The screenwriter and noted film critic makes his fiction debut with this brilliantly crafted modern tale--part Neil Gaiman, part Guillermo Del Toro, part William S. Burroughs--that charts the lives of two boys, from their star-crossed childhood in a realm of magic and mystery to their anguished adulthoods.

Ricky's plan to get revenge on Tasha for kicking him off the school paper backfires when the message he sneaks into the paper inviting creeps to call Tasha gets printed with his number instead and the calls he gets are from real Creeps--complete with scaly purple skin and long sharp fangs.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The shark-versus-man classic that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg movie—now in a fiftieth anniversary edition with an exclusive foreword from the author’s wife, renowned ocean conservation advocate Wendy Benchley
“A tightly written, tautly paced study of terror.”—The Washington Post
A great white shark terrorizes the beautiful summer getaway of Amity...

In an isolated stretch of eastern Kentucky, on a hilltop known as Blade Ridge, stands a lighthouse that illuminates nothing but the surrounding woods. For years the lighthouse has been considered no more than an eccentric local landmark-until its builder is found dead at the top of the light, and his belongings reveal a troubling local history.For deputy sheriff Kevin Kimble, the lighthouse-keeper's death is disturbing and personal. Years ago, Kimble...

"In the caves beneath an Italian lake, the fossil of a creature older than the earth has been disinterred. In the Judaean desert, a legendary parchment has been discovered. One reveals the secrets of Heaven. One foretells an impending Hell. And deciphering their message has been left to paleontologist Carter Cox--a man of science whose faith in the empirical is about to be shaken by forces of evil beyond imagining."--P. [4] of cover

Neville is essentially the last man on earth, and the loneliness of his situation is the central part of the story. Matheson is able to communicate Neville's emotional feelings vividly, making him very real. We gradually acquire the story of the deaths of Neville's wife and daughter, essentially experiencing the pain he goes through when these memories overcome him. We watch him drink himself into a stupor as each night finds him besieged in his fortified...

More than 10,000 years ago a race of shepherd people colonized the banks of the river Ai in a land called Mnar. Craving more land, a group of these hardy people migrated to the shores of a lonely and vast lake at the heart of Mnar, founding the metropolis of Sarnath. But the settlers were not alone.

Britney Crosby encounters an old ventriloquist's dummy with a lively secret - and a wicked plan. Soon afterwards she receives an invitation to an amusement park where all is not as it seems. Who - or what - is summoning kids to HorrorLand? Britney and her friends must find out fast - or remain trapped forever in the scariest place on Earth!

Seven scary stories to tell at night in front of a fire or in the dark, based on traditional stories and folktales from various countries.