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First published in a 1839 edition of Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, The Fall of the House of Usher is the story of the declining physical and psychological health of the residents of the House of Usher-and the way in which the house itself reflects that. Gothic in theme and style, the story is an exemplar of Poe's philosophy of composition, which dictates that literary works should be short, methodological, and have a unity of effect wherein all the...
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Goosebumps Slappyworld volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
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In an old-fashioned "trapped-in-a-haunted-house" story, twins Riley and Scarlett receive an interesting assignment from their teacher, Mrs. Stermon. Everyone in class needs to do a documentary video about an adventure, something exciting that they experienced.
Mrs. Stermon gives them a suggestion, along with their friends Carter, Lee, Danitia, and Mia. She shows them a brochure about a scary old house on the edge of town, called Shudder Mansion....
3) Jaws
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The shark-versus-man classic that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg movie“A tightly written, tautly paced study of terror.”—The Washington PostA great white shark terrorizes the beautiful summer getaway of Amity Island, and a motley group of men take to the water to do battle with the beast. A heart-pounding novel of suspense and a brilliant meditation on the nature of humanity, Jaws is one of the most iconic...
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Scribner
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 26
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English
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Includes the story “The Man in the Black Suit”—set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, the iconic, spine-tingling story collection that includes winners of an O. Henry Prize and other awards, and “Riding the Bullet,” which attracted over half a million online readers and became the most famous short story of the decade, as well as stories...
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, the iconic, spine-tingling story collection that includes winners of an O. Henry Prize and other awards, and “Riding the Bullet,” which attracted over half a million online readers and became the most famous short story of the decade, as well as stories...
5) Firestarter
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 24
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English
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Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic #1 New York Times bestseller—now a major motion picture!
Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson were once college students looking to make some extra cash, volunteering as test subjects for an experiment orchestrated by the clandestine government organization known as The Shop. But the outcome unlocked exceptional latent psychic talents for the two of them—manifesting...
Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson were once college students looking to make some extra cash, volunteering as test subjects for an experiment orchestrated by the clandestine government organization known as The Shop. But the outcome unlocked exceptional latent psychic talents for the two of them—manifesting...
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An extraordinary true story of survival and courage through the Holocaust.
Poland, 1943. It was the last refuge of the desperate, a warren of sewers underneath their city. Above, as the Nazis destroyed the ghetto of the city of Lvov, a small band of Jews escaped into a grim network of tunnels, living for fourteen months with the city's waste, the sudden floods, the fumes and the damp, the rats, the darkness, and the despair.
Their only support was...
8) Hellbent
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Hellbender Books, an imprint of Sunbury Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2020-
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English
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The authors publishing under the Hellbender Books imprint have gathered together to produce a volume of short stories. Enjoy these spine-tingling tales of horror and suspense by established and emerging writers in the genre. Included in this volume: Foreword Thomas M. Malafarina Introduction Catherine Jordan Parallelism Thomas M. Malafarina Panty Lines Catherine Jordan A Modern Fable John B. Kachuba Delerium Tremens Kyle Alexander Romines Chirurgeon...
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Tachyon Publications / Bookmasters
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"Unlucky thieves invade a house where Home Alone seems like a playground romp. An antique bookseller and a mob enforcer join forces to retrieve the Atlas of Hell. Postapocalyptic survivors cannot decide which is worse: demon women haunting the skies or maddened extremists patrolling the earth. In this chilling twenty-first-century companion to the cult classic Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror , Ellen Datlow again proves herself the most masterful...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 21
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English
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Collects twelve short stories by Stephen King on the theme of relationships, including new stories and previously released material such as "The Gingerbread Girl," "The Things They Left Behind," and "The Cat from Hell."
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Chicago Review Press / Open Road Integrated Media
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2014.
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English
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These horror stories -- never before compiled in one volume -- are carefully crafted, compelling and believable. Written in about the same decade as the Sherlock Holmes series, they will convince you that Arthur Conan Doyle was a master of more than just the detective story.
13) Red Station
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Stygian Sky Media
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2020.
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English
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There is a house overlooking the vast, rolling plains. A home station where a traveler will be welcomed with a piping hot meal and a downy bed.It is a refuge for the weary. A beacon for the lost.A place where blood and bones feed the land.For four stagecoach passengers ......a doctor in search of a missing father and daughter ......a newlywed couple on the way to their homestead ......and a lady in red with a bag filled with secrets ...Their night...
14) Night shift
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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A collection of nineteen horror stories, including "Night Surf," "Sometimes They Come Back," "The Lawnmower Man," and "Children of the Corn."
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Scream street volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Luke, Cleo, and Resus battle millions of spiders as they attempt to retrieve the heart of an ancient mummy, which is the third relic Luke needs to escape Scream Street and take his terrified parents home.
17) The haunted mask
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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"Carly's found the best Halloween mask ever. With yellow-green skin and long animal fangs the mask terrifies the entire neighborhood. But before long, it's having a surprising effect on Carly too. Halloween is almost over, but fright night is just beginning. Because when she tries to take it off . . . it won't budge!" --P. [4] of cover.
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"The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia.To her parents' despair, the doctors are unable to stop Marjorie's bizarre outbursts and subsequent descent into madness. As their home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help. Father Wanderly suggests an exorcism; he believes the vulnerable...
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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You'll be perched on the edge of your seat with this unputdownable three-book collection including; The Life She Wants, The Eight-Year Lie and The Other Son.
The Life She Wants: Paula worries that her marriage to Tommy is hanging by a thread. Lately, it seems like he's pulling away from her, and he keeps avoiding a much-needed conversation about finally having children. When Tommy suggests a cruise getaway for the two of them, Paula is thrilled....
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"William Hope Hodgson's cosmic horror" classic continues the Haunted Library of Horror Classics series. In a ruined house at the edge of an abyss lies the diary of a madman... Two friends on a fishing trip make an unsettling discovery when the river they've been following abruptly ends and reappears some 100 feet below the edge of an abyss. If that wasn't unnerving enough, the river runs along the remains of an oddly shaped house, half-swallowed by...
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