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Included are fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, poetry, and
short stories that are sure to raise the hairs on the back of
your neck. Each book includes title, author, call number
(where to find it at Uni!), and a short description from NoveList.
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Clay
Almond, David
Fiction Al68c2006
The developing relationship between teenager Davie and a mysterious
new boy in town morphs into something darker and more sinister when
Davie learns firsthand of the boy’s supernatural powers.
Thirsty
Anderson, M.T.
Fiction An2375t 1998
From the moment he knows that he is destined to be a vampire, Chris
thirsts for the blood of people around him while also struggling to remain
human.
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Bradbury, Ray
Fiction B7261so1998
Story of two young boys who begin to encounter evil secrets when a
lightning rod salesman gives them one of his contraptions covered with
mystical symbols.
Homebody: A Novel
Card, Orson Scott
Fiction C178ho1999
After losing his daughter in a car wreck, Don Lark buries himself in
the work of restoring a magnificent, long-neglected Southern mansion,
but when he unearths an old tunnel in the cellar, he stirs up the
demons of the house's tragic past.
Coraline
Gaiman, Neil
Fiction G141co2002
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door
into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own,
where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself,
her parents, and the souls of three others.
Neverwhere
Gaiman, Neil
Fiction G141ne2001
After he helps a stranger on a London sidewalk, Richard Mayhew
discovers an alternate city beneath London, and must fight to survive
if he is to return to the London he knew.
Love Curse of the Rumbaughs
Gantos, Jack
Fiction G158l
A young woman named Ivy, who made a shocking discovery in her small
western Pennsylvania town when she was seven years old and learned a
surprising secret nine years later, questions whether she has inherited the
Rumbaugh curse of having excessive love for one’s mother.
Dolores Claiborne
King, Stephen
Fiction K587do1993
Forced by overwhelming evidence to confess her life of crime, Dolores
Claiborne, a foul-tempered New Englander, describes how her
disintegrating marriage years before caused her heart to turn murderous.
The Green Mile (Series)
King, Steven
The story of a convicted killer on death row and one of the prison guards assigned there.
The Two Dead Girls
Fiction K5872gT1996
Mouse on the Mile
Fiction K5872gM1996
Coffey’s Hands
Fiction K5872gCo1996
Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix
Fiction K5872gb1996
Night Journey
Fiction K5872gN1996
Coffee on the Mile
Fiction K587gC1996
Insomnia
King, Stephen
Fiction K5872in1995
Old Ralph Roberts hasn’t been sleeping well lately. Every night he
wakes up just a little bit earlier, and pretty soon, he thinks, he won’t
get any sleep at all. It wouldn’t be so bad, except for the strange
hallucinations he’s been having. Or, at least, he hopes they are
hallucinations-because here in Derry, one never can tell
It
King, Stephen.
Fiction K5872it1987
It began--and ended--in 1958 when seven desperate children searched
in the drains beneath Derry for an evil creature, but in 1985, Mike Hanlon,
once one of those children, makes six phone calls and disinters an
unremembered promise that sets off the ultimate terror.
Salem’s Lot
King, Stephen
Fiction K5872sa1976
The small Maine town of Jerusalem's Lot, or 'Salem's Lot as the natives
call it, has become what appears to be a ghost town. Its streets, however,
are deserted only in the daylight hours, for the villagers have turned into
vampires (Booklist).
Blood And Chocolate
Klause, Annette Curtis
Fiction K668b1999
Having fallen for a human boy, a beautiful teenage werewolf must battle
both her packmates and the fear of the townspeople to decide where she
belongs and with whom.
The Transition of H.P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness
Lovecraft, H.P.
Fiction L897ro1996
One of the most influential practitioners of American horror, H.P. Lovecraft
inspired the work of Stephen King, Anne Rice, and Clive Barker. As he
perfected his mastery of the macabre, his works developed from seminal
fragments into acknowledged masterpieces of terror.
Gil’s All Fright Diner
Martinez, A. Lee
Fiction M36622g
Welcome to Gil's All Night Diner, where zombie attacks are a regular
occurrence and you never know what might be lurking in the freezer.
Cirque du Freak
Shan, Darren.
Fiction Sh181c
Darren Shan is just an ordinary schoolboy who enjoys hanging out with
his three best friends. Then one day they stumble across as invitation to
visit the Cirque du Freak, a mysterious freak show. Only two tickets are
available, so they draw straws to see who will go. As if by destiny, Darren
wins one, and what follows is his horrifying descent into the dark and bloody
world of vampires.
Everlost
Shusterman, Neal.
Fiction Sh93e
When Nick and Allie are killed in a car crash, they end up in Everlost,
or limbo for lost souls, where although Nick is satisfied, Allie will stop
at nothing--even skinjacking--to break free.
The Hunt
Sizemore, Susan
Fiction Si00La1999
As the blood lust of the vampires of Los Angeles begins to take over, it
is up to the Enforcer, Selim, to keep them under control, but his life and
the life of Siri, his mortal love, are threatened by a would-be betrayer who
is out to violate his community's most sacred law.
