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.

John Coyne. Fury. Warner, 1989.
The body and spirit of a professional woman is claimed by an ancient evil.

David Darke. Last Rites. Zebra, 1996.
They're mad. They're hungry. They're out for blood. A group of old high school chums learn the hard way that sometimes it's better to leave dead enough alone.

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.

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The Good House. Atria, 2003

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.

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Breed. Signet, 2003

Stephen Gresham. The Living Dark. Zebra, 1991.
A creature created by a long-dead woman to protect her children terrorizes a small town.

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Dark Magic. Pinnacle, 2002

Judith Hawkes. Julian's House. Ticknor & Fields, 1989.
A young couple move into a house with a terrible past. Will the force rising from the floorboards destroy them?

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.

James Hynes. The Lecturer's Tale. Picador, 2001.
After his finger is severed in a freak accident and reattached, adjunct lecturer Nelson Humboldt finds that he has acquired a strange power to force his will on others with just a touch-with tragic results.

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

Katherine Kimbrel. Night Calls. HarperPrism, 1996.
Young Allie must learn the practice of the "Wise Arts" and face the darkness of the Other Side to battle a misbeogtten terror.

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.

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Night in the Lonesome October. Leisure, 2002

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.

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The Return. NAL, 2002.
The Policy. NAL, 2003.

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.

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The Chosen Child. Tor, 2000.
The Doorkeepers. Severn, 2001.
Devil in Gray. Leisure, 2004.
Manitou Blood. Leisure, 2005.

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

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.

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Midnight Voices. Ballantine, 2002
Two children find themselves in danger when their mother marries widower Anthony Fleming, who lives in a fancy, upper West Side building with a creepy past and even creepier tenants.

Jean Simon. Ghost Boy. Zebra, 1994.
Martin Stanovich may be dead and buried, but he will not rest in peace until the murderous rampage of the human monster who killed him is finally stopped.

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.

Whitley Strieber. Unholy Fire. Dutton, 1992.
A priest is tortured by a demon who seeks to destroy the faith he is trying to uphold.

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.

Lois Tilton. Vampire Winter. Pinnacle, 1990.
After Chicago is devastated by a nuclear holocaust, a vampire is desperate to find survivors to feed upon.

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

J. N. Williamson. Affinity. Leisure, 2001.
A young man who has been suffering from nightmares and memory lapses realizes that he is gaining someone else's identity.