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Twisted (Point Horror, #2) by R.L. Stine
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Funhouse (Point Horror, #9)
Diane Hoh - 1990
So no one listens when Tess says she saw someone tampering with the track. — But one person knows it's true. That person is playing a deadly game--and is going to make sure Tess doesn't stand in the way. Tess soon finds she's being terrorized, with threatening notes, menacing phone calls, slashed tires and nasty pranks. When another "accident" occurs in the Funhouse, Tess is sure that she was the intended victim. Who is committing all these horrifying acts? And why?Tess is just beginning to realize that the Funhouse can scare you...to death.
My Secret Admirer (Point Horror, #4)
Carol Ellis - 1989
Her parents go away, leaving her all alone in an isolated house. The mountains surrounding the town loom ominously, guarding the secret of what really happened the day of Diana Benson's accident. Then the phonecalls start...Jenny has a secret admirer, who courts her with sweet messages and flowers. But she also has an enemy, who chases her on a lonely road. Does she know too much about the 'accident' on the cliffs? and is there anyone she can trust?Jenny has no one to turn to.Except her secret admirer...But who is he?
Trick or Treat (Point Horror, #6)
Richie Tankersley Cusick - 1989
Not long after Martha moved into the Bedford house, the phone calls began: Trick or treat, Martha. You're dead. Elizabeth Bedford had been murdered one year earlier, on Halloween night, in the very same room. The murderer was never found, and now the killer is back--for Martha.
The Perfume (Horror Point, #27)
Caroline B. Cooney - 1993
She doesn't like its scent. And its name frightens her.But somehow she can't help herself. It's almost as if something--or someone--inside her is forcing her to try it.Dove was always a nice person, a sweet and gentle girl on whom friends could rely.Until now.Because when Dove puts on the perfume, she unleashes a part of herself that has been locked away all her life.It is a second self she never knew existed.And it is Evil.
Final Exam
A. Bates - 1990
Now she's scared to death.Something strange has been going on all week....something weird. It started with someone playing a few pranks on her at school. Trashing her locker. Stealing her purse. Then the pranks turned deadly.Someone doesn't want Kelly to graduate. They've prepared a special final exam, just for her. And she'd better not have any wrong answers ... because her life depends on it.
The Waitress (Point Horror, #23)
Sinclair Smith - 1992
It's the place to eat and meet your friends. But beware...even though the food is great, the service is deadly.One visit to the Dog House and you could end up with more than an upset stomach - it might just kill you.The waitress is in trouble, big trouble. Will Paula's first job be her last?
Scavenger Hunt
Christopher Pike - 1989
A secretive club on campus had organized a scavenger hunt for the entire senior class. In small groups, and with the help of cleverly planted clues, the kids are led throughout the city, and then deep into a nighttime desert. The sponsoring club has promised a wonderful prize for the first group to reach the goal of the hunt. But for Carl Timmons, a troubled young man who has recently lost his best friend, the hunt will become a nightmare. Led astray by his love for a strangely beautiful girl, he will wander far from the others, and back into a haunted past, where the line between hte living and the dead is blurred and broken.
Prom Dress
Lael Littke - 1989
Robin cannot resist the power the dress holds over her and decides to 'borrow' it to wear to prom. But the dress has a horrifying secret and lures innocent, unsuspecting girls into an evil and terrifying nightmare.
Mirror, Mirror (Point Horror, #13)
D.E. Athkins - 1992
But she wants more. So when her new friend Luci offers Dore a chance to have it all, Dore decides to take it. But Dore discovers that beauty is also a beast.
13 Tales of Horror (Point Horror, #12)
T. PinesCaroline B. Cooney - 1991
do you? The masters of horror are waiting to take you on a terrifying ride, and there are 13 stops.Meet the new guy in town, very handsome, very sexy, and very deadly. Dine on sweet and wonderfully inviting confections - they're good to the last breath. Learn that some spells can never be broken...Inside you'll find the works of 13 masters of horror. Let Christopher Pike, R.L. Stine and the rest of our macabre crew show you the beauty in your worst nightmares - and the terror in your most exquisite dreams.... * viii • Introduction (Thirteen) • (1991) • essay by T. Pines * 1 • Collect Call: The Black Walker: Part I • (1991) • novella by Christopher Pike * 49 • Lucinda • (1991) • novelette by Lael Littke * 73 • The Guiccioli Miniature • (1991) • shortstory by Jay Bennett * 83 • Blood Kiss • (1991) • novelette by D. E. Athkins * 103 • A Little Taste of Death • (1991) • novelette by Patricia Windsor * 127 • The Doll • (1991) • novelette by Carol Ellis * 149 • House of Horrors • (1991) • shortstory by J. B. Stamper * 165 • Where the Deer Are • (1991) • novelette by Caroline B. Cooney * 183 • The Spell • (1991) • novelette by R. L. Stine * 205 • Dedicated to the One I Love • (1991) • novelette by Diane Hoh * 231 • Hacker • (1991) • novelette by Sinclair Smith * 257 • Deathflash • (1991) • novelette by A. Bates * 279 • The Boy Next Door • (1991) • novelette by Ellen Emerson White * 305 • Collect Call: The Black Walker: Part II • (1991) • novella by Christopher Pike * 331 • About the Authors (Thirteen) • (1991) • essay by uncredited
The Séance
Joan Lowery Nixon - 1980
When the lights come back on, her fear turns to shock: Sara Martin is missing, even though all the doors and windows are locked from the inside...
Driver's Dead
Peter Lerangis - 1994
And the driver's ed classes aren't helping. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't get the hang of being behind the wheel. When Rob offers to give Kirsten a few tips on how to improve her driving, he turns up missing after the first lesson. Now Kirsten's getting a crash course--in murder.
Hide and Seek
Jane McFann - 1995
This exciting new thriller from the well-reviewed author of Be Mine focuses on a 16-year-old who is being stalked by someone who seems to know her very, very well--someone who may have known her forever.
Jade Green
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor - 2000
Judith can't bear to part with the photograph of her mother in its lovely green silk frame. Surely this one small defiance will not jeopardize the happiness she finds in South Carolina -- with a family at last, and new friends, especially Zeke Carey, the miller's son. But Uncle Geoffrey's house holds a secret of its own. And Judith's small picture frame, hidden away at the bottom of her trunk, unleashes a powerful force that seems determined to bring that secret into the open. Or is Judith simply following her mother down the path toward madness?