Tantalize
Smith, Cynthia Leitich
Fiction Sm539t
When multiple murders in Austin, Texas, threaten the grand re-opening of
her family's vampire-themed restaurant, seventeen-year-old, orphaned
Quincie worries that her best friend-turned-love interest, Keiren, a
werewolf-in-training, may be the prime suspect.
Dracula
Stoker, Bram
Fiction St6d1992
The classic tale of the bizarre Carpathian count, who drank human
blood to stay alive, and the Englishman who knew his secret.
The Grounding of Group 6
Thompson, Julian F.
Fiction T3743gr1997
Teenage backpackers from an exclusive boarding school find themselves
the target of contract killers.
The Evil Within
Augustyn, Brian
GN Au46ou2002
Brooklyn Dreams
DeMatteis, J.M.
GN De36br2003
Dream Country
Gaiman, Neil
GN G127dr
Four chilling and unique tales, including the World Fantasy Award-winning
story of the first performance of Shakespeare’s A midsummer night’s dream
with art by Charles Vess. Also contains Gaiman’s original comic book script
for Calliope.
Preludes and Nocturnes
Gaiman, Neil
GN G127sp1995
Dream of the Endless, also known as the Sandman, had been imprisoned
for 70 years. After his escape, the Sandman must reclaim his realm, The
Dreaming, as well as his articles of power
Season of Mists
Gaiman, Neil
GN G127ss1992
Ten thousand years ago, the Sandman condemned his one true
love to the pits of Hell. When his sister Death convinces him this
was an injustice, Dream journeys to Hell to rescue his lost lover--
just as Lucifer Morningstar decides to abdicate his throne, leaving
the Key to Hell in the hands of the Sandman.
B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth & Other Stories
Mignola, Michael
GN M636b
Hellboy: Weird Tales Volume 2
Mignola, Michael
GN M636h:W2
The Amyityville Horror
Anson, Jay
133.4 AN8A
The World of Ghosts and the Supernatural
Cavendish, Richard
Q.133 C315W
The Complete Vampire Companion: Legend and Lore of the Living Dead.
Guiley, Rosemary
133.423 G945C
Horrors from Screen to Scream: An Encyclopedic Guide to the Greatest Horror and Fantasy Films of All Time.
Naha, Ed
Reference Q.791.43703 N14H
Secrets of the Supernatural: Investigating the World’s Occult Mysteries
Nickell, Joe
133 N532S
No Go the Bogeyman: Scaring, Lulling, and Making Mock.
Warner, Mariana
700.453 W246n
The Mammoth Book of the Supernatural
Wilson, Colin.
133 W692M
Covers the history and practice of occultism from primitive man to the present day.
A Whisper in the Night.
Aiken, Joan
823 AI4WH
The Whistling Skeleton: American Indian Tales of the Supernatural
Bierhorst, John (ed.)
398.208997 W579
Includes nine mystery tales told by Pawnee, Blackfoot, and Cheyenne storytellers in the late nineteenth century.
The Freak Show: Freaks, Monsters, Ghouls, Etc.
Haining, Peter (ed.)
823.08 F87
The Gentlewomen of Evil: An Anthology of Rare Supernatural Stories from the Pens of Victorian Ladies.
Haining, Peter (ed.)
823.08 G289
The Ghouls
Haining, Peter
808.83 H126G
A collection of short stories from horror masters such as Stoker, Poe, Bradbury, Leroux, and Hawthorne.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to be Read with the Lights On.
Hitchcock, Alfred
823.08 Al2827
Tales of Fear & Frightening Phenomena: An Anthology.
Hoke, Helen (ed.)
823.08 T1432
The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein.
Hoobler, Dorothy
823 Sh4frYh
Carmilla and 12 Other Classic Tales of Mystery
Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
Fiction l519ca
Why Am I Grown So Cold?: Poems of the Unknowable
Livingston, Myra Cohn
808.81937 W622
An anthology of poetry dealing with strange phenomena for which there is no rational explanation.
Ask the Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World.
Olson, Arielle North, and Howard Schwartz (eds.)
398.27 As47
Horror Stories
Price, Susan and Harry Horse (eds.)
813 H786 1995
A collection of horrorstories by such noted authors as Joan Aiken, Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, and Leon Garfield.
Werewolf!
Pronzini, Bill (ed.)
808.83 W492
Halloween Horrors
Ryan, Alan. (ed.)
813.08 H158
The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories.
813.08 T922
The Scary Story Reader: Forty-one of the Scariest Stories for Sleepovers, Campfires, Car & Bus Trips—Even For Dates!
Young, Richard J. and Judy Dockrey Young (eds.)
398.25 SCA78
A collection of scary urban legends and other modern-day horror tales preserved by oral tradition, including "Hook-arm," "The Call from the Downstairs Phone," and "Give Me Back My Guts!"
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