Creepers by David Morrell

The setting of this novel is a cold night in October and the story revolves around five people who are planning to break into the Paragon Hotel, which used to be a fabulous establishment.  However, what these people do not know is that the hotel has an array of evil forces waiting on them.

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Shelley’s tale of Dr. Frankenstein’s horrible experiment on the dead that goes much too far is one of the classics of literature.  When the doctor puts together various body parts from the dead and is able to bring to life a human from those body parts, it begins to wreak havoc on all who cross its path.  One of the original “monster” stories!

Midnight Voices  by John Saul

Widow Caroline Evans believes her life is made when she marries handsome, successful attorney Anthony Fleming.  However, when she and her children move into his apartment, her son becomes skeptical of the place and other inhabitants, and her daughter begins having nightmares.  Soon, a horrifying secret is revealed about the apartment and they must all attempt to escape.

Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz

On the surface, Odd Thomas is simply a fry cook, but what most don’t know is that he can communicate with the dead, and he sees “bodachs,” which are tiny, wicked creatures that thrive on killings.  When he sees more and more of them in his town, and finds them interested in a strange man, he suspects the man of planning a horrifying disaster, and is right.

Dracula by Bram Stoker

This classic is one of the original horror novels and has inspired numerous other works on vampires, never failing to terrify audiences year after year.  The seemingly indestructible vampire, Count Dracula, terrifies, imprisons, and kills numerous characters, and even turns a few into vampires.  It is up to Van Helsing, Jonathan Harker and his wife, Mina, to destroy the monster.

The Dark Half  by Stephen King

The modern day master of horror does not let down in this novel about an unsuccessful writer, Thad Beaumont, who is actually a success under his pen name, George Stark.  When he and his wife decide to “bury” Stark, an array of gruesome killings begins, with Beaumont as a suspect.  Having no memory of the murders, Beaumont begins to wonder just how fictional Stark was to begin with.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

When Dr. Henry Jekyll, a well-meaning doctor with an unfortunate past of wrongdoings takes a potion of his own making, he is transformed into the ferocious Mr. Edward Hyde, a man who kills without thought or regret.  Readers eventually come to realize that Mr. Hyde is the evil side of Dr. Jekyll.

My Sweet Audrina by V.C. Andrews

Audrina Adare has never been her father’s favorite child. That honor goes to her older sister, also named Audrina.  There is one thing, however: the older Audrina is dead.  What the younger Audrina does not know, however, is that there is a horrifying secret involving her and her sister. 

Mr. X by Peter Straub

Ned Dunstant, a jazz singer from Illinois, has just found out a terrible secret from his dying mother: his father is a psychotic killer who also has supernatural powers.  What’s more, Ned’s father deems Ned a threat, and has plans to kill his son.

Complete Stories and
Poems by Edgar Allen Poe

Poe’s ghostly and mysterious works and his complex characters have attracted readers for years.  With works that range in subject (from one man’s grief over a lost love to another’s angst and guilt at covering a crime) readers are sure not to be disappointed.