Monster Halloween

Never drink and summon a demon… My cousin is getting married. To my ex. Who cheated on me with her. And the whole family insists I must go. I can’t show up single. I need a date, even if it’s a fake one. The spell was supposed to bring me love. Not a devil. Not the literal King of the Underworld. Now, I’ve accidentally bound ourselves, so there’s no way out of this. The Demon King will have to be my pretend boyfriend. Just one problem: no one’s ever made me feel the way he does. The lines blur until they disappear. He’s a monster and we were supposed to be fake. Then why does ...

She came to watch the moon. He came to claim his mate. Amateur astronomer Marina Cross is determined to capture the perfect photo of the rare blood moon. She ignores the warning signs and sneaks onto restricted land, finding a clearing that feels ancient and sacred. She thinks she's alone, ready for a celestial spectacle. But the clearing belongs to Kaedor, the exiled alpha of a werewolf pack. The crimson light of the eclipse awakens a primal madness within him, a need to hunt, to claim, to possess. When he finds a human female on his sacred altar stone, he sees not an intruder, but a gift ...

Get ready for fun, spooky chills, and plenty of mischief—Mountainville style! Oh, and don’t forget sexy, stern Daddies, cute Littles, and loving Mommies. This is going to be a blast. Because this is a Mountainville Halloween… Monica is a handful. She’s in the business of getting into trouble and business is booming! The cute but naughty Little is turning Mountainville upside down. Meanwhile, Turner Banks has hit a rough patch. Sure, he’s a rich, handsome professional quarterback, but when a bone-jarring injury knocks him out of the game, he’s sidelined. Needing time to heal, he ...

She summoned him for fun. He claimed her forever. Rowan Hale’s drunken ritual was a joke, until it wasn’t. Her chant summons a real god from the earth, the primal Pumpkin King. Druros is a creature of fire and vines with a desperate hunger, and he declares her his bride, the anchor he needs to survive. He isn't asking, he's taking. Bound by living vines and claimed in raw, punishing rituals, Rowan becomes his altar. He calls her his soil, his harvest, made only to be filled with his seed. Every act of defiance is met with a brutal reminder of who she belongs to. But beneath the terror, ...

🎃 10 Spooky (but Not Too Spooky) Halloween Stories for Kids! 👻 Looking for Halloween stories that won’t keep your little pumpkins awake all night? 10 Halloween Spooky Stories for Kids (Ages 5–7) is packed with funny, friendly, and just-spooky-enough tales that make bedtime in October a treat instead of a trick. Meet the Characters Your Kids Will Love: A giggly pumpkin who can’t stop laughing A lonely ghost who only wants to play hide-and-seek A tap-dancing skeleton who steals the show A sleepy vampire who forgets how to be scary And even a haunted house that just wants friends ...

She was born to be the sacrifice. The monster was meant to be her end. But in a forest of lies, the most dangerous thing is the truth. In the dying town of Hallow’s End, cursed to an endless autumn, witch Aveline Thorne has one purpose: to die. Each year, an anchor is chosen for the Harrowing, a ritual sacrifice to reinforce the magical hedge that protects her people from the blighted Gloomwood. To save her ailing sister, Aveline will walk willingly to her doom. But the monster in the woods is not what the legends claim. Nemain is no mindless beast, but an ancient, vengeful being trapped ...

As I approach my first-year anniversary in Monstreuse, I'm wishing that my fellow students were the only danger...But when you're secretly the reason everyone in the monster reserve is no longer normal, and you can't help it, life is more complicated. I still don't know our admin's plans for me, and worse, the Society wants revenge on me. Rumblings from the normal world tell us we could all be in grave danger soon.

Everyone knows that Halloween is the one night of the year when monsters, ghouls, and nightmarish creatures of all types can walk freely among us. Caution is needed. But for Evie, caution is the last thing on her mind when she follows a masked stranger into the woods after he saves her from a gruesome fate.

The book tells the stories and explains the legends behind the some of the greatest movie monsters in history. Charting their history from myths and fables told over the centuries, the author guides the reader from the past to the present day, as the Universal Monsters prepare to return to the silver screen for their biggest adventures yet. The classic Universal Monsters have been scaring and delighting audiences for decades. But did you know that these maniacal creeps have been frightening people throughout history? Find out about all the old world folk stories, legends and myths before ...

