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Sophia, a middle-aged woman living in a cozy little home, begins to experience strange occurrences such as doors opening and closing on their own and footsteps in empty rooms. She seeks the help of a local paranormal investigator and learns that her home is indeed haunted. Sophia discovers that the ghost is a woman named Alice who had lived in the house many years ago and had died tragically. With the help of the investigator, Sophia tries to appease...

Trapped and alone on the salt marshes, Jodie is troubled by a haunting presence in this eerily atmospheric ghost story from multi-award-winning author Hilary McKay Trapped and alone on the salt marshes, Jodie is troubled by a haunting presence in this eerily atmospheric ghost story from multi-award-winning author Hilary McKay. Jodie never wanted to come on the residential trip to the field centre. A loner at school, she's forced into a dormitory with...

After successfully ending the werewolf and vampire war, Wendy and her distant relative Craven must act quick to resolve the werewolf crisis that's taking place in the woods next to Witchspell Manor, but will she succeed this time?

Best friends Jared, Curtis, and Nick are ready to face the world-but what about the underworld? When a text message from an unknown number hits all of their phones, the boys find themselves faced with a strange figure and a mystery to solve. However, it's Nick who must find the solution or risk losing his life! Will the boys' friendship be enough to save him, or will he spend eternity in the afterlife?

Queen of historical fiction Emma Carroll makes her Barrington Stoke debut with a powerful, evocative, and spine-tingling story of childhood on the brink of war. SUMMER 1914 When Fran uncovers a bone in the garden of Longbarrow House on the same afternoon that Leo breaks his leg, it is just the first in a series of strange and unsettling coincidences. Leo is left immobilised for the rest of the summer and Fran is roped in to keep him company, forced...

Bard's Blood #1 The classic tales of William Shakespeare are often as packed with gore and corpses as the scariest slasher flick -- and can spawn equally gruesome sequels.... Football star Cameron Dean is genuine campus royalty at Globe University, but his life is more of a nightmare than a dream. Not only was his dad murdered under mysterious circumstances, but Cameron suspects that his mom and aunt may have had something to do with it! When he unexpectedly...

When the dead whisper, chaos follows. Gabby thought she had faced it all: raising a baby, working through grad school, and dealing with cadaver exhibits. But when a silent cadaver unexpectedly stirs, her world doesn't just shift – it shatters. Once quiet ghosts scream into the night. Buried secrets claw to the surface. And a dark and ancient force sets its sights on Gabby and those she loves. With her family in danger and her sanity hanging by a...

Ils pensaient qu'ils étaient seuls. Dans ce roman captivant et facile à lire pour jeunes adolescents, quatre amis se retrouvent en danger pendant un jeu de rle dans un hpital qu'ils croient abandonné. Alex pense que l'hpital George Wickerman serait l'endroit idéal pour le jeu de rle Spectres et Mystères, qui consiste à participer à des « missions » afin de trouver des preuves d'activités paranormales. Selon une légende locale, des patients...

One year after the greatest adventure of their young lives, Charlie Galen and his best friend, William "Plug" Harbison, find themselves entangled in a ghostly occurrence that turns their Halloween from a carefree holiday into a spine-tingling evening neither of them will ever forget. Sign of the Sandman: Séance is a novelette sequel to Tom Turner's acclaimed first novel, Sign of the Sandman.

En un rincón olvidado del mundo, existe un lugar mágico conocido como el Sendero de los Sueños Perdidos. Este sendero es invisible a los ojos de los adultos, pero los niños que aún conservan un corazón lleno de inocencia pueden encontrarlo en sus sueños más profundos.Cuenta la leyenda que el Sendero de los Sueños Perdidos es un camino ancestral que conecta el mundo real con el reino de los sueños. En este reino, los sueños se convierten...