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The exorcist
Par William Blatty. 1971
Actress Chris MacNeil is filming a new movie in Washington, D.C. After playing with a Ouija board, her twelve-year-old daughter,…
Regan, begins exhibiting bizarre and macabre behaviors. Medical science doesn't help, so Chris appeals to the Catholic Church. A priest, Damien Karras, conducts an exorcism to try to rid Regan of the demon. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sexItalian fever: a novel
Par Valerie Martin. 1999
Lucy Stark is an assistant to novelist DV, who dies suddenly while writing a book in Italy. Lucy travels to…
Italy for his funeral, to retrieve his things, and to discover why he died. She is met by Massimo, an interpreter, who comes to care for her in many ways. Some descriptions of sex. BestsellerRebecca
Par Daphne Maurier. 1938
Rebecca, the glamorous mistress of a great English estate, died eight months before Maxim de Winter brought a young and…
frightened second wife to live there. Mystery, intrigue, and violence eventually reveal the circumstances surrounding Rebecca's deathChristine
Par Stephen King. 1983
Chilling, macabre love tragedy set in 1978 in Pittsburgh centers on teenage misfit Arnie Cunningham and his devotion to and…
ultimate possession by his '58 Plymouth Fury, "Christine." Eerie things happen from the day that Arnie buys the car for $250 from creepy old Roland D. LeBay. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. BestsellerSnake dreamer
Par Priscilla Galloway. 1998
Recurring nightmares about snakes so disturb Dusa that she becomes a research subject for two psychologists. Dusa is admitted to…
their clinic on a Greek island hoping to be cured, but mysterious happenings fill her with foreboding as she recalls the myth of Medusa. For senior high readersFinding Laura
Par Kay Hooper. 1997
Ever since childhood, Laura Sutherland has had a fascination with mirrors--she is searching for something in their reflections, although she…
isn't sure what it is. After she finds the right mirror at the Kilbourne family estate sale in Atlanta, she becomes a pawn in a struggle between the family matriarch, Amelia, and grandson Daniel. Some descriptions of sexMore than you know: a novel
Par Beth Gutcheon. 2000
Elderly Hannah Gray describes spending her seventeenth summer vacationing at a haunted house in Dundee, Maine, falling in love with…
local boy Conary Crocker, and trying to identify the ghost. Alternating chapters tell the century-old story of Claris Osgood, whose marriage to islander Danial Haskell leads to isolation, heartbreak, and murder. 2000Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus (Penguin classics)
Par Mary Shelley. 1985
The beasties
Par William Sleator. 1997
When Doug's family moves to a logging camp, he and his younger sister Colette encounter the beasties. Colette sympathizes with…
these underground creatures making war on the loggers. Doug fears the beasties because they mutilate humans to replace parts of their own maimed bodies. Now Colette and Doug are the next likely victims. Violence. For senior high and older readersFog heart
Par Thomas Tessier. 1998
Carrie is alarmed to see her father's ghost; he seems to be warning her about her husband, Oliver. Meanwhile Jan…
and Charley are tormented by memories of their infant daughter's death. Both couples turn to Oona, a troubled young medium. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1997Companions of the night
Par Vivian Velde. 1995
Returning to a laundromat at midnight to retrieve her brother's toy, sixteen-year-old Kerry is confronted by three men who are…
holding a young man named Ethan hostage. When she realizes the captors are determined to prove Ethan is a vampire, Kerry helps him escape. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readersDark dance
Par Tanith Lee. 1992
The terrifying tale of Rachaela Day, who reluctantly complies with her vampire father's demand that she live with his family.…
Details the events that lead to her daughter's destruction of some family members. Prequel to Personal Darkness (BR 10865). Violence, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some strong language. 1992Noctuary
Par Thomas Ligotti. 1994
A discussion of the genre of weird fiction, followed by twenty-seven short weird tales, presented in three parts. "The Medusa"…
probes the power of classical myth in modern life, "Conversations in a Dead Language" explores the tradition of trick or treating at Halloween, and "Autumnal" examines deathThe dancing floor
Par Barbara Michaels. 1997
Heather Tradescant has come to England to visit some of its famous gardens. One of her greatest hopes is to…
see the ones at Troytan House. When she is denied permission, Heather attempts to get a glimpse of the fabled landscape by crawling through a wall of thick brush. What awaits her is not what she expectsDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and other stories
Par Robert Stevenson. 1992
In the title story, a short psychological novel of the war between good and evil within the human personality, a…
kindly physician commits diabolical crimes when his suppressed personality is released. "The Body-Snatcher" and "A Lodging for the Night" pursue moral issues, "Markheim" and "Thrawn Janet" are stories about the supernatural, and "The Misadventures of John Nicholson" is a Gothic taleA fate totally worse than death
Par Paul Fleischman. 1995
The Huns are a group of very rich students at Cliffside High School. Earlier three Hun girls arranged the death…
of an outsider who tried to date a Hun. Now Helga, a new girl, is showing interest in a Hun boy. But as the girls make their plans for Helga, their bodies start aging rapidly. For junior and senior high readersEighteen stories of vampires down through history, from ancient Greece to the modern day. Some are tales of terror, while…
others seem poignant and even humorous. In the opening story, the undead spirit of a slain Athenian soldier returns to convince Socrates of death's horror and to guide him into the netherworld. ViolenceCarrie
Par Stephen King. 1974
A high school girl uses her secret powers of telekinesis, the ability to produce motion in objects by mind control,…
as a weapon to exact revenge on a New England town. Strong language and some violencePersonal darkness: second in the blood opera sequence
Par Tanith Lee. 1993
In this sequel to Dark Dance, the surviving Scarabae vampires settle in an elegant house outside London after being burned…
out by the young Ruth. She flees her clan and finds her way through London by drinking the blood of her unwitting hosts. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sexDarkness, I: third in the blood opera sequence
Par Tanith Lee. 1994
Continues the saga of the vampiric and elegant Scarabae. Rachaela gives birth to Anna, who may be a reincarnation of…
Rachaela's first daughter. Anna grows to adolescence in two years and is kidnapped to Cain's ancient and evil underground. Sequel to Personal Darkness (BR 10865). Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sex