Deadtime Stories

Amanda Peterson lives next door to "Barnsey"; the scariest old lady on earth. Rumor has it she's a witch. But the rumors turn frighteningly real when Amanda and her friends set out to bury a dead bird and accidentally dig up a grave that's already occupied by a ghost from Barnsey's past. There's no escaping Barnsey now...and Amanda and her friends have no choice but to confront Barnsey and the unearthly presence that haunts them all.

Bloody Mary It was just a silly wishing game, one that Lindsey and her friends had played a thousand times in front of a dozen different mirrors. It never worked. It wasn't supposed to But when Lindsey and her friends play Bloody Mary in front of a strange antique mirror, the game quickly turns into a nightmare. One by one their wishes start coming true, and Lindsey and her friends learn much too late that Bloody Mary is not just a game.

Peter Newman wants a brand new mountain bike. That's the grand prize for winning the school's talent competition. Now all he needs is a talent. Unfortunately, he finds one in the Little Magic Shop of Horrors. For only $9.95 Peter becomes Peter the Great, performing tricks that even Houdini would envy. Problem is, Peter can't undo the tricks. But that doesn't bother him too much, until he wins the talent show by taking off his best friend's head.

For Katie and Andy Lawrence, moving to a new town is painful enough. But when their parents take them on a boring sight-seeing tour, it's nothing but torture, especially when they arrive at the old Appleton orchard. There's some kind of Halloween celebration going on, only the witches and ghouls look frighteningly real, and the Grand Opening celebration leaves Katie and Andy alone in a town full of appleheads.

Everyone in Baskerville knows about Jimmy Leeds. In fact, Adam and his friends have been telling scary stories about Jimmy for years—stories they don't really believe. After all, how can anyone believe in a half-human beast with horns and hooves? But when all the kids in the neighborhood decide to have a giant camp-out, Jimmy Leeds, himself, decides to join in the fun. One by one, Adam's friends start disappearing into the night, and Adam finds himself face to face with The Beast of Baskerville.

Willy Tyler has the coolest train set-up ever. It takes up half of Willy’s attic and encompasses everything from medieval times to the Wild West. Willy and his cousin, Zack, spend countless hours playing with the Tiny Town Express and rearranging the model towns and the toy figurines. But when Tiny Town starts rearranging itself, Willy and Zack learn much too late that the toy figurines are alive, and they’re trying to take over far more than Tiny Town.

For Catan Thomas and his cousin, Lea, being trapped in Bumbleweed for a family reunion and their grandfather’s 70th birthday is painful enough. But when Catan and Lea discover a box of home movies in their grandfather’s barn, they realize their creepy relatives are the least of their problems. There’s a monster in their family…and he’s dying to eat a lot more than Grandpa’s birthday cake.

When Cody visits his grandparents at Shady Acres, he’s not expecting to find any excitement at all. After all, there’s not much to do there unless you’re a senior citizen. But when Cody discovers the haunted castle at the edge of the golf course, things liven up a bit, especially when Cody’s cell phone connects him with a caller from way outside of his area code, and a living nightmare right out of the Middle Ages.

The dusty old dissecting kit under Mikey’s bed is full of creepy, crawly, disgusting creatures. They’re all in jars and long dead. At least they’re supposed to be. But when Mikey and his friend, Max, open the jar with the man-eating spider inside, they’re in for the shock of their lives. The spider’s alive and it gets loose in Mikey’s house. Try as they might, Mikey and Max can’t kill the spider. So they decide to catch it and flush it down the toilet, and that’s when their real troubles begin.

It’s all Sammy’s fault. If only he and Nina hadn’t been out in those woods in the first place. If only they hadn’t seen that creepy old tree with the strange little door. If only they hadn’t gone inside. If only they hadn’t touched the glowing orb. But now it’s too late. Nina and Sammy have released the goblins from under the earth…and the goblins are out for revenge.