The
Afterlife / Soto, Gary. After he is stabbed to death,
seventeen-year-old Chuy lingers long enough to watch the reactions of
his family and friends while getting to know some other ghosts.
The
Beasties / Sleator, William. In this modern horror
tale, Doug and his younger sister discover a race of weird underground
people who remove the arms and legs of their victims.
Book
of Shadows / Tiernan, Cate. Morgan isn't interested
in witchcraft until she meets Cal, a high school senior who is a Wiccan
and who draws Morgan into his world.
Cat
in Glass: And Other Tales of the Unnatural / Etchemendy, Nancy.
Eight spooky and suspenseful stories that will captivate brave
readers.
Companions
of the Night / Vande Velde, Vivian. A sixteen-year-old
finds herself caught in a life-and-death chase after she helps an injured
man who may be a vampire. Also by Vivian Vande Velde:
Being
Dead,
A
Coming Evil,
Never
Trust a Dead Man,
There's
a Dead Person Following My Sister Around.
Dark
Garden / Buffie, Margaret. Thea, who suffers from
amnesia after an accident, begins hearing voices, one of which belongs
to a young woman who died tragically years before.
Dark
Starry Morning: Stories of This World and Beyond / Patneaude,
David. Six eerie tales about encounters with the unknown and the
supernatural.
Darkest
Hour / Carroll, Jenny. Suze's ability to communicate
with ghosts comes in handy as a skeleton turns up in her backyard and
she falls for a phantom called Jesse.
Demon
in My View / Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Seventeen-year-old
Jessica, who writes fiction about vampires and witches, finds her imagined
world coming to life.
Doom
Stone / Zindel, Paul. A slimy, truly evil creature stalks
the moors and inhabits the mind of the protagonist's aunt. Also
by Paul Zindel:
Loch.
Full
Tilt / Shusterman, Neal. A suspenseful drama in which
sixteen-year-old Blake must tackle frightening rides at a mysterious
carnival and face his own worst fears in order to save his daredevil
older brother Quinn.
Ghost
Behind the Wall / Burgess, Melvin. David finds more
than he expects when he ventures into his building's ventilation system.
Ghostwise:
A Book of Midnight Stories / Yashinsky, Dan. A collection
of 35 short but chilling stories of the supernatural and ghosts.
Hostilities:
Nine Bizarre Stories / MacDonald, Caroline. Nine
tales with strange, unsettling themes and Australian locales.
House
Next Door / Cusick, Richie Tankersley. Emma dares
to spend a night in a haunted house and becomes caught up in a struggle
to free a spirit from the past in this tale of supernatural suspense.
Locked
in Time / Duncan, Lois. Nore's father marries into
a family that somehow never seems to age. Also by Lois Duncan:
Night
Terrors: Stories of Shadow and Substance,
Stranger
with My Face,
Summer
of Fear.
Night
School / Cooney, Caroline B. Four California teens
enroll in a mysterious night school course and encounter an evil instructor
and their own worst character defects.
Operating
Codes / Manns, Nick. A suspenseful tale of supernatural
presences and espionage in which two young children and their father
become embroiled.
Ozark
Ghost Stories / Young, Richard. Spooky Ozark stories
are the focus of this horror anthology, including old favorites and less
well-known jokes and tales.
Playing
with Fire / Karr, Kathleen. This story about the
occult takes place in 1920s New York and involves Greer and her spiritualist
mother.
Queen
of the Cold-Blooded Tales / Brown, Roberta Simpson. A
collection of 23 contemporary horror stories.
Restless:
A Ghost's Story / Wallace, Rich. Sports and the supernatural
take center stage in seventeen-year-old Herbie's life after he becomes
aware of a ghostly being on a run through the graveyard.
Rosey
in the Present Tense / Hawes, Louise. After the death
of his girlfriend, seventeen-year-old Franklin can't stop living in the
past until the ghost of Rosey and his family and friends help him accept
his loss and begin to think of the present.
Secret
Whispering Springs / Garretson, Jerri. A ghost and
a mysterious stranger alert Cassie to potential danger, and a potential
fortune, in this suspenseful adventure.
Shades
of Simon Gray / McDonald, Joyce. After a crash that
some see as a suicide attempt, Simon lies in a coma attended by a ghost,
his bed watched over by contemporaries who are worried that he will awake
and reveal their cheating on tests.
Sights
/ Vance, Susanna. Baby Girl has the ability to see the future,
but this does not help her to cope with her abusive father or to escape
the usual traumas of adolescence.
Sorcerers
of the Nightwing / Huntington, Geoffrey. Magic and
mystery abound in this horror story featuring a young teenager with superpowers
who is a sorcerer in the Order of the Nightwing.
Sweet
Whispers, Brother Rush / Hamilton, Virginia. A fourteen-year-old
girl who cares for her older, retarded brother meets a charming ghost
who reveals secrets of her past.
Tunnels
of Blood / Shan, Darren. Darren Shan, teenage half-vampire,
sets out to investigate a spate of recent killings for which he believes
his vampire master might be responsible. Also by Darren Shan:
A
Living Nightmare,
The
Vampire's Assistant,
Vampire
Mountain,
Trials
of Death,
The
Vampire Prince.
Vampire
and Werewolf Stories / Durant, Alan. Eighteen stories
make up this classic Gothic horror anthology about vampires and werewolves.
Vampire
High / Rees, Douglas. A flunking Cody is sent to
Vlad Dracul Magnet School where he finds classmates very strange, but
he soon adapts to their vampire nature.
When
Nobody's Home / Gorog, Judith. A collection of 15
terrifying (supposedly true) tales on the theme of babysitting.
Whispers
from the Dead / Nixon, Joan Lowery. After being saved
from drowning, Sarah is able to communicate with dead spirits. Also by
Joan Lowery Nixon:
The
Haunting.
Whistle,
the Grave, and the Ghost / Strickland, Brad. A silver
whistle frees a woman vampire, drawing Lewis Barnevalt and his friends
into suspenseful adventures battling an ancient threat.
Wish
List / Colfer, Eion. Meg's mix of good and bad deeds
leaves her poised between heaven and hell, and she is sent on a mission
that will tip the balance one way or the other.