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The Black Tattoo (YA ENT)

by Sam Enthoven

When his best friend, Charlie, is possessed by an ancient demon, fourteen-year-old Jack, accompanied by a girl with superhuman powers, battles all over London and into Hell to save him.

Coraline (YA GAI)  

by Neil Gaiman

Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.

Gothic!: Ten Original Dark Tales (YA GOT)

edited by Deborah Noyes

Drawing on dark fantasy and the fairy tale as well as horror, ten acclaimed authors pay homage to the gothic tale in wide-ranging stories of the supernatural and surreal.

Cry Havoc (YA FOR)

by James D. Forman

An Army experiment gone wrong unleashes upon a quiet village a group of large and vicious killer animals, and fifteen-year-old Cathy Cooper watches her world turn into a bloody nightmare.

Look for Me by Moonlight (YA HAH)

by Mary Downing Hahn

While staying at the remote Maine inn run by her father and pregnant stepmother, sixteen-year-old Cynda finds solace in the attentions of a charming but mysterious guest.

Blood and Chocolate (YA KLA)

by Annette Curtis Klause

Having fallen for a human boy, a beautiful teenage werewolf must battle both her packmates and the fear of the townspeople to decide where she belongs and with whom.

The Book of Dead Days (YA SED)

by Marcus Sedgwick

With the help of his servant and an orphan girl, a magician named Valerian searches graveyards, churches, and underground waterways for a book he hopes will save him from a pact he has made with evil.

The Boy Who Couldn’t Die (YA SLE)

by William Sleator

When his best friend dies in a plane crash, sixteen-year-old Ken has a ritual performed that will make him invulnerable, but soon learns that he had good reason to be suspicious of the woman he paid to lock his soul away.

College Weekend (YA STI)

by R.L. Stine

But when Tina and Holly arrive at Patterson College, Tina’s boyfriend Josh is gone. His roommate, Christopher, says Josh is stuck in the mountains, delayed by car trouble. Josh never mentioned he was going away and suddenly Holly disappears. Christopher seems to have the answer to everything while Tina is confused. But one thing is clear -- she's about to learn more about love and murder than she ever wanted to know.

Buried Fire (YA STR)

by Jonathan Stroud

When the unearthing of a broken, ancient cross unleashes the power of a long-buried dragon, Stephen, Sarah, and Tom try to stop the dragon's awakening--even though it means fighting their own brother, Michael, who has fallen under the dragon's evil spell.

Being Dead: Stories (YA VAN)

by Vivian Vande Velde

A collection of seven supernatural stories that all having something to do with ghosts and death.