britain, leaving those trapped in it to either die or be transformed into horrifying monsters: the aberrations.

Sep, Arkle, Mack, Lamb and Hadley: five friends thrown together one hot, sultry summer. When they discover an ancient stone box hidden in the forest, they decide to each make a sacrifice: something special to them, committed to the box forever. And they make a pact: they will never return to the box at night; they'll never visit it alone; and they'll never take back their offerings. Four years later, a series of strange and terrifying events take place. Someone broke the rules, and now everyone has to pay.

Twelve-year-old Hailey Madison and her family are trading the hustle-and-bustle of the city for a farmhouse in the town of Harper's Fall, and Hailey isn't happy about it. Hailey's parents think the move will be beneficial for her little sister, Emma, who has always been uneasy around large crowds, but Hailey is convinced life on a farm will be dull. She's wrong.

Enter the chilling world of Hailie's Scary Doll, where every minute is a journey into darkness and suspense. In this captivating children's short story collection, listeners will embark on a spine-tingling adventure alongside Hailie and her best friend, Max, as they unravel the mysteries surrounding a sinister doll with a haunting past.

When a group of friends discovers a mysterious quill with the power to communicate with ghosts , they find themselves drawn into a thrilling supernatural mystery . As they unravel untold stories from the past, they must navigate hidden messages, spectral riddles, and eerie encounters to solve a decades-old secret. But not all spirits are friendly—some truths were meant to stay buried. Ghostwriter’s Gambit is a spine-tingling middle-grade adventure filled with ghostly intrigue, literary magic, and daring discoveries .

Billi es un monstruo que le tiene miedo a las personas. Prefiere quedarse en su casa antes que salir a asustar, que es lo que debería hacer. Pero una noche llega Fede y ambos descubren que tienen un enemigo en común: el Miedo. Esta revelación los lleva a tomar una gran decisión.

Billie and her friends dare each other to explore the spooky house at the end of the street. They are sure it’s haunted. Sooo scary! But if anyone can handle ghosts, it’s Billie B Brown!

Mario is spending winter break with his neighbors, Todd and Jewel, on their family vacation to Vermont. He is excited to see snow for the first time and meet his friend's beloved grandparents. But Todd and Jewel's grandparents turn out to be a little odd. They love telling tall tales of goblins, elves, and trolls. When Mario spots a blur of green fur in the garden, he wonders if the stories could be real. He's determined to find out more, but the truth might be more dangerous than fiction.

Steve Boswell will never forget Carly Beth's Halloween mask. It was so gross. So terrifying. But this year Steve wants to have the scariest costume on the block. So he gets a mask from the same store where Carly Beth got hers. It looks like a creepy old man. With stringy hair. A wrinkled face. And spiders crawling out of the ears! Steve's definitely got the scariest mask around. Too bad he's starting to feel so old. And so tired. And so evil.

Twelve-year-old Gus Greenburg can see ghosts; in fact, he uses this paranormal superpower to help them "go on." But when Gus and his mom move into an old mansion on the mysterious and remote Nameless Island, he meets a ghost that's set out to hurt him. Bestselling author Carly Anne West weaves a spooky and thrilling series opener in this spine-tingling tale about mystery, family, and all things paranormal.

To the horror of young gravedigger Ned, body-snatchers have been visiting his churchyard in the dead of night. Until now, he'd been daydreaming about another visitor - Obedience Wellrest, daughter of the manor. Meanwhile, 16-year-old Obedience has troubles of her own: her loving but overbearing father, and his wish to see her married to Phineas Mordaunt, a rich man of science. But when Mordaunt starts to poke his nose into her family history - in particular, the ruinous research of her late Uncle Herbert - Obedience enters into a dangerous game of death.

A student sits in an old library, cramming for her spelling test. Suddenly, the word lists in her vocabulary workbook start to peel off the page.

On a field trip, two friends discover a hidden door that leads into an ancient library. Strange snarls echo in the maze of shelves. Just as the pair searches for the exit, they come face-to-face with the collection’s keeper, the Archivist! This rogue librarian gathers tales of the world’s oldest, most terrifying creatures. Now she’s releasing the legendary monsters to take care of the intruders.

You shouldn't bring a pet to school. But Mary's pet is super cool! You're not supposed to bring your pet to the School of Monsters if you haven't fed them yet. But Mary LOVES her little pet! Surely it will be OK to sneak him inside her hat just for the morning?

It’s time for some back-to-school shopping, and Duddz has brought the FGTeeV family to an unusual outlet called the Werehouse. While the prices are hard to beat, something about the place just seems . . . off. But when the FGTeeV family find themselves accidentally locked in the Werehouse overnight, it turns out that the storefront misspelling wasn’t any accident. They’re trapped inside a werewolf hideaway, and they must make it to morning if they don’t want to turn into werewolves themselves! Will Moomy, Duddy, Lexi, Mike, Chase, and Shawn be able to get home . . .