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What happens when a talking fish, a runaway dog, and a herd of hog-like creatures descend on the woods behind Cody Brachman's house? An absolute nightmare! His friend Sam wanted to stay inside and play video games all day, but Cody insisted they go wading in the creek. What starts as a fun morning in the water quickly turns into the scariest day the two friends have ever experienced.

Ray Gordon loves to scare his younger brother, Brandon. It's not hard considering Brandon is terrified of everything—loud noises, roller coasters, and especially the wooden dummy, Slappy, that Ray got from Jonathan Chiller's HorrorLand gift shop. In order to throw his big New Year's Even party, Ray's parents make him promise to leave Brandon alone. But strange, mean-spirited things keep happening to his little brother, and Slappy always seems to be around for it. Could those words Ray read out loud actually have brought the dummy to life?

Sam Waters desperately wants a pet. Too bad his parents don't think he's responsible enough and will barely let him keep the weird Insta-Gro animal from the HorrorLand gift shop. To prove he's responsible, Sam takes an after-school job in a pet store that sells nothing but hamsters. To his horror, Sam soon finds that cute little hamsters can become very UNCUTE monsters. Suddenly, Sam isn't fighting for a pet-he's fighting to survive!

The fog shimmered up over the dark grass, over the bent, scraggly trees. Covering the hill, covering the old graveyard. Spencer Levy heard the horrifying moan. Though the windowpane, he heard a long, low moan floating from the hill. Human and animal at the same time. So cold. So sad. So near...

L'amour de votre vie vaut-il tous les sacrifices y compris la mort ? Mystérieuse et d'une beauté irréelle, la nouvelle élève, Anna, fait tourner la tête de Cory, le garçon le plus populaire du lycée de Shadyside. Tout en elle l'obsède... au point qu'il en perd le sommeil. Délaissant ses amis et ses entraînements, il ne vit plus que pour ses baisers. Mais que cache l'extrême pâleur d'Anna ? Quand la jeune fille disparaît soudainement, Cory est bien décidé à découvrir son secret. Mais osera-t-il se rendre jusque chez elle, dans l'inquiétante Fear Street ?

Elle voulait un peu d'aventure, l'expédition va virer au cauchemar... Della a rejoint le club de randonnée pour vivre des aventures trépidantes avec ses amis. Leur moniteur ne peut pas les accompagner sur Fear Island ?Tant pis pour lui, tant mieux pour eux. Mais quand Della se perd en forêt et tombe nez à nez avec un individu inquiétant, l'excursion prend une tournure terrifiante. Menacée, elle se débat... et précipite son agresseur dans le ravin !

Une fête surprise révèlera-t-elle les secrets enfouis ? Cela fait un an qu'Evan est mort dans la forêt derrière Fear Street. Un an que le groupe d'amis de Meg s'est brisé, et qu'elle a déménagé. Depuis, ils ont tous changé. Même Tony, le petit ami de Meg, semble cacher des choses. La fête surprise que cette dernière organise pour le retour d'Elle sera-t-elle l'occasion de réunir le "gang", comme au bon vieux temps ? Mais quelqu'un semble prêt à tout pour gâcher la fête : appels anonymes, menaces, vandalisme... Meg est terrifiée !

A frighteningly fun audiobook adventure from two monstrously talented children's book icons - Marc Brown and R.L. Stine! Are you are afraid of monsters? Do they make you shiver and shake and shut your eyes really tight at night? Welcome to The Little Shop of Monsters! Do you want a sneezer? A tickler? Or one of the creepiest monsters of all? Come on in and choose your favorite, if you dare (before one of them chooses you!).

Can You Keep a Secret is a game Danny and his friends like to play. But they soon find out it isn't easy to play games - when a werewolf comes to town!

When Ira Fishman wins a prize in the machine outside a candy store, he’s disappointed it’s not the squirt gun he had his eye on. The little black plastic box looks like a camera, but when Ira presses the green button on top, nothing happens. After dinner that night, Ira can’t believe what he sees in his room: a boy with the same clothes - and face - as Ira! He tries to get this second Ira to leave, but it’s no use. Deciding to have a little fun, Ira makes the boy go to school in his place - but it’s a disaster.

Emmy and her friends have been kept after school before - but never this late. The sky has turned to night. The school is dark and empty. Has everyone forgotten about them? The terror gets intense as they begin to wonder if they have been locked in school forever!

I thought I knew everything there was to know about my parents, like what they always eat for breakfast. Then one morning, everything changes. Mom suddenly hates tea and loves cornflakes and Dad’s scarfing down poached eggs like there’s no tomorrow - which, by the way, there may not be unless I can figure out what’s gone wrong. Can it really be that Mom and Dad have been replaced by aliens from another world? And what the heck happened to our dog?

When Sam and Monica arrive at Aunt Rhonda's house, she tells them, "Enjoy exploring my old house. But whatever you do, don't go into Dougie's room!" Why not? The girls wonder. Can they resist opening that mysterious door?

On the first day of school, Artie falls out of his bed and hits his head. Hard. He tells his mom he's dizzy, and she says: "You’re just worried about your first day in a new school." On the second day of school, Artie falls out of bed and hits his head. Hard. He tells his mom he's dizzy, and she says: "You’re just worried about your first day in a new school." Huh?

Joseph has always had such good fortune that his nickname is Lucky. His luck has come in thirteens. He’s the thirteenth of his parents’ thirteen children. And both of his parents were thirteenth children. But just before his thirteenth birthday, his luck is about to change. Two mysterious visitors warn him that if he collects thirteen thirteens by midnight on his thirteenth birthday, he’ll unleash a terrible curse. And as soon as they leave, Lucky’s streak goes from good to bad.

Danny Marin thinks the comic-book super-hero Shrinkman is the coolest! Shrinkman can shrink to the size of a bug and go places most ordinary people can’t. But when Danny suddenly starts to shrink, he finds that being small isn’t really so super. In fact, it’s terrifying. First, he’s nearly torn to pieces by his own dog. Then he’s in a fight to the death with a grasshopper! Danny had better find a way to get BIG again - or he will be a little bit gone!

What would happen if you accidentally cracked open a dinosaur egg - and the ancient, yellow yolk poured onto your skin? You wouldn't turn into a roaring beast - or would you?

I didn’t think it was such a great idea when my parents decided the family would spend the summer in a vacant house in a small town called Blairingville. Boringville seemed more like it. But as it turned out, this vacation was anything but boring. It all started when my brother and I looked in that closet marked OFF LIMITS. Now I’ve got a monster breathing down my neck!

Have you ever seen a mummy smile? Amy and David find out it isn't a pretty sight. Now, they're not smiling - they're SCREAMING!

Meet Mary McScary. Mary likes to be scary. She scares her mom, her dad, her pets, and even a balloon! But there's just one person Mary can't scare - her cousin, Harry McScary. He's not afraid of the usual things, like spiders, snakes, and other creepy crawlies. But Mary doesn't give up that easily, and one way or another she'll find a way to give Harry the scare of his life....