Children's / Teenage fiction: Horror & ghost stories, chillers

When Pete, Krish, and Nancy read a story in the local paper about weird gunk being found in a field where sheep have gone missing next to Hilltop House, they're sure there's a mystery to be investigated. The new research farm at Hilltop is working on the creation of new bio-fuels, but when a stor...

Angelo and his friends have faced some truly fearsome foes, from mind-controlling parasites to deadly monsters of the deep and giant spiders to vampire birds - but their adventures aren't over yet! Dread Wood High is suffering from an infestation of caterpillars. But these are no ordinary caterpi...

There's nothing out of the ordinary about ten-year-old Ella Griffin. Until she's forced to move to the seaside town of Cod's Bottom and everything changes. In search of adventure, Ella stumbles into an old abandoned theatre, but all is not as it seems. Because the theatre isn't empty, it's haunte...

After facing down an evil hag, a thieving skele-crow and an army of the undead, ten-year-old Theodora Hendrix is certain she can handle anything - that is, until she meets the unpleasant Inspector Shelley and her even more unpleasant pet rat. Shelley and Ratsputin have come to spy on the MLM, and...

Senara has never been in love before. She's not done anything exciting before. Always the sidekick. Until the summer that changes everything. Cliff House is closed off for most of the year until its rich Londoner owners come down to Cornwall for the summer. This year, despite herself, Senara find...

With the tide turned against the Dead, Peter and the remaining community on Wranglestone prepare to leave for town, where the comforts of the world before await them. Could this be the home that finally brings both safety and unity for all?

Martha can tell things about a person just by touching their clothes, as if their emotions and memories have been absorbed into the material. It started the day she fell from the tree at her grandma's cabin and became blind in one eye. Determined to understand her strange ability, Martha sets off...

Uncle Montague lives alone in a big house and his regular visits from his nephew give him the opportunity to relive some of the most frightening stories he knows. But as the stories unfold, a newer and more surprising narrative emerges, one that is perhaps the most frightening of all.

After a long school day, a young girl falls asleep on her bus, only to be awakened by a monstrous creature. The beast claws at the bus's hood! It rips apart the engine! Can the girl stop the creature before this bus ride becomes a nightmare?

When Ben's imaginary friends cross over from the imagined world to the real world, he has no idea of the trouble it will cause. Luckily Skeleton Keys is on hand to ensure a smooth transition of the imaginaries into the real world.