Felicity Morrow is returning to Dalloway, her prestigious and timeworn boarding school, for her (second) senior year following the death of her girlfriend Alex. The hallowed halls of Godwin house, her home at school, are rumoured to be haunted by the historical Dalloway witches. Felicity is dangerously drawn to their dark magic, although she fears she is cursed by the ghost of Margery Lemont, the most famous of the five Dalloway witches. But, perhaps it is the shadow of Alex instead.
Transfer student Becca has never really fit in, and she is sure her new school will be no different. So, it is much to her surprise that on her first day, she ends up befriending the most popular girls in school. Becca is in awe of Arianna, Marley and Mandy and thrilled to be taken into their pack. But as Becca soon discovers, they have a dark secret: they are werewolves.
Marjorie Glatt is fading away. The stress of running her family’s laundromat entirely by herself, fending off a sleazy businessman, grieving the loss of her mother and navigating the trials of middle school is too much for one thirteen-year-old girl.
Wendell, on the other hand, is a ghost. Purposeless and lonely in the Land of Ghosts, Wendell is intrigued by the land of the living, particularly a certain laundromat.
Nova Huang is a teenage witch who loans books of spells from her grandmothers’ bookshop. Tam Lang is a werewolf who has been on the run from a cult trying to possess them with a demon. When Nova hears reports of a white wolf in the forest, she goes to investigate, only to find her childhood crush Tam has returned.
Denise’s family has just bought a run-down house in New Orleans with dreams of turning it into a bed and breakfast. But when strange things keep happening around the house, Denise suspects some supernatural activity.
A chilling graphic novel collection of five short horror stories involving everything for monsters and ghosts to unknown entities.
Happy Halloween everyone! It’s spooky season, and I decided to make a list of some of my favourite spooky reads. Hopefully everyone will be able to find a book here that suits them, I’ve included a range of generes with that intent. I hope you enjoy!
Continue reading Six Dark and Spooky FavouritesPenhallow is the stony protector of a Boston apartment building. Long story short he’s a grotesque, one the fearless gargoyles that defend their wards from the evil spirits who invade the city during the night. Everything is as usual until all in one night when Penhallow’s fellow grotesques are destroyed and a strange half dead spectre appears. And when an unusual girl named Viola shows up, things only get weirder.
Makepeace has a spirit inside of her. For years she’s been taught to wrestle and fight off the spirits of the dead who see her as an easily inhabitable shell, but she unknowingly took in the ghost of a mistreated bear when she found it dead in the marsh near her small village. After her mother’s death (which she feels responsible for), Makepeace is sent to live with her late father’s wealthy and influential family, the Fellemottes.
Triss knows as soon as she wakes up after a terrible accident involving the Grimmer, a pond once used to drown witches, that something is different and wrong. She can’t remember certain things and she is always hungry no matter how much she eats. As confused Triss tries to make sense of everything, she begins to see and hear things no one else can. Triss’s dolls come to life in her hands, screaming that they don’t belong to her. And the frightening dolls are only the start of it!
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