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Growing up, Cori, Maz, and Sam were inseparable best friends, sharing their love for pop culture, Halloween, and arcade games. Now it’s 1992, Sam has been missing for five years, and Cori and Maz aren’t speaking anymore. How could they be, when Cori is sure Sam is dead, and Maz has good reason to believe he was kidnapped by a supernatural pinball machine? These days, all Maz wants to do is party and run away from his past. Meanwhile, Cori hides under the bubblegum veneer of a high school queen bee. But then Sam returns—still twelve years old, while his best friends are now seventeen.

Sixteen-year-old Chase Addams just had the worst birthday of his entire life. He was terrorized at school by a death god, spent the evening in a haunted house, and even faced off with an urban legend in the flesh. If this wasn’t enough to ruin the average person’s day, it ended with his best friend and girlfriend, Asra Saitou, being dragged off into the abyss by a mysterious arm wreathed in flames. Chase soon discovers this kidnapping is part of a hidden war between the land of the living and the lands of the dead.

Roxie Clark has seen more dead bodies than your average seventeen-year-old. As a member of the Clark family, most of her ancestors have met tragic ends, including her own mother. Instead of fearing the curse, however, Roxie has combined her flair for performance and her gruesome family history into a successful ghost tour. But her tour never covers the most recent body she's seen—her sister Skylar's boyfriend, Colin Riley, found murdered in a cornfield. A year after the murder, Roxie's desperate to help Skylar start to heal. Instead, Skylar becomes fixated on finding the killer.

This cross-genre anthology written by superstar YA authors from across the Latin American diaspora offers bold new thrills for every monster fan. In these fifteen original short stories, bloodthirsty vampires are hunted by a quick-witted slayer; children are taken from their beds by “el Viejo de la Bolsa” while a military dictator steals their parents; and anyone you love might be a monster waiting to strike. The sinister worlds of these narratives are also magical ones, where supernatural beings can be avatars for justice, vengeance, sisterhood, and empowerment.

Have you ever experienced that one moment that made you stop and take notice of a person you see every day, but never truly saw before? That’s what happened to me the day Eli Markham walked away from the school bully, instead of fighting. It wasn’t the first time he’s done this, but it was the first time his eyes found mine in the crowd and held me captive. Now, I can’t get him out of my head and I’m seeing him everywhere. Problem is, I’m not the only one taking notice of him. Someone, something, has got him in its sights and they want him bad.

È il 1950, Beth ha sedici anni e vive a Shadyside con la sua famiglia. Nonostante le difficoltà economiche, insieme sono riusciti ad avviare l'attività dei loro sogni: un ranch di cavalli. Beth sembra finalmente serena, ma non è una ragazza come le altre: ha dei poteri, che chiama "trucchetti", non sempre facili da controllare... A Shadyside vive anche Michael, ma... nel futuro! Oltre settant'anni dopo, infatti, Michael e i suoi amici amano divertirsi in motoslitta per le strade innevate della stessa città.

Dessa is running out of time. The side effects from the zombie-blocker meds have become too great to bear, and so Dessa and her friends must bring all the Project Polus children to a special government facility called Sanctuary to get them help. But when rogue soldiers attack, the group is split. Now, in order to reach Sanctuary in time, Dessa and her companions must brave the dangers of almost a hundred miles of swampy river. Unfortunately, zombies can swim.

Seth and family didn't think things could get much worse. But this vacation from hell is giving them one hell of a run for their money. There is nothing they can do but fight and do everything they can to try and survive. Not everyone is going to make it through this one. Which of your characters will make it to the end?

It's 1918, WWI is in full swing, and a Spanish Influenza outbreak is on the horizon. In the midst of the chaos, families are being terrorized and people are being killed by a lone man with an axe. As Gianna and her friend Enzo investigate the heinous crimes, she realizes she's connected to the killer in a way she could have never imagined.

I didn't expect to meet a grieving ghost or her dead mother. But then, I didn't expect to find out my town had been the site of a lynching, a lynching that had left my friend Sarah motherless and had made her a victim of murder as well.

