The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, “each the other’s world entire,” are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that…
Included in this volume of J. Sheridan Le Fanu's marvellous ghost stories are "Madam Crowl's Ghost"; "Squire Toby's Will"; "Dickon the Devil"; "The Child That Went with the Fairies"; "The White Cat of Drumgunniol"; "An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street"; Ghost Stories of Chapelizod, including "The Village Bully," "The Sexton's Adventure," "The Specter Lovers"; "Wicked Capta…
This remarkable collection of stories, first published in 1872, includes Green Tea, The Familiar, Mr. Justice Harbottle, The Room in le Dragon Volant, and Carmilla. The five stories are purported to be cases by Dr. Hesselius, a 'metaphysical' doctor, who is willing to consider the ghosts both as real and as hallucinatory obsessions. The reader's doubtful anxiety mimics that of the protagonist, …
Sunday, gadis berdarah Ambon yang tak pernah melihat Ambon, mendedikasikan hidupnya untuk membantu dan mengurus anak-anak panti asuhan tempat dia juga diasuh. Semua anak menyukainya dan menjadi sahabatnya, kecuali Emola—yang juga seorang gadis Ambon, tetapi berperilaku misterius dengan masa lalu yang gelap. Sejak mereka pindah ke panti asuhan baru dan menemukan sebuah bilik tersembunyi yan…
As zombies overrun London, B battles moral dilemmas and a growing sense of hopelessness at every turn.
A fantastical mix of spellbinding retelling of classic stories such as Cinderella, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, and Rumpelstiltskin, along with unsettling tales inspired by other children's classics, all interspersed with the original tales of their inspiration.
Presents thirteen stories, selected for teenagers, from Dahl's adult writings, including "The Great Automatic Grammatizator," "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat," and "Vengeance is Mine Inc." Tales of horror and hilarity packed with imaginative characters, quirky plots, and surprise endings.
A story of respectable Dr Jekyll's strange association with the 'damnable young man' Edward Hyde; the hunt through fog-bound London for a killer; and the final revelation of Hyde's true identity is a chilling exploration of humanity's basest capacity for evil.
Ten suspenseful, supernatural tales inspired by African American history from the time of slavery to the civil rights era.
A teenager wakes up in the woods, horrified to discover a bloody knife in her hand and a dead body at her side and, lacking all memory of who she is, begins to suspect that someone has stolen her mind.
Frankenstein is a deeply disturbing story of a monstrous creation, which has terrified and chilled readers since its first publication in 1818.
Mr. Shevvington is the handsome principal at Christina's school, and his wife is the English teacher. They seem perfect. When the autumn fog rolls over the coast, Christina and Anya board at the Shevvington's home, and Christina discovers nothing is as it seems. There is evil at work. Anya is slowly losing her mind, and Christina knows the Shevvingtons are behind it. Now they turn their attenti…
A collection of twenty-five stories, with illustrations from the original 1935 publication.
The nail-biting vampire thriller from the world-famous director of Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy. The night belongs to them, and it will be a night eternal...After the blasts, it was all over. Nuclear Winter has settled upon the earth. Except for one hour of sunlight a day, the whole world is plunged into darkness. It is a near-perfect environment for vampires. They have won. It is their time. Al…
by Kathleen Olmstead ; illustrated by Jamel Akib.
When Jake Johnson heard about the Crispy Crunchy Cocoa-Flakes Win-a-Bike Sweepstakes, it sounded like the contest of his dreams. Little did he realize that it would turn into his worst nightmare! Who would have ever imagined that a few ordinary toy lizards from a cereal box could suddenly turn into a living, breathing army of miniature monsters, capable of wreaking havoc on the entire Johnson h…
Contents: Party -- Dance -- Graduation First published in separate volumes