library: Reading: Creepy Thrillers

Things That Go Bump In the Night by Patrick Carman

3:15 Season One Things That Go Bump in the Night by Patrick Carman
Publication Date: 2011-09-01
Read, watch, and listen to each chilling story in 15 minutes or less! 3:15 means several things. It's a time when things go bump in the night. A place where spooky stories find a home. A feeling... that chill running down your spine. "3" stands for listen, read, and watch. Because that's what you do with a 3:15 story. "15" is for how long it's going to take you: Fifteen minutes or less. This collection of standalone, spooky shorts boasts urban legends, creature features, and campfire ghost stories - all re-imagined for the 21st century. Step into the world of 3:15 and you'll meet Cody Miller, a down-on-his-luck teenager whose greed exceeds his respect for the dead; Jamie Hanover, whose after-school job might cost far more than it pays; Dylan Smith, who should know better than to show off his snowboarding skills on a haunted mountain; and more. Don't get too attached to any of them.

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dracula by Jamel Akib (Illustrator); Bram Stoker; Arthur Pober (Afterword by); Tania Zamorsky (Abridged by)
Publication Date: 2007
Dracula, that compelling creature of the night, continues his neck-biting ways in a version of the novel that children will devour. Moving from Transylvania to London, the timeless vampire serves up thrills and chills as he imprisons and terrorizes the innocent Jonathan Harker, and then goes after his fianc#65533;e, Mina, and her friend Lucy. From creepy, insect-eating Renfield to Dr. Van Helsing--who valiantly fights Dracula's evil--the characters and drama are spellbinding.

Halloween Activities in the JRC

Halloween Room

Goosebumps

The Five Masks of Dr. Scream by R. L. Stine
Publication Date: 2011-07-01
A super creepy extra-long Halloween adventure in the Hall of Horrors!

Ghostworks by James Lee

Hocus Pocus Freeze Dance!

Halloween Writing Competition

Halloween Writing Competition

Brick Dracula and Frankenstein

Brick Dracula and Frankenstein by John McCann; Monica Sweeney; Brothers Grimm; Amanda Bracks; Becky Thomas
Publication Date: 2014
Get caught up in the two most famous scary stories of all time depicted in LEGO bricks! Creep your way through the shadowy sets of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula in this amazing brick adaptation. With one thousand color photographs, these stories and their monsters come alive in full plastic horror! Stare in awe as Dr. Frankenstein brings his brick monster to life in a risky science experiment, and brace yourself as the creature steps out into the world. Travel to Count Dracula's giant brick castle in Transylvania, and beware as he taunts his prey in the night. Watch brick Van Helsing discover the cause of poor Lucy's illness, and follow him as he prepares his plot to save her. These classic horror stories are retold with a classic construction toy, staying true to their original forms in this modestly abridged collection. For young readers, LEGO adorers, and devotees to gothic literature, Brick Frankenstein and Dracula is a mesmerizing new take to the founding tales of fright!

Eerie Books

Hunter and Collector by S.Carey
Call Number: F. CAR
Publication Date: 2013
She called herself Mrs Hunter, although that was not her real name. No one on Earth could pronounce that. She had chosen the name Hunter because the word had a meaning all of its own. When Mrs Hunter collects William she thinks she has found the perfect prey but she may have met her match. An alien-invasion story about the kind of hunting and collecting that makes your skin crawl.

Horror calls you! Yes YOU!

Dear Reader,

You hold, in your sweaty, human hand, one of a series of Eerie books all dripping with horror and awfulness. As your wander further into each terrible tale, fear will grip you, fright will freeze your brain and you will not want to turn the page.

But you must! Because the horror will call irresistibly to you. It will say, 'Come, see how petrifying I am! Imagine the ghastliness of what is about to happen! Turn the page! Turn the page!'

And you will. For I, S. Carey, Curator of the Eerie Series, and my gruesome friends, Ivor Bloodlust from the Eastern European Gore Pits, Iza Gonagetyoo from the Fellowship of Monsters and Terry Fye, from Melbourne, have clawed the world for the most eerie stories we could find. Terry's sister Petra would have helped but she's not allowed out. Miss you, Petra.

So, enjoy yourself my frightened friend. May the hairs stand up on the back of your neck and ruin you collar. May your skin creep and crawl right off your bones. May your ... well, you get the idea.

Yours Sinscarily,

S. Carey