October isn't the only time of year for ghosts and goblins and things that go bump in the night. So curl up with a good spooky book and DON'T answer that thump at the door!!!!!!!

Kelley Armstrong. Bitten. Viking, 2001.
Elena's dreams of a normal family life are shattered when she learns that her fiancé is a werewolf...and he's made her one, too. Followed by: Stolen (2003).

Jack Cady. The Hauntings of Hood Canal. St. Martin's, 2001.
In a small Wisconsin town, the local blacksmith sends the body of a suspected child molester and his car into the canal. Soon afterwards, a mysterious entity begins to drag other cars into the water.

Tananarive Due. My Soul to Keep. Pocket Books, 2001.
500 years ago, David and 50 others traded their humanity for immortality. Now a happily married jazz scholar with a wife and daughter, he is "recalled" by his brethren. But David is determined to keep his family, even if he has to kill to protect his secret. By the same author: The Good House. Atria, 2003

Brian James Freeman. The Painted Darkness. Cemetery Dance, 2010.
As a child, Henry witnessed something terrible in the woods behind his home. 20 years later, Henry is a professional artist who uses his art as an outlet for his inner demons. When strange events occur around the house he believes that a demon is lurking in the basement.

Sephera Giron. House of Pain. Dorchester, 2001.
Newlyweds build their dream home upon the foundation of a previous house where unspeakable acts were committed. Soon strange & disturbing things begin to happen.

Owl Goingback. Evil Whispers. Signet, 2001.
A family's search for the perfect vacation spot turns into a horrifying ordeal when their daughter's disappearance is attributed to a creature in the woods. By the same author: Breed. Signet, 2003.

Mira Grant. Feed. Orbit, 2010.
In the year 2014, the bodies and minds of people all over the world are taken over with one unstoppable command: feed. Now, 20 years later, two reporters try to uncover the truth behind the infection.

Gerard Houarner. The Beast that was Max. Leisure, 2001.
Max, an assassin powered by an inner demon that enables him to kill knows that he must subdue the beast in order to reclaim his humanity, but without the protection of the beast, he will find himself hunted by the spirits of his victims.

Stephen M. Irwin. The Dead Path. Doubleday, 2009.
Since the night of his wife's death, Nicholas Close has been haunted by ghosts. In hopes of escaping these ghosts, he flees to his hometown of Tallong, Australia. Rather than finding comfort there, he becomes involved in a series of disappearances and murders.

Mike Jefferies. Stone Angels. HarperPaperbacks, 1993.
An archeologist finds himself caught up in a battle against an ancient and unspeakable evil.

Brian Keene. A Gathering of Crows. Leisure, 2010.
When night falls on Brinkley Springs, the town is threatened by five demonic, mysterious figures that feed on its residents.

Stephen King. Dreamcatcher. Scribner, 2001.
When 4 boyhood friends who have been linked telepathically by an incident from their pasts gather for their annual deer hunt in the Maine woods, they are beset by body-snatching aliens.

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Richard Laymon. Midnight Tour. Cemetery Dance Publications, 1998.
Many years have gone by since the horror at Malcasa Point. Now the scene of the house of death-known as "Beast House" has become a popular tourist attraction. Just don't take the Midnight Tour.

Bentley Little. The Association. NAL, 2001.
Barry & Maureen are thrilled when they are accepted as members of their exclusive neighborhood's home association...until they find themselves trapped in a situation right out of one of Barry's horror novels.

Graham Masterton. Spirit. Leisure, 2001.
When their sister drowns in the swimming pool, Laura and Elizabeth know that their lives are forever changed. As they grow up, a series of inexplicable deaths threatens to shatter their lives. It seems that though Peggy may be dead--she hasn't left them.

David Moody. Autumn: The City. St. martin's, 2011.
After a vicious disease spreads across the face of the planet killing billions, a small group of survivors hide in fear, left to witness the effects of the horrific contagion.

Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. The Relic. Tor, 1996; Reliquary. Tor, 1997.
Something evil is stalking the halls of the Museum of Natural History.

Gord Rollo. Crimson. Dorchester, 2009.
Four boyhood friends learn that the small town of Dunnville is no stranger to fear when they unleash an ancient evil, exposing the town's legacy of murder and mayhem.

Jeff Rovin. Fatalis. St. M., 2000.
Awakened after 11,000 years, saber-toothed tigers stalk the hills of Santa Barbara to satisfy their carnivorous lust.

John Saul. Nightshade. Ballantine, 2000.
After a mysterious fire forces his grandmother to move in with his family, young Matthew Moore finds himself haunted by nightmares & his once loving family shattered.

Brian Scott Smith. When Shadows Fall. Leisure Books, 1997.
A man must stop a coven of witches before they make their last sacrifice on Halloween night.

Guy N. Smith. Dead End. Zebra, 1996.
Just beyond the Dead End sign on the outskirts of town is "The Waste," where the dead live, doomed to wander for all eternity. But Max is determined to save his girlfriend from a fate worse than death.

S. P. Somtow. Vampire Junction. Tor, 1994.
Pop star Timmy Valentine may look like an 11 year-old rock singer, but he's really over 2,000 years old. Will his secret be discovered?

D. A. Stern. Black Dawn. Harpertorch, 2001.
When a dark god of evil lying beneath Los Angeles is awakened by hatred, the wicked rise up to welcome his rebirth while the good must band together to defeat him.

Jeff Strand. Dweller. Publishers group, 2010.
Toby, a friendless and unhappy teenage boy, befriends the creature in the woods that decides to help Toby deal with the bullies that are making his life miserable.

Michael Talbot. Night Things. William Morrow, 1988.
Lake House has a history of bloodshed, and the secrets within its walls only come out at night.

Thomas Tryon. The Night of the Moonbow. Dell, 1990.
At Camp Friend-Indeed, something is very wrong in Cabin 7.

Joan Frances Turner. Dust. Ace, 2010.
Nine years ago, Jessie died in a car crash and was reborn as a zombie. She and her gang of zombies live together in "Hicksville" Indiana, where a new disease has arisen that makes the undead more alive and threatens the living.

Ben H. Winters. Bedbugs. Quirk Books, 2011.
After moving into their Brooklyn heights brownstone apartment, Susan & Alex Wendt become plagued by what they believe to be bedbugs. But when Susan learns that these bugs were the cause of the previous tenant's death, she begins to question the evil nature of these bugs.

Dave Zeltserman. The Caretaker of Lorne Field. Overlook, 2010.
Jack Durkin and his family have been weeding Lorne Field for generations. It is up to Jack to carry on this tradition because if the field is left untended, bloodthirsty plants called Aukowies will grow and overrun the world.

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