It's time to party monster-style, and you're invited! Listen along as Vampirina and her family throw a scary fun party that's sure to go down in history.

"If John Irving ever wrote a horror novel, it would be something like this. I loved it.” —Stephen King Noah Turner sees monsters. His father saw them—and built a shrine to them with The Wandering Dark, an immersive horror experience that the whole family operates. His practical mother has...

Every mask hides a ghost. This one wants her body. Ophelia Ward, a quiet librarian, was only looking for a moment of peace at a Halloween masquerade. Instead, she finds the forbidden wings of the Grand Regent Opera House and the terrifying phantom who has ruled them for a century. Veyran’s obsession is instant, his claim absolute. He sees not a lost guest, but a new muse to replace the lover who betrayed him into his curse. She will be his salvation, whether she wants to be or not. He calls her his muse as he pins her to the velvet curtains. He demands she wear his mask while he fills ...

A 2024 Sydney Taylor Honor Book! Two vampire brothers must set aside their differences to solve a series of murders in this humorous and delightfully spooky novel for young readers. For fans of Too Bright to See. Adam and Victor are brothers who have the usual fights over the remote, which movie...

☠️ She went looking for answers. She found the Horseman who’s been waiting a century for her. ❄️ Delia Marrow doesn’t believe in cursed roads, ghost riders, or the old stories whispered about Old Raven Road. Then the fog rolls in. The world tilts. And she steps straight into 1863. A soldier rides toward his death. A curse rises from grief and unfinished love. And the Headless Horseman, born in blood and witchfire, locks his impossible green eyes on her like he’s found something he lost long ago. They say he rides for vengeance. They say he hunts brides who run. But the way he ...

She was dared to enter the crypt. He was awakened by her scream. A Halloween dare turns into a nightmare when college student Sienna Graves is dragged into a forgotten tomb. Her captor is Morien, a skeletal crypt keeper animated by dark magic and driven by centuries of gnawing hunger. He sees her not as a person, but as a vessel for the life force he craves, a new pet to be broken and used. He claims her body with brutal possession, determined to hear her screams echo off the ancient stone. But Sienna’s defiant spirit calls to something other than his hunger. Her unwilling surrender ...

When Aethelthryth—“Ethel” to her modern-day Manhattan neighbors—finds her sworn nemesis Lazlo Enyedi with no memory of who or what they are, an ancient hunt becomes an unexpected chance at forbidden passion. He’s crashing on her couch, solving her sudoku puzzles, and looking at her like she’s his eternal flame (minus the whole bursting-into-ashes part). As his memories slowly return, Ethel realizes she might be in danger of losing more than just her head…

This chilling collection of horror-infused novelettes is crafted for mature readers who crave the macabre. Within these pages, twisted tales of possession, ravenous monsters, vengeful demons, love stories turned nightmare, and deeply rooted phobias claw their way to life. Each story is a separate haunt — from modern horrors to ghost-haunted histories, and even a bleak future scarred by a deadly plague. Fallon and Lewis have collaborated on writing projects for three years. Together, they have crafted their debut anthology, with guest author Rissa Miller, Historian and Seer. Combining ...

Petra is skeptical when it comes to the French Quarter’s creepy urban legends. Until she meets Dax Rousseau, the proprietor of the House of Ink and Blood. The eldritch markings on his flesh tell more than the tale of a doomed bloodline. They come slitheringly alive. And the nearer Petra gets to the maddeningly sexy Dax, the closer she is to being the next victim of his ancient family curse.

Dana, the overlooked human pet of an alien scientist, and Vlad, a genetically engineered vampire with a taste for more than just blood, find themselves unexpectedly alone on a deserted space station. As they plot their escape, they’ll have to navigate cramped quarters, steamy encounters, and the growing realization that they might be each other’s perfect match. But with their captors in hot pursuit, will their budding romance survive the vast emptiness of space?

The carnival comes once a year. It always takes someone. When lonely Harper Lane stumbles upon a carnival that wasn't there yesterday, she is drawn in by the eerie music and the promise of escape. She soon becomes the obsession of its ringmaster, the impossibly alluring and terrifying Zerathos, a horned demon who feeds on pleasure. He offers her the ride of her life, a promise that quickly turns sinister. Harper is forced to become the main event in his carnival of flesh, a spectacle of pain and ecstasy designed to shatter her soul for his silent, masked audience. With every depraved act ...