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Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Twenty-five episodes inspired by the dark humor of Roald Dahl, this series of brilliantly written and acted standalone suspense stories was an instant hit that became an international phenomenon that starred a cavalcade of top stars. Seasons 1 & 2.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"You have a very lovely little girl," breathed the voice on the phone. And just like that, Susan Young is drawn into a living nightmare. A stranger has kidnapped Sue's daughter, Veda. But he doesn't want her money, only her suffering-and he will kill Veda if Sue doesn't follow his every command. With detailed instructions, the faceless abductor leads Sue into a blinding snowstorm on the longest night of the year, to a place she has not traveled to...
Author
Publisher
Evershade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Not even death can keep her down. Fresh from digging out of her own grave, cursed dark witch, Dani, must hone her magi-coding skills to hunt down her own murderer. Soon she finds herself in the middle of battle between the light and dark. And the light usually wins.
Author
Series
Mortal instruments volume 1
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizzare world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth is a dedicated, workaholic doctor who is much to busy to have a life. One night, she gets into a terrible car accident and dies. She becomes a spirit stuck between heaven and earth. She doesn't realize that she is dead and thinks nothing has happened. That is until she meets David, a lonely architect, who has rented her old apartment. David thinks he is going crazy when he sees Elizabeth's spirit and tries everyway he can think of to get...
8) Akira
Publisher
Pioneer Entertainment (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2001, c1987
Language
日本語
Description
Set in post-apocalyptic Neo-Tokyo in 2019, cyberpunk Kaneda is a bike gang leader whose close friend Tetsuo gets involved in a government secret project known as Akira. Soon, Tetsuo's supernatural power leads to bloody deaths, a coup attempt and the final battle in Tokyo Olympiad where Akira's secrets were buried 30 years ago.
Author
Series
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
For the first time, the historic town of Maidstone gives up its darkest and eeriest secrets. Including previously unpublished accounts of ghostly activity and re-examining classic cases, this is a treasure trove of original material and atmospheric photography. From tales of haunted buildings to ghosts witnessed on winding roads, this volume of the strange sheds light on some of the town's scariest mysteries as we peer into its darkest corners. With...
Author
Series
Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children volume 6th
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
"The last thing Jacob Portman saw before the world went dark was a terrible, familiar face. Suddenly, he and Noor are back in his grandfather's house. Jacob doesn't know how they escaped from V's loop, but he does know one thing for certain: Caul has returned. Risen from the Library of Souls, Caul and his apocalyptic agenda seem unstoppable. Only one hope remains--deliver Noor to the meeting place of the seven prophesied ones, if they can decipher...
11) Ghostly Cumbria
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
From reports of haunted castles, stately halls, hotels, public houses, Roman forts, stone circles and even England's deepest lake, to heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, poltergeists and related supernatural phenomena, Ghostly Cumbria investigates twenty of the most haunted locations to be found in the area today. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources, this selection includes a phantom friar said to walk the lanes near Grey Friars Lodge...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This little gem of a book is a repository of intriguing, fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts and trivia about ghosts and all things that go bump in the night. Within this volume are such chapters as haunted houses, roads, woods and byways, phantom animals, royal ghosts, poltergeists and haunted objects, while not forgotten are spooky séances and time-slip ghosts, as well as some of the famous ghost-hunters themselves, including Harry...
Author
Publisher
Pitchstone Publishing / Independent Publishers Group
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
While belief in religious supernatural claims is waning throughout the West, evidence suggests belief in nonreligious supernatural claims is on the rise. What explains this contradiction? How can a society with a falling belief in God have a rising belief in ghosts, psychic powers, ancient astronauts, and other supernatural or pseudo-scientific phenomena? Taking the same anthropological approach he employed in his notable studies of religion, atheist...
Author
Publisher
Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Mirror man, mirror man Persuthen If you don't love me, who then? Mirror man, mirror man Persuthen Prove your love for me before the night ends. Turn off the lights and with this simple chant in the mirror, the Persuthen will come for you. It will come to prove its love for you and it won't stop until it does. The chant and the mirror will bring you darkness, it'll bring your fate, it will bring the Persuthen...Marvin Barchester, a new age detective,...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The paranormal is a subject of endless fascination to the book-buying public. There is an insatiable appetite for tales of UFOs, ghosts, bigfoot, and other features of our world that are frequently reported by eyewitnesses but are not yet accepted by science as being genuine phenomena or events. This little book introduces the reader to the world of the paranormal and entertains them with numerous anecdotes, snippets of information and lists of events....
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
With a nearly three-hundred-year history, Prince William County has its share of haunted tales and scary spots. Ghosts still haunt the battlefield at Manassas, including the Ben Lomond Plantation, site of a Civil War-era hospital. The jailhouse in Brentsville keeps many of its captives in ghostly form. The Weems Botts House, home of George Washington's biographer, Parson Weems, is still haunted by the spirit of one of its owners. Local author and...
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A rambunctious group of five college friends steal away for a weekend of debauchery in an isolated country cabin, only to be attacked by horrific supernatural creatures in a night of endless terror and bloodshed. As the teens begin to exhibit standard horror movie behavior, a group of technicians in a control room are scrutinizing and sometimes even controlling every move the terrified kids make. Do they have any chance of escape?
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