Jess is eager to start school . . . until she learns a girl killed herself in Jess's room. And she's not entirely gone . . .
Horror book author Victoria McCoy, the new Salem writer-in-residence, knows how to make horror come to life. So Reed is thrilled when McCoy hires her as her new assistant...until she finds out that McCoy's previous assistants have all disappeared.Then frightening things start happening to Reed......
Finding her seemingly perfect life haunted by a series of strange occurrences, Cassidy is frustrated by rumors that she is losing her mind, until a fall down the stairs and an encounter with poison prove that someone wants Cassidy dead. Original.
It's funny, Funhouse was so full of holes and places that required great suspension of disbelief. Yet I really quite liked it. Maybe that's due to my nostalgia; Funhouse was one of the earliest Point Horror books I owned as a kid. (That said, The Fever was the first one I had, and was one of my f...
This action-packed big summer read focuses on the lives of several teenage passengers aboard the ill-fated "Titanic".
It is April 1913, the first anniversary of the fateful night on the Titanic. Those who survived the disaster in Titanic: The Long Night have lived with their memories for one year, but it has been a constant struggle dealing with the grief and shock, and memories of those who didn't survive.After...
She appears in Megan's mirror one day, nothing more than a wispy, shadowy plume, glowing with an eerie light. Her voice is faint and hollow, like a distant echo. The voice of a young girl.Strangest of all is her request."I beg you to trade places with me, Megan. For just one week. Let me live aga...
Someone on a motorcycle is driving wildly through campus, terrorizing innocent pedestrians.Echo Glen is sure she knows who it is. She accuses Pruitt, a surprisingly geeky guy. Echo won't tell if she can have one thrilling ride on his Harley-Davidson. But the ride isn't thrilling, it's terrifying....
A bonfire seems like the perfect way for Tory and her friends to celebrate. But when the winds gust and the fire gets out of control, everyone panics and tries to escape. Later, they realize their friend, Hoop, isn't with them--they left him there to die. Now someone wants to make them pay with t...
Finding herself locked in a soundproof room by a madman, coed Tanner tries every means of freeing herself, causing her terrifying captor to lock her in a coffin-shaped box that offers a slim chance for escape--or eternal imprisonment.
Rachel is haunted by grisly dreams after she becomes the only one who sees deadly images hidden in a series of grisly paintings at an art exhibit--except for the psychotic art major who did the paintings.
The forthcoming prom at Toomey High is overshadowed by a series of brutal slayings that replace taffeta and tiaras with mayhem, and students suspect that one of the Pops, an elite clique of girls, may be the killer.
When a mysterious night stalker begins roaming the campus and attacking people during the wee hours of the morning, all clues point to Quinn Hadley, a sleepwalker.
When Maxie McKeon pledges Omega Phi Delta, she figures she's got it made. She loves her new sisters. And everyone knows Omegas throw the best parties and go out with the cutest guys.But someone on campus isn't crazy about the sorority.That person is just, well, crazy.And he—or she—is determined t...
On the campus of Salem University, Johanna Dunn's beautiful face is scarred in an accident and a crazed perfectionist decides that Johanna is now too ugly--to live. Original.
THE SOUND went unheard in a room raucous with music and laughter. The figure that had been thrown off the deck arched up, up, and out into the air before beginning his rapid spiral downward. Arms and legs flailed wildly, grasping outward for something to stop his flight. Alex could feel his mouth...
Everyone knew the hill on the far side of the old railroad bridge crossing the Salem River behind campus was dotted with caves, large and small. The bridge was supposedly off limits to all students because of its state of disrepair, a rule generally ignored by all but the most timid souls. The ri...
Hot . . . hot . . . so hot . . . flames burning . . . tormenting her parched, dry skin, setting it on fire . . . What . . . what is it? Sounds . . . noises . . . ripped into her tortured sleep. No . . . no . . . she doesn't want to wake up . . .no . . . leave me alone, she...
I wanted desperately to turn, to run, to get out of there and tell myself I hadn’t seen anything out of the ordinary. I wanted Mindy not to be lying on the floor, unconscious. For one tiny moment, I was very, very angry with her for letting this happen. Why hadn’t she been more careful? Because s...
It boiled furiously, covering twice the area he knew it usually did. He and Simon had come here to fish. The day they’d gone fishing, this creek had been a quiet, peaceful, silvery stream meandering tranquilly through the woods. Now, it looked like a wild river. He and Simon had walked across it,...
Link hadn’t shown up to walk her to the pine grove, and she’d enjoyed being alone. But now, looking up at the door and remembering the call from Karen, her stomach felt as if gremlins were gnawing at her. At the same time, she couldn’t wait to get inside. Strange, conflicting feelings. Shaking he...
Out of the horrible box - free! Someone was holding her… Mack… Mack was holding her in his arms, her face against the softness of his flannel shirt. Hannah's eyes struggled to focus. Slowly, the milky cloudiness disappeared as realization dawned. As it did, the sensation of being trapped in t...
Then she decided to do what everyone had urged. She went back to her room, burrowed beneath the covers, and slept until Thursday morning. “It’s like you were dead, if you’ll pardon the expression,” Andie said as they dressed for class. “I talked to you when I came in last night, told you everythi...
Nan? Beautiful, flawless Nan had been the child hidden away for years because of a disfiguring birthmark? “Oh,” Nan said softly, gazing down at Jo with clouded eyes, “you’re here. I’d forgotten.” Her eyes cleared as she snapped back to reality. “What are you staring at?” And then, as if she’d rea...
A wristwatch. The band was plain brown leather, the kind Helen wore. And the sheriff wouldn't have that look on his face if he didn't already know who the watch belonged to. Ms. Gross had given Helen that watch, so of course it had to have her initials on it somewhere. Helen nodded, and reached o...
She knew she must look frightening. Her skin had to be as white as marble, she was unsteady on her feet, her eyes bulging. They might not think much of it now … a fight with a boyfriend, a bad grade? … but later, when they heard about Dr. Stark, they’d put two and two together and get … well, wha...
Her face was no longer flushed with fever, and she smiled as she looked up at Charlie, who sat beside her bed holding her hand. Jodie, found tied and gagged but alive in the basement of Dr. Leo’s house, lay in the bed next to her. Other than several ugly bruises on Jodie’s chin from a rough landi...