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Mab, keeper of the Blood Magic, and Will, a young man seeking direction find themselves drawn together in this dark, magical tale of romance and witchcraft

Set in the seventeenth century amid the bleakness of winter in Eastern Europe, and inspired by vampire folklore, this is a superbly crafted, dark and menacing tale.

This remarkable new version blends the finest contemporary illustration, dramatic storytelling and superb paper engineering.

Mina and Jacob find themselves relocated to the desert town of Grymm, home to a host of very odd and sinister characters.

When Simeon is taken in by the Cathedral school, we meet the sinister school Warden – Dr Dee, a real necromancer of the time, and the ghost of his collaborator Edward Kelly.

Life isn't easy when you're a teenager starting a new school in a new city, especially when you can see ghosts all the time, like 14-year-old Skye!

Nin must do what she can to save The Drift from destruction by uncovering the spell which hides the last of the Seven Sorcerers, Simeon Dark. But time and luck may be running out...

This tense and sometimes gory thriller is not for the faint-hearted; readers are kept guessing until the very end

The Guard is a superbly written novel, and a great read; part horror, part science fiction, but always original.

Alison Hart, a medium by trade, tours the dormitory towns of London's orbital road with her flint-hearted sidekick Colette, passing on messages from dead ancestors.

Three Gothic tales from the author of Frankenstein.

In this terrifying dystopia from Bali Rai, the young, the old and the sick have become the prey of horrifying demons that Fire City's wealthy employ to police the city.

In this sequel to His Dark Endeavour, Victor discovers a means of travelling through a time portal to find his dead brother, Konrad.

Sinister occultist Austerly Fellowes died in 1936. Didn't he? A truly disturbing supernatural thriller which may well keep readers awake at night.

A lone human living among vampires, Gene must contain his emotions and physical reactions to blend in and stay alive. Then he is chosen to participate in The Hunt - a game that threatens to expose his true nature.

The Whispering Muse is a work of outrageous and astounding strangeness: fusing horror with slapstick, magical realism with absurdist deadpan wit, and modernist high-jinks with the resonance of ancient myth.

The Explorer, James Smythe's second novel in as many months, in a taut exercise in claustrophobia. Its tightly-wound plot and suffocating landscape brim with intensity and strangeness.

Roll up for the Arabian Derby, a sinister fairground booth where children are tempted, become addicted and can never escape.

Cassel Sharpe doesn't know who to trust - his mother is in prison; his grandfather is a black-fingered death-dealer and his brothers plan to use him to commit a murder.

After the breakup of her parents' marriage, Finn, her mother and two younger brothers move to the Cornish coast.

This mysterious, dark tale looks at how death can teach us so much about life, love, friendship and what really matters

Kyle is the only one conscious after an horrific train crash, but how long can he survive when death is stalking the carriages looking for him?

After a huge earthquake strikes every continent on Earth, strange and terrible start happening. Four young surivors come together to fight an unknown evil that threatens to take over their world.

In this lively and atmospheric tale of 1920s New York, party girl Evie finds herself investigating a sinister string of occult murders.

Grubbs Grady thinks he's having a bad day when he's caught smoking and sent home from school. Very soon however, he learns that this is the least of his worries.

All of Spark's published short stories are brought together with some new writing in this volume, which displays her cool, biting humour and unique vision of human nature.

The new graphic novelist from Hannah Berry (trivia: she is Booktrust's writer in residence) takes her love of dark humour, les bandes dessinées and noir and twists them into a boiler room of a novel

This anthology collects together some of the most famous examples of the Gothic tale in the 1890s.

In this dark gothic fantasy, Salem must meet his guardian familiar, get help from some new friends and defeat mysterious dark forces.

Sarah Midnight has spent her life keeping secrets, but when her parents are murdered, she begins to discover just how many incredible secrets have been kept from her...

What makes a witch? Despite the title, the stories in this imaginative collection suggest you might need more than just a pointy hat or a broomstick.

The new book from acclaimed author Jon McGregor is nothing short of intense. Filled with hope and fury, it is a poetic mediation on the lives and deaths of those who have fallen through the cracks.

Jake Harker's obsession with all things grisly had begun as a child but did not prepare him for the day he witnessed the gruesome murder of his own mother.

A powerful and chilling thriller with elements of the supernatural that will have readers gripped and enthralled from the first sentence to the very last word.

Camille is longing for the perfect boyfriend - and her best friend Zoe has a rather unusual plan to bring her dream boy to life.

When Kit moves to a village with his parents to care for his grandfather, he becomes involved with a dangerous boy who organises the Game of Death.

Edward seems to hate Bella, but it turns out that he is in love with her and he is afraid of what he might do to her.

Linus wakes up in a cold, dark, underground bunker with no recollection of how he got there.

John Ajvide Lindqvist's novel is a unique and brilliant fusion of social novel and vampire legend, a deeply moving fable about rejection, friendship and loyalty.

In tales that glitter and haunt - strange nuggets from a writer whose wayward pen spills forth stylish, erotic, nightmarish jewels of prose.

A modern-day gothic horror story, which mixes the creepy with teenage experiences of love and identity.

In this collection of short stories, the author dabbles in and out of the occult.

A future where demons and the undead walk the streets

London is in the grip of fear and a series of brutal, bloody murders. As the country cowers and looks for safety, of Messrs. Singleton and Trelawney quietly arrive from Boston to set up their own detective agency.

Bod sometimes goes beyond the graveyard into the world of the living – and here his life is under threat from the man Jack, who has sought him since he was a baby.

The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones is a compelling blend of science and imagination, myth and madness, philosophy and folklore that will fascinate those who read it.

This is the complete story of Vladek Spiegelman and his wife, living and surviving in Hitler's Europe.

The isolated All Hallows church holds great terrors for Cora and Mimi and their new friends. Here the ghosts of children slain by Long Lankin appear. And now he's coming for Mimi...

Being a teenager is hard enough when you’re alive but imagine the extra problems faced when you’re a teenage zombie!