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The fall of the house of Usher : and other tales / by Poe, Edgar Allan,1809-1849.;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-395).Introduction -- The balloon hoax -- Ms. found in a bottle -- A descent into the maelstrom -- The murders in the Rue Morgue -- The purloined letter -- The black cat -- The fall of the house of Usher -- The pit and the pendulum -- The masque of the Red Death -- The cask of Amontillado -- The assignation -- The tell-tale heart -- Diddling -- The man that was used up -- Narrative of A. Gordon Pym -- Afterwood -- Selected bibliography.

Subjects: Horror tales, American.;

© c2006., New American Library,

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Night shift / [electronic resource]. by King, Stephen.;

Here we see mutated rats gone bad (“Graveyard Shift”); a cataclysmic virus that threatens humanity (“Night Surf,” the basis for The Stand); a possessed, evil lawnmower (“The Lawnmower Man”); unsettling children from the heartland (“Children of the Corn”); a smoker who will try anything to stop (“Quitters, Inc.”); a reclusive alcoholic who begins a gruesome transformation (“Gray Matter”); a man convinced that a crack in the closet is responsible for the murder of his children ("The Boogeyman"); and many more shadows and visions that will haunt you long after the last page is turned. -- provided by Amazon.com.Electronic reproduction.

Subjects: Electronic books.; Horror tales, American.; Fiction.; Horror.; Suspense.; Thriller.;

© 2008.,

On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=166392 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;

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Dare to be scared : thirteen stories to chill and thrill / by San Souci, Robert D.; Ouimet, David,ill.;

Nighttown -- The dark dark house -- The caller -- The double dare -- Space is the place -- Ants -- The Halloween spirit -- The Bald Mountain monster -- Playland -- Smoke -- Mrs. Moonlight (Senora de Luna) -- Hungry ghosts -- Bakotahl.

Subjects: Horror tales, American.; Children's stories, American.; Horror stories.; Short stories.;

© c2003., Cricket Books,

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Rita Hayworth and Shawshank redemption / by King, Stephen,1947-; Muller, Frank,1951-2008.;

Read by Frank Muller.An unjustly imprisoned convict seeks a strange and startling revenge.

Subjects: Horror fiction.; Audiobooks.; Prisoners; Revenge; Judicial error; Horror tales, American.;

© 2016., Simon & Schuster Audio,

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The portable Edgar Allan Poe / by Poe, Edgar Allan,1809-1849.; Kennedy, J. Gerald.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 623-628).Introduction by J. Gerald Kennedy -- Chronology -- Note on texts -- Tales: Predicaments. MS. found in a bottle ; A descent into the maelström ; The masque of the red death ; The pit and the pendulum ; The premature burial ; The facts in the case of M. Valdemar -- Bereavements. The assignation ; Berenice ; Morella ; Ligeia ; The fall of the House of Usher ; Eleonora ; The oval portrait -- Antagonisms. Metzengerstein ; William Wilson ; The tell-tale heart ; The black cat ; The imp of the perverse ; The cask of Amontillado ; Hop-frog -- Mysteries. The man of the crowd ; The murders in the Rue Morgue ; The gold-bug ; The oblong box ; A tale of the ragged mountains ; The purloined letter -- Grotesqueries. The man that was used up ; The system of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether ; Some words with a mummy -- Poems -- Letters -- Critical principles -- Observations -- Notes -- Selected bibliographies.The first new edition of this landmark anthology since 1945 presents a more complicated, perverse, and culturally engaged Poe. Along with the author's familiar masterworks in poetry and fiction, this new Portable Poe includes satirical tales that reflect his critique of American culture.

