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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving - Corundum Classics
Format: Paperback

Set near the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town in the secluded and mysterious glen of Sleepy Hollow, Icabod Crane competes with Brom Bones for the attention of the beautiful Katrina. As Icabod heads home, he is hunted by the Headless Horseman. This creature may be the ghost of a Hessian soldier...
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Practical Magic

Alice Hoffman - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audiobook

When the beautiful and precocious sisters Sally and Gillian Owens are orphaned at a young age, they are taken to a small Massachusetts town to be raised by their eccentric aunts, who happen to dwell in the darkest, eeriest house in town. As they become more aware of their aunts' mysterious...
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Halloween Treats: Recipes and Crafts for the Whole Family (Holiday Celebrations)

Donata Maggipinto - Chronicle Books
Format: Paperback

These days, Halloween is the most popular holiday next to Christmas. At its heart are family and friends having fun together-which is what this book is all about. In this cornucopia of creative Halloween ideas, simple crafts, tasty treats, and ghoulish good times abound. From delicious...
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The Historian

Elizabeth Kostova - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

To you, perceptive reader, I bequeath my history....Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor," and they plunge her into a world she never...
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It: A Novel

STEPHEN KING - Scribner
Format: Paperback

Now a major motion picture Stephen King's terrifying, classic #1 New York Times bestseller, "a landmark in American literature" (Chicago Sun-Times) - about seven adults who return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they had first stumbled on as teenagers...
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Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

Vincent Bugliosi - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A national bestseller -- over 7 million copies sold. "[A] social document of rare importance." -- The New Republic. Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the twentieth century:...
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Grave Doubts: A DCI Andrew Fenwick Mystery

Elizabeth Corley - Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover

Andrew Fenwick must stop a serial killer in Elizabeth Corley's Grave Doubts, a thrilling and unputdownable mystery filled with chilling clues, deadly twists, and taut psychological suspense. Viciously attacked by a serial rapist, intent on murder, Sergeant Louise Nightingale is recovering...
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'Salem's Lot

Stephen King - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

Stephen King's second novel, the classic vampire bestseller 'SALEM'S LOT, tells the story of evil in small-town America. 'Salem's Lot is a small New England town with white clapboard houses, tree-lined streets, and solid church steeples. That summer in 'salem's Lot was a summer of homecoming...
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Best New Horror (Mammoth Book of Best New Horror)

Stephen Jones - Running Press
Format: Paperback

The award-winning Best New Horror anthology series - winner of the World Fantasy Award and the International Horror Critics Guild Award - has now reached its thirteenth spectacular volume and to mark the event, Stephen Jones has chosen only the very best short stories and novellas by the horror...
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Wicked Witch Murder: A Lucy Stone Mystery, Book 16

Leslie Meier - Dreamscape Media, LLC
Format: Hardcover

When the bewitching Diana Ravenscroft comes to quiet Tinkers Cove and opens Solstice, a quaint little shop offering everything from jewelry to psychic readings, Lucy Stone writes her off as eccentric but harmless. Even after Diana gives her a disturbingly accurate reading, Lucy cant help...
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The Watchers

Jon Steele - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover

Beneath Lausanne Cathedral, in Switzerland, there is a secret buried before time began, something unknown to angels and men, until now...Marc Rochat watches over the city at night from the belfry of the cathedral. He lives in a world of shadows and "beforetimes" and imaginary...
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Dracula: The Un-Dead

Dacre Stoker - HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Format: Audio CD

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And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 PickOne of the most famous and beloved mysteries from the queen of suspense, Agatha Christie! More than 100 million copies sold and now a Lifetime TV movie.Ten people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to a isolated mansion...
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Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story

Stephen King - Viking
Format: Hardcover

Leland Gaunt is a stranger in Castle Rock--and he calls his new shop Needful Things, where there is something for everyone. Mr. Gaunt takes pleasure in seeing how much people will pay for their most secret dreams and desires, and he knows that almost everything is for sale: love, hope,...
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Halloween: The Best of Martha Stewart Living

Alice Gordon - Clarkson Potter
Format: Single Issue Magazine

A compendium of the top Halloween ideas published in the magazine over the last decade is divided into two sections including "Tricking," which includes coverage of pumpkin carving and lighting; and "Treating," which covers theme parties. Original.
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The Quick: A Novel

Lauren Owen - Random House
Format: Hardcover

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SLATEFor fans of Anne Rice, The Historian, and The Night Circus, an astonishing debut, a novel of epic scope and suspense that conjures up all the magic and menace of Victorian London 1892: James Norbury, a shy would-be poet...
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