After an unfortunate incident, 17-year-old Eleanor Loveless is tossed off the top of a cliff, dubbed "Suicide Hill" because of its infamous reputation. She lands in a mysterious town populated by all the suicide victims who ever made the jump, where she is shunned as an outsider. Eleanor finds solace in Phillip Kidd, the only town resident who seems willing to go out of his comfort zone to help her survive in their broken world.

When rumors circulate within a small Texas town about strange events happening at Whitlock Manor, Jack Stinger is determined to investigate. Disturbing phenomena occur when he and his friends trespass on the property, and a horrifying secret emerges. Teens mysteriously become missing, and Jack believes the abandoned mansion is to blame. Turning to his older brother for help, Jack convinces Victor that the house is haunted, which leads to a challenge because Victor has always scoffed at the supernatural.

Der New-York-Times-Bestseller rund um #ownvoice-Repräsentation und lateinamerikanische Magie, endlich auch in Deutschland! Yadriel hat einen Geist beschworen – aber leider den falschen. Kurz vor dem Tag der Toten will Yadriel endlich beweisen, dass er ein brujo ist. Alle in seiner Familie können heilen oder Geister beschwören, aber weil Yadriel trans ist, verwehren sie ihm das Ritual, in dem ihm Santa Muerte seine Kräfte verleiht. Mit der Hilfe seiner Cousine Maritza schafft er es allein.

Owen Webber is a former unpopular kid that has betrayed his own values and reinvented himself as a teenager with an insatiable appetite for danger. To cement his new image and secure his place within the ranks of the popular crowd, he has decided to undertake one of the most dangerous challenges in Fallen Oaks—the Haunted House Marathon—a contest where six players face five of the most haunted places during Halloween night. Not believing in the paranormal, Owen thinks this will be a joke, but he soon finds that the supernatural is no laughing matter.

Freddie once told me that the Devil created all the fear in the world. But then, the Devil once told me that it's easier to forgive someone for scaring you than for making you cry. The problem with River West Redding was that he'd done both to me.

Ghosts just don’t show up for anybody. So when I meet the spirit of a former slave named Moses, I know he needs my help. But I didn’t expect to be taking on half of my town, or the powerful men who seem to run everything and have done so for years. Secrets are being uncovered, and some people would do anything to keep them buried, no matter who gets hurt. I’ll need the help of history and friends I can trust if I want to save Moses’ graveyard and protect his legacy. If only everyone believed it was one worth protecting….

Something is preying on Arcadia Falls. A horror story from the multi-award-winning author of the Stage 3 Series and Gaia's Game, Ken Stark. The first boy vanished without a trace and with just as little fanfare. Even the second disappearance amounted to little more than a few passing remarks and another name skipped over in the classroom roll call. As far as Riverside High and the rest of Arcadia Falls were concerned, it seemed as if nothing had happened at all. Tyler John was no different. He had barely given the matter a second thought.

"Only draw what is real." This is the rule given to 14-year-old art prodigy Maxwell Cooper by his father, and is the only way Max's father will allow him to attend the prestigious boarding school Apogee Art Academy. It's also a rule Max decides to defy. During their first night of vacation at Bear Tooth Point Resort, he draws a portrait of a local legend just to spite his father: the monster known as Inini-Makwa. But the land of Bear Tooth Point is steeped in Ashotii spirit magic, and when guests begin disappearing, Max is confronted with a terrifying reality.

Still reeling from a recent trauma, sixteen-year-old Dell is relieved when her mom suggests a stay at the family cabin. But the much-needed escape quickly turns into a disaster. The lake and woods are awash in trash left by a previous tenant. And worse, Dell’s mom has invited her boyfriend’s daughter to stay with them. Confident, irreverent Ivy presses all of Dell's buttons—somehow making Dell’s shame and self-consciousness feel even more acute. Yet Dell is drawn to Ivy in a way she doesn't fully understand.

Vera has unusual dreams—anything she dreams comes alive. Dream traveling, her family calls it. Doing it all her life, dream traveling doesn't affect Vera as much as it used to. She has her rules and her methods—as long as she follows them, all is fine until she sees something she discovered she couldn't handle. Now, her dreams are plagued by the Hunter, a deadly character that wants nothing more than to haunt her mind and leave behind a bloody spree. Vera must find a way to get the Hunter out of her head before he makes sure she never wakes up again. So much for "sweet dreams".