As the Shadyside High School prom queen candidates are brutally murdered one by one, leaving only one, everyone speculates as to whether she will be the killer's next target.

The latest monsters threatening Stermont Elementary are shadowy shapeshifters that attach themselves to people, eat their shadows, and block out all light--but before he can think of a way to deal with them, Alexander has to deal with a startling revelation from his friend Nikki.

A group of teens spending an exciting weekend on a ski trip find the excitement getting a little too intense and dangerous after one of them is found dead in a ski locker.

In the aftermath of his father's attack on his mother, writer Steve Nye visits the psych ward and is baffled by his father's eerily calm beliefs that contradict the doctor's diagnosis.

Upset about being stuck in summer school, Amanda Conklin is delighted to turn over the care of her little brother and sister to Chrissy, the new baby-sitter, until she discovers Chrissy's terrible and lethal secret.

Eager to be part of Dennis Arthur's rich, popular crowd, Johanna Wise finds herself in over her head when Dennis dares her to murder their teacher, Mr. Northwood.

Alex Sawyer has escaped his underground nightmare to discover that the whole world has become a horrible prison run by his nemesis, Alfred Furnace, and only Alex can stop him, even if that makes him the executioner.

Unable to stay away from the attractive Cataluna "doom car" even though his older brother died while racing it, Buddy McCloy believes he can use the car to win back his girlfriend Sara.

After achieving the impossible by escaping the laboratories and cells of Furnace Penitentiary, Alex, injected with superhuman abilities, must uncover the last of Furnace's secrets--the truth about the man who built the prison.

In the aftermath of a hurricane from which she barely escapes while on a small island off the coast of South Carolina, travel writer Lea Sutter impulsively adopts a pair of orphaned twin boys against the wishes of her family before encountering the twins' sinister natures.