Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers

Hell hath no fury like a woman scornedHigh atop a hillside sits Nightmare Hall.

Jess can't wait to start freshman year at Salem University-but her new dorm room has a terrifying pastThere's a reason why they call it Nightmare Hall .

Looks can be deceiving .

College can really drive a person crazy .

For new recruit Nicki, college tennis becomes a match to the deathA scholarship to college is what every high school student dreams about.

A twisted psychopath carries out the ultimate revenge .

Rachel is haunted by terrifying visions of death-and all of them are coming trueRachel Seaver is having visions.

It's payback time when an accidental fire sends an avenging stalker after a group of college friendsVictory Alexander and her buddies are celebrating Salem University's big team win with a barbecue in the woods.

By moonlight, a psychotic teenager unleashes a terrifying evil on Salem UniversityEve Forsythe has been chosen to cochair Salem U's annual Founders' Day celebration, and she is determined to make sure everything goes off without a hitch.

In the Deep Woods of Dudleytown takes place in the Connecticut forest, not far from the charming town of Cornwall, under the shadow of three mountains: Bald, Woodbury, and Coltsfoot.

Background on TommyTommy had just had his eighth birthday party.

There's a mystery happening at school!

I sit up and reach for my afghan at the end of the bed.

Free-spirited and more than a little rebellious, seventeen-year-old Jewel Cardwell isnt too thrilled when she gains admission to Grayton Preparatory School, a prestigious, girls-only, top-notch private institution nestled in the South African farmlands of Limpopo.

The world is in turmoil.

A thunderstorm rocks a strange-looking bus on its way to school.

After school, a boy boards an odd-looking bus.

After play rehearsal, schoolchildren board a bus that no one recognizes.

Aboard a strange-looking bus, a girl hears whining coming from a hatch beneath her seat.

Jake Prescott thinks he's finally in luck when magician Augustus Towers asks him to be his assistant.

Simone Yang is afraid of heights.

It's the Assistant Librarian's birthday!

Small, valuable things have been disappearing from the Library, including from a locked room.

Dozens of tiny paw prints in the Library break room?

A moon shines indoors, bats fly through the stacks and a wolf howls in the distance.

As a little kid, Val was intrigued by anything to do with the supernatural.

Pine Island is a remote getaway for campers and hikers.

People of North America are no stranger to ghost stories, but some terrifying tales have stood the test of time.

People of Europe are no stranger to ghost stories, but some terrifying tales have stood the test of time.

On a morning like any other, a young boy gets on his school bus, but the passengers are anything but ordinary.

After an away game victory, a bus full of American football players heads back home.

After a long school day, a young girl falls asleep on her bus, only to be awakened by a monstrous creature.

A young girl slides into the first-row seat of her school bus.

After detention, a young boy steps aboard the late bus.

During a field trip, a school bus takes students on a detour due to road construction.

Coulrophobia - the fear of clowns.

Malik Jackson has never told anyone about his terror of the dark.

Dolls are sweet and innocent, right?

Lately, whenever Anders looks in a mirror, he sees more than his own reflection.

Birdy got his name when a forest worker found him up in a tree as a small child.

Hans works faithfully for seven years building a new sewage system.

A jar of jam and a swarm of flies start off this not-quite-normal adventure.

Mama Goat has seven little kids who are pretty clever for their age.

Zach Lopez has just moved to Devil's Pass and is missing his old home already.

Evie Allen is smart wicked smart.

Tiffany Donovan has a lot of responsibility as class prefect not the least of which is the annual cake sale.

Jeff Allen needs a new phone.

The dark, secluded biography section at the back of the ancient public library is not a place many people want to visit.

On the way home from a friend's house late one night, Bradley takes a shortcut through the graveyard.

When she discovers a pair of mysterious shoes under her bed one night, Daphne decides to try them on.