Subjects: Short stories, American; Detective and mystery stories, American; Horror tales, American;

© 2006., Penguin Books,

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More scary stories to tell in the dark / by Schwartz, Alvin,1927-1992.; Helquist, Brett,illustrator.;

More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-111).When she saw him, she screamed and ran -- She was spittin' and yowlin' just like a cat -- When I wake up, everything will be all right -- The last laugh.Reading Counts RCAccelerated Reader AR

Subjects: Horror tales.; Ghost stories.; Folklore.; Ghost stories, American.; Tales; Ghosts; Horror stories.; Folklore;

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On writing : a memoir of the craft / by King, Stephen,1947-;

Stephen King reflects on how his writing has helped him through difficult times and describes various aspects of the art of writing.

Subjects: King, Stephen, 1947-; Authors, American; King, Stephen, 1947-; Horror tales; Authorship.;

© c2010, c2000., Scribner,

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Hell's corner [sound recording] / by Baldacci, David.; Cassidy, Orlagh.; McLarty, Ron.;

Read by Ron McLarty & Orlagh Cassidy.A bomb detonates in the White House immediately after the British Prime Minister departs from the State Dinner. Oliver Stone, who witnesses the event, believes the Prime Minister and the President were the targets of a terrorist plot. MI-5 agent Mary Chapman is assigned to assist the Stone and his Camel Club with the investigation, which reveals that the bombing may have actually been botched and is part of a darker, deadlier conspiracy.

Subjects: Audiobooks.; Stone, Oliver (Fictitious character); Camel Club (Imaginary organization); Bombing investigation; Retribution; Horror tales, American.;

© p2010., Hachette Audio,

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The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe / by Frye, Steven,ed.;

Examines the individual author's entire body of work and on his/her single works of literature.Includes bibliographical references and index.About this volume / THE TALES AND THEIR AUTHOR: On Poe's Tales -- Steven Frye ; Biography of Edgar Allan Poe -- Charles E. May ; The Paris Review Perspective -- Nathaniel Rich for The Paris Review / CRITICAL CONTEXTS: A Debt Owed, a Debt Paid: Poe's Literary Cultural Heritage -- Jeff Grieneisen and Courtney Ruffner ; Introduction to Poe Criticism -- Susan Amper ; "Hypocrite Lecteur": The Reader as Accomplice in Poe's Short Stories -- Matthew J. Bolton ; Edgar Allan Poe's Fantastic Short Stories -- Santiago Rodriguez Guerrero-Strachan / CRITICAL READINGS: Irresistible Impulses: Edgar Allan Poe and the Insanity Defense -- John Cleman ; The Limits of Reason: Poe's Deluded Detectives -- J. Gerald Kennedy ; What Happens in "The Fall of the House of Usher"? -- J.O. Bailey ; Poe and the Powers of the Mind -- Robert Shulman ; The Motive for Murder in "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe -- Elena V. Baraban ; The Problem of Realism in "The Gold Bug" -- J. Woodrow Hassell, Jr. ; The Self-Consuming Narrator in Poe's "Ligeia" and "Usher" -- Ronald Bieganowski ; Poe's Re-Vision: The Recovery of the Second Story -- Cynthia S. Jordan ; Absolute Poe: His System of Transcendental Racism -- Maurice S. Lee / RESOURCES: Chronology of Edgar Allan Poe's Life ; Works by Edgar Allan Poe ; Bibliography ; About the Editor ; About The Paris Review ; Contributors ; Acknowledgments ; Index.

Subjects: Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.; Fantasy fiction, American; Horror tales, American; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.; Horror fiction; American literature;

© 2010., Salem Press,

On-line resources: https://libproxy.kirtland.edu/login?url=https://online.salempress.com/doi/book/10.3331/CIW_Tales_Poe -- Available online. Click here to access.;

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Scary stories to tell in the dark / by Schwartz, Alvin,1927-1992.; Gammell, Stephen,illustrator.;

Drawn from the oral traditions of American folklore, these ghost stories and tales of weird happenings, witches, and graveyards have startling, funny, or surprising endings.Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-110).Accelerated Reader AR

Subjects: Folklore.; Ghost stories.; Horror fiction.; Children's stories.; Ghosts; Tales; Ghost stories, American.; Ghosts; Folklore; Horror stories.; Ghosts;

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