The Curiosities
Collects short stories of supernatural fiction from the website www.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 40
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 870
The Revenge Of The Wizard's Ghost
While thirteen-year-old Johnny Dixon lies dying, possessed by an evil spirit, his friends, an elderly professor and a schoolmate, try to find some way to free him.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 870
The Graveyard Plot
While packing up his grandfather's belongings, twelve-year-old Damon Germaine and his companion Jaina find a treasure map that leads them to a graveyard--but in Ravens Pass things are rarely what they seem to be.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 410
subjects: supernatural, buried treasure, cemeteries, horror fiction, treasure troves, paranormal fiction [X], horror tales
Emperor Mage
When she is sent as part of the delegation from Tortall to negotiate a peace treaty with Carthak, fifteen-year-old Daine must use her powers to communicate with animals for more than healing the Carthak emperor's dying birds.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: human-animal communication, supernatural, fantasy, sarrasri, daine (fictitious character), sarrasri, daine (fictional character), paranormal fiction [X], fantasy fiction
Second Glance
When an old man puts a piece of land up for sale in Vermont, the local Abenaki Indian tribe protest, claiming it is a burial ground, and when odd, supernatural events start plaguing the town, a ghost hunter is hired by the developer to help convince residents that there is nothing spiritual about the property.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: cemeteries, drifters, supernatural, eugenics, native americans, vermont, abenaki indians, indians of north america, paranormal fiction [X], picaresque literature, love stories
Winter's Tale
Centers around the affair of a middle-aged Irish burglar and a young girl named Beverly Penn, who is dying of consumption in a mansion on the Upper West Side of New York City.
FIC
year: 1995
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: immigrants, reincarnation, supernatural, irish americans, thieves, historical fiction, upper west side (new york, n.y.), burglars, paranormal fiction [X], robbers and outlaws, historical fiction, fantastic fiction, love stories
Andromeda Klein
High school sophomore Andromeda, an outcast because she studies the occult and has a hearing impairment and other disabilities, overcomes grief over terrible losses by enlisting others' help in her plan to save library books--and finds a kindred spirit along the way.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: occultism, tarot, hearing impaired, people with disabilities, books and reading, california, family life, libraries, handicapped, occult fiction, family, paranormal fiction [X], families
Ghost Town
While developing a new system to maintain defenses in Morganville, Texas, seventeen-year-old Claire Danvers discovers a way to amplify vampire mental powers which has an unexpected side-effect of causing residents--both human and vampire--to forget who they are.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: supernatural, vampires, memory, colleges and universities, texas, college stories, universities and colleges, paranormal fiction [X]
Starstruck
Sixteen-year-old Dough is surprised when her long-distance boyfriend returns after four years and still finds her beautiful, despite her seventy-pound weight gain, until Dough learns that he is a member of the Luminati--an ancient cult of astrologers who can manipulate the stars to improve their lives.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: love, astrology, supernatural, obesity, love stories, new jersey, overweight persons, paranormal fiction [X], romance fiction, love stories
There Is No Dog
When the beautiful Lucy prays to fall in love, God, an irresponsible youth named Bob, chooses to answer her prayer personally, to the dismay of this assistant, Mr.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: god, supernatural, zoos, romance fiction, humorous fiction, love stories, paranormal fiction [X]
Hush, Hush
High school sophomore Nora has always been very cautious in her relationships, but when Patch, who has a dark side she can sense, enrolls at her school, she is mysteriously and strongly drawn to him, despite warnings from her best friend, the school counselor, and her own instincts.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
subjects: schools, supernatural, angels, dating (social customs), best friends, high schools, friendship, school stories, school stories, occult fiction, paranormal fiction [X], spanish language
Fracture
After falling through the ice of a frozen lake and being resuscitated by her best friend Decker, seventeen-year-old Delaney begins experiencing a strange affinity for the dead and wonders whether she is predicting death or causing it.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 21
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
Practical Magic
The tale of Gillian and Sally Owens, two sisters brought up by elderly aunts in a world of magic spells and exotica.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Rags & Bones
Inspired by classic stories, twelve contemporary authors reinterpret the tales for today's readers.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: paranormal fiction [X], short stories, american, fairy tales, science fiction, short stories, supernatural
The Splendor Falls
Dark secrets linking two Alabama families and their Welsh ancestors slowly come to light when seventeen-year-old Sylvie, whose promising ballet career has come to a sudden end, spends a month with a cousin she barely knows in her father's ancestral home.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: interpersonal relations, chihuahua (dog breed), dogs, cousins, dancers, alabama, chihuahuas (dog breed), paranormal fiction [X], pets, animals