Trepidation

Trepidation

Chrissy Peebles

Young Adult

When a deluded scientist, a crazy gang leader, and Max all butt heads, chaos is bound to arise. Armed conflict develops among the rivals fighting each other for the control of Fairport, the safest city to be in the zombie apocalypse. Z strikes hard, but Dean and the gang fight back with everything they have. Can Dean and the others keep Fairport safe from impending doom? IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a warning to those readers who are looking for a more violent read with gruesome descriptions of blood and gore. This is NOT that type of book. There is lots of zombie action, but this particular story is based more on the action, drama, and survival aspects.
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The Stone House

The Stone House

Patrick Ness

Young Adult / Science Fiction / Fantasy

Don't go near the house, whatever you do. It wants the lonely, the lost, the vulnerable. It wants you. Tanya keeps having bad dreams about the old stone house around the corner from Coal Hill School—and a girl trapped there, screaming and terrified. When Tanya and her friends go to investigate the strange house covered in cobwebs, they stumble onto their own worst nightmares come to life. Their individual horrors are led by a ghost without a face. A ghost that Tanya's friend Ram himself described on an urban legend site. A ghost he had invented. . . . In spite of the danger, Tanya is determined to free the mysterious girl in the house. But they are running out of time—the house is scheduled for demolition. With the help of their teacher Miss Quill, Tanya and three other kids prepare to fight their nightmares, and whatever other monsters they hear scuttling around in the walls. But how can they fight against monsters that are supposed...
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Blood RED

Blood RED

Paul Kane

Horror / Science Fiction / Young Adult

RED

Evil takes on many forms. This is something Rachael Daniels, a lowly care worker, is about to find out . . . personally. Because something is roaming the streets of the city where she lives, something with a taste for human blood: sweet, red blood. Something that can be anything it wants to be. Soon Rachael will learn that not even friendly faces can be trusted. But, as she makes her way across that city at night on an errand of mercy, she discovers this terrifying creature will definitely have none for her.


Blood RED

In the aftermath of the events in RED, the hunt is back on—but who is the hunter and who is the prey? As a team of trackers—fuelled by revenge—attempt to take down the monster that has been causing havoc in its wake, they are forced to seek help from an unexpected source. And after the resultant struggles and battles, things will never be the same ever again.

A modern, urban reworking of a classic fairy tale, the novella RED & novel Blood RED put the horror spin on an old favourite. If you dare to open these pages, you’ll find a terrifying trip into the unknown courtesy of bestselling and award-winning author Paul Kane (the sellout Hooded Man series, Lunar, Monsters). With an introduction from bestselling author Alison Littlewood (Path of Needles, The Unquiet House), and cover art and design by Dave McKean (Cages, MirrorMask).


‘Kane is adept at putting flesh on the bones: all the more horrifying, my dear, when he strips it off again.’—From the introduction by Alison Littlewood

‘Paul Kane is a first rate storyteller, never failing to marry his insights into the world and its anguish with the pleasures of phrases eloquently turned.’—Clive Barker, bestselling author of The Hellbound Heart, Mister B. Gone and The Scarlet Gospels

‘Kane does an incredible job of combining horror and humor into one tasty morsel.’ —Cemetery Dance on RED

‘RED is wonderfully written; it is easy to sink one’s teeth into it and devour it with relish.’ —Hellnotes
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Port of Spies

Port of Spies

Brian James

Young Adult / Children's Books / Literature & Fiction

As the Sea Rat pulls into port, the kids are excited to explore the town! That is, until Rotten Tooth makes them run errands the whole time. But they are determined to have fun, so the kids turn it into a spying mission. By the time they return to the deck, they have a whole list of suspicious activities to report. Rotten Tooth dismisses them, but then strange things begin to happen on the ship...could they have a stowaway aboard?
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Archie's Alien Disguise

Archie's Alien Disguise

Wendy Mass

Literature & Fiction / Children's Books / Young Adult

Archie Morningstar's dad drives a taxi through outer space! And with the help of a talking cat named Pockets, Archie and his dad help fight crime across the universe.In the third book in the series, Archie, his dad, and Pockets visit a planet that resembles medieval Earth in every way but its inhabitants, who have rainbow colored hair and extra eyes. To beat the evil organization B.U.R.P., the trio must disguise themselves as aliens and rescue a princess! When Archie must act on his own, can he find the courage to save the day?
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