October 2022

Strange text messages portend a strange kind of apocalypse...Two brothers find themselves drawn to the only house in the neighborhood not decorated for Halloween…A man returns to his hometown to bury his overbearing mother, and finds more than memories awaiting him in the shadows of his childhood home. From Bram Stoker Award-winning author Burke comes the second in his series of seasonal collections, featuring nine intriguing short stories for Halloween.

It's October in Maine, and everyone in Tinker's Cove is preparing for the annual Halloween festival. While Lucy Stone is whipping up orange-frosted cupcakes, recycling tutus for her daughters' Halloween costumes, helping her son with his pre-teen rebellion and breast-feeding her brand-new bay, an arsonist is loose in Tinker's Cove. When the latest fire claims the life of the owner of the town's oldest house, arson turns into murder. Trick-or-treat turns deadly as a little digging in all the wrong places puts Lucy too close to a shocking discovery that could send all her best-laid plans up in smoke in this wonderful Lucy Stone mystery.

At a Halloween party, Joyce – a hostile thirteen-year-old – boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. That night, detective Hercule Poirot is called in to find the “evil presence.” But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double-murderer. Red meat for Agatha Christie fans!

Saving the world is such a bother when it makes you late for tea. Wizard Lily Singer is kept busy managing library archives, studying magic and trying to keep her witch friend Sebastian from dragging her into trouble. Unfortunately, he loves adventure even more than she loves being left alone. This first-entry into an urban fantasy series full of adventure and snarky humor is guaranteed to cause loud snorts of laughter, tea cravings and sleep loss.

Snyder has filled her cauldron with everything that Halloween means to her and distilled it into a spell-binding volume of captivating short stories filled with thrills and chills, hilarity and horrors, the sweet and the naughty.

Teenager Artie Eason accidentally stumbles over a dastardly plot to steal kids using the Pumpkin Code on the dark October Halloween night. Danger lurks behind every door. Can he save his friends and family before it is too late? This horror book for tweens looks at stranger danger, loyalty to your friends and why you should never, ever give up. Oh, and never trust a goblin either.

According to “night-lifer” Roy Winklesteen, “day-lifers” have no idea what they’re missing. So, when a 2 a.m. glance out his bedroom window reveals a neighbor is hiding a secret of mythic proportions, Roy’s summer break looks a lot more exciting. Every night with the neighbor brings Roy one step closer to the most daring adventure of his life. But even if he survives, he can never tell anyone about it.

It’s Amelia Bedelia’s new friend Candy’s first Halloween since coming to Oak Tree Elementary. But when Amelia Bedelia tells her new friend how spooktacular it will be – decorations on almost every house and store, the costume parade, the pumpkin carving contest – Candy seems unimpressed. Then Amelia Bedelia tells her about the Haunted Hayride at Seven Gables Farms, and Candy is convinced. But what happens when the Haunted Hayride is cancelled? Will Amelia Bedelia come up with a plan to save Halloween for her friends old and new? Lots of laughs – as always – in this terrific chapter book for elementary readers.

Get ready to laugh along in this fun children's monster book as a brave young ninja heads into the closet to meet the monster that's been so scary night after night! But what if our monster isn't scary at all? Maybe our hero is about to make a friend of the strangest sort. This inventive picture book about conquering fears and overcoming anxiety reminds us that things aren't always as scary as they seem!

In the dark, a funky beat. Something white with bony feet. Skeleton dancing up the street, Doing the Halloween Hustle. Skeleton is dancing his way to a Halloween party – but as he grooves across town, he keeps stumbling, tumbling and falling apart! Can Skeleton stay in one piece long enough to make it to the party? Fun interactive read-aloud.