Point Horror: The R.L. Stine Special Edition


R.L. Stine - 1994
    When Jenny visits her cousin, she is desperate to forget her traumatic past. Then Debra starts receiving the calls Jenny used to get - "I'm back. Company's coming..."

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.

Execution of Innocence


Christopher Pike - 1997
    Loved her with all his heart. They were the happy couple, the one that people at school pointed to with envy.But then Mary makes a mistake, a small mistake with another guy. And Charlie loses it, and someone dies. Now Charlie is a hunted man and Mary is an outcast. But what really happened that dark night, when love and rage shook hands on a deserted street? Only God knows, and maybe Charlie.

Blood Curse


Janice Harrell - 1995
    Girls 12 and up will love the first installment of this two-book tale about a teenage vampire, the boy she falls in love with, and her desperate attempt to become human again. Sequel to be released in November.

Wickedpedia


Chris Van Etten - 2014
    Don't answer your phone. And whatever you do, DON'T turn on your computer. . . .Cole and Gavin love playing practical jokes through Wikipedia. They edit key articles and watch their classmates crash and burn giving oral reports on historical figures like Genghis Khan, the first female astronaut on Jupiter. So after the star soccer player steals Cole's girlfriend, the boys take their revenge by creating a Wikipedia page for him, an entry full of outlandish information including details about his bizarre death on the soccer field.It's all in good fun, until the soccer player is killed in a freak accident . . . just as Cole and Gavin predicted. The uneasy boys vow to leave Wikipedia alone but someone continues to edit articles about classmates dying in gruesome ways . . . and those entries start to come true as well.To his horror, Cole soon discovers that someone has created a Wikipedia page for him, and included a date of death. He has one week to figure out who's behind the murders, or else he's set to meet a pretty grisly end.

The Vanished


Celia Rees - 1997
    They make entertaining copy for the school newspaper, then Fraser begins to wonder if some of them might be true.

Ghost Abbey


Robert Westall - 1988
    When her father's new job takes the entire family to a dilapidated old abbey in England, twelve-year-old Maggi discovers that both she and the building are haunted by ghosts from their pasts.

Identity Theft


Anna Davies - 2013
    After years of careful planning, she's ready to serve as student council president AND editor-in-chief of the newspaper. Ivy League, here she comes!However, just before student council elections, someone creates a fake facebook profile for Hayley and starts posting inappropriate photos and incriminating updates. It must be the work of a highly skilled Photoshopper, but the attention to detail is scary. The embarrassing photos of "Hayley" in her bathing suit reveal a birthmark on her back--a birth mark Hayley has never shown in public. . . .The situation escalates until Hayley's mother reveals some shocking information. Hayley isn't an only child: She has a twin sister who was adopted by a different family. And that's not all. Soon, Hayley discovers that her long-lost sister isn't just playing a prank--she's plotting to take over Hayley's life . . . by any means necessary.

Nightmare Inn


T.S. Rue - 1993
    "It took years with all the appeals and stays of execution, but I've never forgotten the date. It was the 19th of March, 1977."Sarah looked up, stunned. Once again her eyes met Matt's."The day you were born," he said.

The Ghosts of Now


Joan Lowery Nixon - 1984
    "Your brother is dead," whispers a voice. At the hospital, Angie finds Jeremy in a coma from which he may never recover. Angie is on her own trying to piece together the events of that horrifying night. Her family is new to town. What could Jeremy possibly have discovered that led him so deeply into danger? Angie won't rest until she finds out. But she doesn't know someone is ready to do anything to stop her...

The Christmas Killer


Patricia Windsor - 1991
    From that day on, Rose Potter's life was not the same. She had dreams. In the first dream, Nancy appeared and brought Rose to a pine-filled forest. Two days later, Nancy's body was found. On it was a poinsettia, the "signature" of someone who would become known as the Christmas Killer. The small town of Bethboro, Connecticut, is running scared. And neither the police nor Rose's twin brother, Jerram, have any idea who the killer could be.Rose tries putting the murder out of her mind. But the dead never sleep. And when Rose closes her eyes at night, Nancy's there, waiting....

Defriended


Ruth Baron - 2013
    OK, so maybe he hasn't actually MET Lacey yet, but they talk online all the time. Yet despite spending most nights chatting, Lacey refuses to meet up in person. Suspicious, Jason googles multiple newspapers. Lacey fell off a balcony and died a year earlier. Jason meets Lacey's best friend Jenna, and they try to find the truth.

The House on Stone's Throw Island


Dan Poblocki - 2015
    Then an immense storm blows in, and the wedding party is left stranded with no way to contact the mainland... and no idea that they have been targeted for revenge by the undead. The only clues to the danger they're in are a scrap of an old Nazi uniform -- and an unfamiliar voice, crying out for help in German...Josie and Eli soon realize there's much more to worry about than guest lists and flowers. It's up to them to uncover the chilling history of Stone's Throw Island and put its ghosts to rest -- or this dream wedding will become an absolute nightmare.

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

Amulet of Doom


Bruce Coville - 1985
    Did the ancient Egyptian amulet she had been wearing have something to do with it? Soon Marilyn realizes that the dark forces that killed her aunt are threatening her, too-items are rearranged in her room; she finds herself in odd places without knowing how she got there...Marilyn comes to realize that she must find out how to tame the evil spirits that are bound to the amulet or die. Is that really her aunt speaking to her from the spirit world? Will she ever be strong enough to destroy the amulet and release the terrible demons?