Victor Godwin's orderly life is upended when he discovers that Benjamin Franklin never actually died—he was put into suspended animation and hidden away for more than 200 years in Victor's basement! After an accident reawakens Ben, Victor must not only help him adjust to the modern world but also help him overcome a slight flaw—when Ben runs low on energy, he turns into a rampaging monster desperately hungry for electricity! All this while trying to take first place in the school science fair. With one of history's preeminent scientists helping out, what could go wrong?
Benjamin Franklinstein Meets the Fright Brothers
Before Victor and Benjamin Franklin can figure out why he awoke from his 200 - plus years of sleep, giant bat planes and mysterious attacks bring mayhem to Philadelphia. Only two of history's inventors could pilot such high-flying creations - the famous Wright brothers! But the red-eyed brothers don't seem quite like themselves...
The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod #1: Eighth Grade Bites
Thirteen-year-old Vladimir Tod has a secret: his mother was human, but his father was a vampire. With no idea of the extent of his powers, Vlad struggles daily with his blood cravings and his enlarged fangs, but then faces bigger problems when he finds out he is being hunted by a vampire killer.
Welcome to a world where everything seems normal, at least, at first. But the sinister and truly terrifying lurk just beneath the surface. This wicked collection of eighteen macabre tales combining both Horowitz Horror and More Horowitz Horror will send shivers up your spine.
Imagine being trapped forever in someone else's nightmare, with no means of escape. Or caught on one of the most terrifying roller coasters of all time, when suddenly the tracks ahead just disappear. Enter the world of Darkness Creeping, where hollow-eyed skulls arrive in the mail and nothing is as it seems. Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner and beloved author Neal Shusterman walks on the dark side with this classic collection of masterfully creepy stories so horrifying, you may have to read them twice to remind yourself they're not real.
Dinkin Dings is afraid of everything. Join him on his frightfully fun adventures as he encounters frightening things, doubles from Dimension 9, and learns the curse of clawfingers!
Fear: 13 Stories of Suspense and Horror
Turn the pages if you dare... In this collection of thirteen fabulously chilling stories from thirteen true masters of suspense, including five New York Times bestsellers and a number of Edgar Award nominees, all edited by none other than R. L. Stine, nothing is what it seems.
It starts with a phone call. "I'm dying," a voice tells Dusty. Who belongs to this strange voice and how has he gotten her cell number? Dusty wants no part of it, but becomes drawn in to this whirlwind mystery.
Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody
It's bedtime in the cold gray tomb with a black lagoon, and two slimy claws, and a couple of jaws, and a skull and a shoe and a pot full of goo. But as a little werewolf settles down, in comes the Goon determined at all costs to run amok and not let any monster have his rest.
Runaway Mummy: A Petrifying Parody
The petrifying parody of the classic, Runaway Bunny! A little mummy transforms into a series of incredible monsters in order to run away and assert his independence. His mother keeps coming to "get" him, but this little mummy has a mind of his own.
Ickstory: The History of Vampires and Other Real Blood Drinkers
Separating fact from fiction, from Bram Stoker's Dracula to real cultures all over the world, this easy-to-read book will horrify and delight readers for hours as they learn about vampires and blood drinkers throughout history.
One night, a boy goes into a dark, dark house, up the dark, dark stairs, through a dark, dark door, where he finds a dark, dark trunk and EEK! Inside the trunk is a truly scary monster! The boy races out of the house with the monster in pursuit and finds safety in a tree.
Monster Squad #1: The Slime That Would Not Die
Jesse Ranger was just an average kid with an obsession for Oswald Leery's B-Monster movies until he discovered a dangerous secret: Leery's special filming process brought his movie monsters to life and now they've escaped the screen! Something must be done, but how do you trap a B-Monster, especially one made of slime?
For excitement-hungry orphan Ivo sets out with a hag, a wizard, and a troll to save a princess from the dreaded Ogre of Oglefort. But when they get to the ogre's castle, the rescuers are in for a surprise: the princess doesn't need saving, but the depressed ogre does!
Cal was infected by a parasite that has a truly horrifying effect on its host. Cal himself is a carrier, unchanged by the parasite, but he's infected the girlfriends he's had since he dated the mysterious Morgan. All of have turned into the ravening ghouls Cal calls Peeps. The rest of us know them as vampires. And Cal must hunt them all down.
A mysterious epidemic holds the city in its thrall and the chaos is contagious?black oil spews from fire hydrants, rats have taken over brooklyn, and every day, more people disappear. but all that matters to pearl, Moz, and Zahler is their new band. they ignore the madness around them and join forces with a vampire lead singer and a drummer whose fractured mind can glimpse the coming darkness. will their music stave off the end of the world... or summon it?
Set against the gritty apocalypse that began in Peeps, The Last Days is about five teenagers who find themselves creating the soundtrack for the end of the world.
The Slayer Chronicles: First Kill
The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod is sinking its fangs into readers every day. Now, Heather Brewer brings us the other side of the story, from the perspective of Vlad’s former friend turned mortal enemy: campire slayer Joss Macmillan.
Splurch Academy #1: The Rat Brain Fiasco
When Cody Mack is called to the principal's office yet again, he finds something far worse than detention awaiting him: Splurch Academy, a frightfully sinister boarding school for disobedient children run by a group of monstrous teachers.
Years ago, scientists began developing the ultimate military weapon: deadly sleeper assassins housed within the bodies of teenagers. Now Subject Seven, the dangerous alter-ego living inside a 16-year-old boy, has escaped the lab and is on a mission. His objective? To seek out others like him and build an army capable of destroying their creators.
Imagine a world ruled by Werelords--men and women who can shift at will into bears, lions, and serpents. When Drew suddenly discovers he's not only a werewolf but the long-lost heir to the murdered Wolf King's throne, he must use his wits and newfound powers to survive in a land suddenly full of enemies.
Meet a hero, a wise old grandmother, and the most gruesome, grotesque gang of witches imaginable!
Best friends Raymond and Graham have waited their whole lives for fourth grade, when they'll rule the school at East Millcreek Elementary. But things don't go quite as planned once Raymond gets stuck with the most embarrassing line in the school play! Can he find a way out of it, or will he be humiliated in front of everyone?
