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Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror by Clive Barker; Stephen B. Jones (Compiled by)
Call Number: P96.H65 B37 1997
ISBN: 0061052779
Publication Date: 1997-04-01
A volume compiled from the BBC television miniseries offers a personal tour of the real stories and people who inspired Barker's work, from serial killers and rebel artists to legendary monsters and Hollywood stars.
Coraline 10th Anniversary Edition by Neil Gaiman; Dave McKean (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.G1273 Co 2003
ISBN: 9780380807345
Publication Date: 2012-04-24
This edition of New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman's modern classic, Coraline--also an Academy Award-nominated film--is enriched with a foreword from the author, a reader's guide, and more. When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go. Coraline will have to fight with all her wit and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life. Neil Gaiman's Coraline is a can't-miss classic that enthralls readers age 8 to 12 but also adults who enjoy a perfect smart spooky read.
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales by Edgar Poe (Introduction by)
Call Number: PS2602 .B62 1980
ISBN: 0451516591
Publication Date: 1960-10-01
The eerie tales of Edgar Allan Poe remain among the most brilliant and influential works in American literature. Some of the celebrated tales contained in this unique volume include three stories sure to make a reader's hair stand on end - "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Masque of the Red Death."
Halloween by Nicholas Rogers
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780195349108
Publication Date: 2002
Boasting a rich, complex history rooted in Celtic and Christian ritual, Halloween has evolved from ethnic celebration to a blend of street festival, fright night, and vast commercial enterprise. In this colorful history, Nicholas Rogers takes a lively, entertaining look at the cultural origins and development of one of the most popular holidays of the year. Engagingly written and based on extensive research, Halloween is the definitive history of the most bewitching day of the year, illuminating the intricate history and shifting cultural forces behind this enduring trick-or-treat holiday.
Haunted America by Matt Chandler
Call Number: PZ7. A 2014
ISBN: 9781515795414
Publication Date: 2014
This series sends readers on a spine tingling tour of America. They will travel from coast to coast and uncover some of America's most hauntingly frightful places. With eerie images and quotes from real visitors of the spooky sites, readers won't want these tours to end!
Hocus Pocus and the All-New Sequel by A. W. Jantha; Matt Griffin (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.1 .J3887 2018
ISBN: 9781368020039
Publication Date: 2018-07-10
Shortly after moving from California to Salem, Massachusetts, Max Dennison finds himself in hot water when he accidentally releases a coven of witches, the Sanderson sisters, from the afterlife. Max, his sister, and his new friends (human and otherwise) must find a way to stop the witches from carrying out their evil plan and remaining on earth to torment Salem for all eternity. Twenty-five years later, Max and Allison's seventeen-year-old daughter, Poppy, finds herself face-to-face with the Sanderson sisters in all their sinister glory. When Halloween celebrations don't quite go as planned, it's a race against time as Poppy and her friends fight to save her family and all of Salem from the witches' latest vile scheme.
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
Call Number: PS3523.E7993 R67 2017
ISBN: 9781681774664
Publication Date: 2017-03-07
Rosemary Woodhouse and her struggling actor husband Guy move into the Bramford, an old New York City apartment building with an ominous reputation and mostly elderly residents. Neighbors Roman and Minnie Castavet soon come nosing around to welcome the Woodhouses to the building, and despite Rosemary's reservations about their eccentricity and the weird noises that she keeps hearing, her husband takes a shine to them. Shortly after Guy lands a plum Broadway role, Rosemary becomes pregnant--and the Castavets start taking a special interest in her welfare. As the sickened Rosemary becomes increasingly isolated, she begins to suspect that the Castavets' circle is not what it seems
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Three Books to Chill Your Bones by Alvin Schwartz; Stephen Gammell (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ8.1.S399 Sch 2019
ISBN: 9780062968975
Publication Date: 2019-07-30
All of the Scary Stories books are now available in one hardcover. These stories are some of the most terrifying tales of horror, revenge, and supernatural events of all time, collected and retold by Alvin Schwartz and featuring the classic artwork by Stephen Gammell.

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Coraline 10th Anniversary Edition

This edition of New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman's modern classic, Coraline--also an Academy Award-nominated film--is enriched with a foreword from the author, a reader's guide, and more. When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go. Coraline will have to fight with all her wit and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life. Neil Gaiman's Coraline is a can't-miss classic that enthralls readers age 8 to 12 but also adults who enjoy a perfect smart spooky read.