The Gathering Dark
A collection of ten horror stories, dealing with cemeteries, evil towns and more.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
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Tales To Keep You Up At Night
Ignoring a handwritten warning from her grandmother, Amelia reads an old book she finds in the attic, and as elements from the stories begin to come to life around her, she realizes that she may be in a spooky story of her own.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: books and reading, witches, blessing and cursing, family life, horror fiction, thrillers (fiction), horror fiction [X], novels, families, horror tales [X], horror stories, witch fiction
These Fleeting Shadows
To claim her inheritance, Helen Vaughan must spend one year in her ancestral home, Harrowstone Hall, and with her life and sanity at stake, she must unravel Harrowstone's secrets, an endeavor that forces her to question everything she knows about her family and herself.
FIC
year:
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
subjects: family secrets, horror tales [X], inheritance and succession, mansions, mothers and daughters, secrecy, horror fiction, mother-daughter relationship, horror fiction [X], novels, psychological fiction, thrillers (fiction)
Needful Things
Leland Gaunt opens a shop called Needful Things where there is something for everyone, but of course there is always a very high price to pay.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 910
subjects: murder, cities and towns, stores, retail, horror tales [X], homicide, retail stores, horror fiction [X]
The Violence
"Chelsea Martin appears to be the perfect housewife . . . but Chelsea's husband has turned their house into a prison.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: horror tales [X], abused wives, violence, virus diseases, thrillers (fiction), horror fiction [X], suspense fiction, mystery fiction
Patrick Carman's Skeleton Creek Is Real
"One person claims to have evidence that proves Skeleton Creek is anything but fiction.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: diaries, detective and mystery stories, horror tales [X], mystery and detective stories, horror stories, diary fiction, detective and mystery fiction, horror fiction [X]
Bookmarks Of Blood
"After accepting a free bookmark from a stranger, Mara is in danger of being forced into a ghoulish book club unless the Librarian can rescue her"--OCLC.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 510
subjects: bookmarks, librarians, book clubs (discussion groups), horror tales [X], horror stories, horror fiction [X]
The Haunted Handwriting
"In the dark a detached human hand wearing a black ring seeks someone to read the words of the magic spell it writes: a spell that will bring the evil Dr.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: librarians, hand, incantations, good and evil, horror tales [X], magic, horror stories, horror fiction [X]
This Appearing House
"A strange house appears on Jac's street on the five-year anniversary of her cancer diagnosis, and when she gets trapped inside she will have to confront horrors from her past to find a way out"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
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Took
"They say that a ghost witch lives in the woods, up on Brewster's Hill.
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year:
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
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Extasia
In a postapocalyptic world, sixteen-year-old Saint Amity joins a coven and sets out on a quest to summon the Devil in order to protect her village, which is controlled by group of pious elders.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: witches, saints, magic, anger, revenge, secrecy, supernatural, horror fiction [X], witch fiction, paranormal fiction, apocalyptic fiction, horror tales [X], secrets, horror stories
Darkroom
"Beatrice know she doesn't have many followers. Nobody wants to watch her living her ordinary life.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: apparitions, fear, application software, horror tales [X], supernatural, ghosts, horror stories, horror fiction [X], ghost stories, paranormal fiction
Once Upon A Scream
Stuck helping her eccentric aunts in their dusty antique shop, Dawn accidentally awakens Maleficent, who casts a mysterious sleeping spell over the town, forcing Dawn to put an end to this nightmare.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: sleep, characters and characteristics in literature, horror tales [X], characters in literature, horror stories, maleficent, horror fiction [X]
Eyes In The Sky
Ethan has a recurring nightmare of two huge eyes staring at him from the night sky, but somehow this seems more than a dream.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: horror tales [X], nightmares, extraterrestrial beings, alien abduction, siblings, horror stories, aliens (fictional characters), horror fiction [X]
What We Saw
When a woman is found dead in the woods, Abbi and Skylar realize they hold the key to solving her murder, and as tensions rise and their friendship frays, they must choose between keeping a secret or exposing a life-altering truth.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 35
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: dead, murder, friendship, horror tales [X], horror stories, thrillers (fiction), horror fiction [X]