Summary: "A cemetery full of the restless dead. A town so wicked it has already burned twice, with the breath of the third fire looming. A rural, isolated bridge with a terrifying monster waiting for the completion of its summoning ritual. A lake that allows the drowned to return, though they have been changed by the claws of death. These are the shadowed, liminal spaces where the curses and monsters...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publishing Co. 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction BovalinoIrving, Washington
Summary: Collection of four stories of strange and unexplainable circumstances. A headless horseman haunts Sleep Hollow. At least that's the legend in the tiny village of Tarrytown. But scary stories won't stop the town's new schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane, from crossing through the Hollow, especially when the beautiful Katrina lives on the other side. Will Ichabod win over his beloved or discover that the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION IRVSummary: A selection of unsettling stories--one in graphic form along with two poems--by such authors as Ray Bradbury, William Sleator, Robert Service, Edward Gorey, Roald Dahl, Jane Yolen, and Mr. Stine himself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC StineDahl, Michael
Summary: In Ravenville's library there is a special, hidden room for biographies of local people, but when Darren enters the room looking for a book to use for a homework assignment he discovers that there is something hungry living among the shelves, and people who enter rarely come out--and that is only one of the scary stories in this collection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED DAHStine, R. L.
Summary: A collection of ten scary stories with brief introductions by the author.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC STIHopkins, Ellen
Summary: Fifty two different stories. Fifty two different Authors. Endless fright for all ages. Every state has an urban legend that evokes fear and curiosity in equal parts, and we've chronicled all of these logic-defying horrors here in the Haunted States of America anthology. From the Jersey Devil to La Llorona, each story included introduces a new chill inducing, stomach churning monster, spectre,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HOPSummary: Offers a collection of eighteen spooky stories featuring characters from popular Disney movies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2017
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Summary: A pair of mysterious magic shoes appears every night under Daphne's bed, and they give her the ability to walk through solid objects, like a phantom, but there are consequences for wearing them--and that is only one of the chilling stories in this collection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy Plus, Call number: JBR RED DAHSummary: A collection of new and exclusive short stories inspired by, and in tribute to, Shirley Jackson. Chilling, human, poignant and strange, her stories have inspired a generation of writers and readers. This anthology, edited by legendary horror editor Ellen Datlow, will bring together today's leading horror writers to offer their own personal tribute to the work of Shirley Jackson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHECawthon, Scott
Summary: "A forbidden artifact from her fiancé's past beckons to Selena. Jessica leads a double-life from her friends and coworkers in the children's wing of a hospital. Maya can't resist the temptation to explore an off-limits area of Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex. But in the world of Five Nights at Freddy's, everything comes with a price to pay"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CAWRogers, Andrea L.
Summary: Tsalagi should never have to live on human blood, but sometimes things just happen to sixteen-year-old girls. Making her YA debut, Cherokee writer Andrea L. Rogers takes her place as one of the most striking voices of the horror renaissance. Horror fans will get their thrills in this collection, from werewolves to vampires to zombies, all the time-worn horror baddies are there. But so are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC ROGSummary: Presents an anthology of spooky and scary tales for children that features such supernatural elements as mysteriously appearing tattoos and ghostly encounters in dark hallways.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SCICawthon, Scott
Summary: Have you ever experienced a gut feeling that told you something was wrong? . . . Caden senses the underwater animatronics in Freddy's Fantasy Water Park have a mind of their own. Robbie knows deep down that the minds of the members of the Fazbear Fan Club have been taken over by something. And Abe can't shake the feeling that the animatronic assistants in his Fazplex Tower apartment are hiding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CAWStine, R. L.
Summary: A collection of ten scary stories with brief introductions by the author.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC STISchwartz, Alvin
Summary: Seven scary stories to tell at night in front of a fire or in the dark, based on traditional stories and folktales from various countries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1984
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SCHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE SCHAllen, Josh
Summary: A collection of thirteen short stories that reveals frightening secrets lurking in everyday objects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ALLNance, Andrew
Summary: A middle-grade collection of scary stories that weave into a larger mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC NANStine, R. L.
Summary: A collection of ten scary stories with brief introductions by the author.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC STISummary: A collection of thirteen original ghost stories, some in rhyme, by Blaise Hemingway and Jesse Reffsin, accompanied by illustrations by Chris Sasaki and Jeff Turley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GHOAllen, Josh
Summary: "A collection of thirteen scary stories with shocking twists on everyday reality, from an innocent set of dark, dusty basement stairs to a piano recital that requires unusual sacrifices"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ALLDahl, Michael
Summary: One morning Ella gets an odd text message from a friend, about a strange girl who is showing up in Ella's selfies, and as the messages keep coming the girl with a monkey head keeps getting closer and closer--and that is only one of the chilling tales in this collection of scary stories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2016
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Summary: There are plenty of chills in this compilation of four separately published books of scary stories: The stranger on the stairs, The doll that waved goodbye, The voice in the boys' room, and The phantom on the phone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2016