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The Horror at Camp Jellyjam

R.L. Stine · 136 pages

King Jellyjam's sports camp has it all, but the counselors seem too obsessed with winning. Also, the ground is always rumbling at night.

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The Spook's Apprentice

Joseph Delaney · 340 pages

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The Lake of Souls

Darren Shan · 282 pages

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Return of the Mummy

Francine Hughes

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Day of the Night Crawlers

Troy Cummings · 96 pages

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The Last Kids on Earth

Max Brallier · 240 pages

225 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm650L Lexile; 650L Lexile

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Killer Pizza

Greg Taylor

While working as summer employees in a local pizza parlor, three teenagers are recruited by an underground organization of monster hunters.

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Monster War

Dean Lorey

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Wicked!

Paul Jennings, Morris Gleitzman · 368 pages

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B.P.R.D., Vol. 8: Killing Ground

Mike Mignola, John Arcudi · 140 pages

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The Last Rakosh

F. Paul Wilson · 94 pages

Jack finds himself, and his friends, at a traveling carnival. During a look through the freak show, they come across what was believed to be extinct: a Rakosh. Or is it? Jack had made sure that the Rakoshi were dead --exterminated. Jack style. But now, somehow, there appears to be evidence of a Rakosh.

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Alvin Schwartz · 111 pages

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a timeless collection of chillingly scary tales and legends, in which folklorist Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time.

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Adrift

K.R. Griffiths · 382 pages

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Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction

Mike Mignola, John Byrne · 128 pages

When strangeness threatens to engulf the world, a strange man will come to save it. Sent to investigate a mystery with supernatural overtones, Hellboy discovers the secrets of his own origins, and his link to the Nazi occultists who promised Hitler a final solution in the form of a demonic avatar. " ... Hellboy is a brilliant example of how to elevate the comic of the future to a higher literar

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John Dies at the End

David Wong · 428 pages

This may be the story of John and David, a drug called soy sauce, and other-worldly beings invading the planet. Or, it may be the story of two beer-drinking friends who live in an unnamed Midwestern town and only think something horrific is going on. But the important thing is, according to the narrator, "None of this is my fault."

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The Isle of Blood

Rick Yancey · 557 pages

When Dr. Warthrop goes hunting for the "Holy Grail of Monstrumology" in 1888, twelve-year-old orphan Will Henry follows him to Socotra, plunging into depths of horror worse than anything he has experienced so far.

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B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs 4

Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, Guy Davis · 456 pages

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Lumberjanes Vol. 2

Noelle Stevenson, Faith Erin Hicks · 128 pages

"Five girls become instant best friends when they go to camp and discover there is a lot more to the summer than learning to how to paddle a canoe. Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types is not your average summer camp and Jo, April, Mal, Molly, and Ripley are not your average campers. Between the river monsters, magic, and myths, this summer is only jus

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Tentacles

Roland Smith

After the mysterious disappearance of their parents, Marty and Grace go to live with their scientist uncle and accompany him on, what soon becomes, an increasingly dangerous expedition to New Zealand to track a giant squid.

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Whistlers

Mark Tufo, John O'Brien · 270 pages

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The Great and Secret Show

Clive Barker · 688 pages

To possess the greatest power of all, the Art, two man-spirits are preparing to fight using their mortal offspring. But an innocent passion between two of the children escalates the war to a new ferocity. Book One in a new three-volume series from master horror author Clive Barker.

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The Beast House

Richard Laymon · 312 pages

Bestselling author Gorman Hardy is looking for ideas for his next novel. Tyler is bored and together with her friend Nora, they are looking for some excitement. Maybe Malcasa Point can provide both? Or maybe it will kill them all...

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What Stalks the Deep

T. Kingfisher · 179 pages

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Carved in Flesh

Tim Waggoner · 302 pages

"Reported sightings of a hellish hound and the discovery of newly dead desiccated corpses bring Sam and Dean Winchester to Brennan, Ohio. But when they catch the monster canine it turns out to be "Frankenmutt"; a reanimated patchwork of pieces from separate dogs. Soon the brothers are on a trail that leads from mad scientists and biotechnology to a centuries-old alchemists, walking corpses, and an

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