The Phantom on the Phone

The Phantom on the Phone
Author: Michael Dahl
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 57
Release: 2015-12-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1496539117

Don't turn off the lights when reading this collection of spine-chilling tales. A strange, silent girl who only appears in phone pictures. A school prank with a Christmas elf that goes terribly wrong. A piece of chalk that draws frighteningly fast. A boy's bone-tingling encounter with the world's most awesome toothpase! With writing prompts and discussion questions to continue the fright, you'll be spooked long after you finish reading.

The Phantom on the Phone and Other Scary Tales

The Phantom on the Phone and Other Scary Tales
Author: Michael Dahl
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2016
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1496505972

One morning Ella gets an odd text message from a friend, about a strange girl who is showing up in Ella's selfies, and as the messages keep coming the girl with a monkey head keeps getting closer and closer--and that is only one of the chilling tales in this collection of scary stories.

The Stranger on the Stairs and Other Scary Tales

The Stranger on the Stairs and Other Scary Tales
Author: Michael Dahl
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2015-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1496505948

Six-year-old Brandon hates to go up the stairs to bed because there is always a man sitting there, a man only he can see, but tonight he closes his eyes and makes the climb with his mother watching, and then he hears his mother scream--and that is only one of the stories in this collection about all-too-real fears.

The Doll that Waved Goodbye

The Doll that Waved Goodbye
Author: Michael Dahl
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2015-12-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1496539095

In this collection of spine-chilling tales, a doll comes to life and haunts a little girl, a young writer only has one hundred words to let others know about an approaching danger, and a boy is trapped in an underground bunker with spooky people who have been missing for years and years. With writing prompts and discussion questions to continue the fright, you'll be spooked long after you finish reading.

Frightmares

Frightmares
Author: Michael Dahl
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2015-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1496524748

What if you only had one hundred words to warn humanity of a deadly danger? What if your favorite sci-fi movie suddenly turned into a real-life worst nightmare? What if a girl you've never seen before keeps showing up in photos on your cell phone? What if you hear a knocking sound in the middle of the night? In each of the 27 tales in this book, people are afraid. Very afraid. Read their stories. See if you share their fears. Because if you don't now . . . you will.

Spooky Texas

Spooky Texas
Author: S. E. Schlosser
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2008-08-13
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1461746442

Suitably, hauntings and paranormal happenings in the Lone Star state are larger than life. Included in this must-read collection are tales of the ghost lights of Marfa, the werewolf of Elroy, and the Devil’s brand in the eternal roundup of El Paso. Your hair will stand on end as you read about the mysteries and lore in Spooky Texas.

The Phantom Music Box

The Phantom Music Box
Author: Suzanne Weyn
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2014-08-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545588464

A mysterious music box from the Haunted Museum follows a young girl home in this spooky read by the author of The Titanic Locket. Don’t touch anything in the Haunted Museum! Emma would rather be at her ballet class than at the Haunted Museum, but she can’t miss her best friend’s birthday party. In a spooky exhibit of music boxes, she’s drawn to a particular one, in which a pair of dancers spin slowly to a haunting melody. But that very night, the music box shows up at her door—like it’s following her. Emma dances better than she ever imagined when the music box is playing. But that’s not all. Sometimes the music speeds up, and the dancers seem to move on their own. Emma finds the lid open, music playing, even when she knows she’d shut it before. And then an eye appears in the mirror inside the lid—someone is watching Emma! The more Emma learns about the history of the music box, the more she realizes she needs to break the hold it has over her before it’s too late. But the better she dances when the music plays, the less she wants to! Praise for The Titanic Locket “Hair-raising. . . . Weyn keeps unexpected chills coming. . . . A quick, jittery read.” —Publishers Weekly “Weyn ratchets up the eeriness . . . and quickly builds to a stormy climax.” —Kirkus Reviews

The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales

The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales
Author: Ruth Ann Musick
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1965-12-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780813101361

" West Virginia boasts an unusually rich heritage of ghost tales. Originally West Virginians told these hundred stories not for idle amusement but to report supernatural experiences that defied ordinary human explanation. From jealous rivals and ghostly children to murdered kinsmen and omens of death, these tales reflect the inner lives—the hopes, beliefs, and fears—of a people. Like all folklore, these tales reveal much of the history of the region: its isolation and violence, the passions and bloodshed of the Civil War era, the hardships of miners and railroad laborers, and the lingering vitality of Old World traditions.

13 Scary Ghost Stories

13 Scary Ghost Stories
Author: Marianne Carus
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780613720250

Thirteen scary stories from around the world. [An] absorbing collection of ghoulish, accessible tales.--Booklist