When the nineteenth--century ghost of Maria de Silva wakes her up in the middle of the night, Suze knows this is no ordinary visitation -- and not just from the knife at her throat, either. In life, Maria was the fiancée of Jesse -- the same Jesse who was murdered a hundred and fifty years before. The same Jesse Suze is in love with. Maria threatens Suze: The backyard construction must cease. Suze has a pretty good idea what -- or rather, who --...

Suze is used to trouble, but this time she's in deep: Ghostly Jesse has her heart, but Paul Slater, a real flesh-and-blood guy, is warm for her form. And mediator Paul knows how to send Jesse to the Great Beyond. For good. Paul claims he won't do anything to Jesse as long as Suze will go out with him. Fearing she'll lose Jesse forever, Suze agrees. But even if Suze can get Jesse to admit his true feelings for her, what kind of future can she have...

Fifteen-year-old Tiffany Aching, the witch of the Chalk, seeks her place amid a troublesome populace and tries to control the ill-behaved, six-inch-high Wee Free Men who follow her as she faces an ancient evil that agitates against witches.

Following her father's death, Jane North-Robinson and her mom move from sunny California to the dreary, dilapidated old house in Maine where her mother grew up. All they want is a fresh start, but behind North Manor's doors lurks a history that leaves them feeling more alone . . . and more tormented.

"Even teenage assassins have dreams. Eli isn't just a teenage girl -- she's a made-thing the witches created to hunt down ghosts in the human world. Trained to kill with her seven living blades, Eli is a flawless machine, a deadly assassin. But when an assignment goes wrong, Eli starts to question everything she was taught about both worlds, the Coven, and her tyrannical witch-mother. Terrified that she'll be unmade for her mistake, Eli seeks refuge...

Marigold has moved to her family's home in California. The renovated home sitting between dilapidated houses, surrounded by wary neighbors has its . . . secrets. That’s only half the problem: household items vanish, doors open on their own, lights turn off, shadows walk past rooms, voices can be heard in the walls, and there’s a foul smell seeping through the vents only Mari seems to notice.

What could have been. What should have been. How those words can haunt.... Margery Pendele, the bastard daughter of the Lord of the Manor, has been cheated by life. Alice Yonge has been cheated by death. This is the tale of two young women determined to have more than life gave to them. As their two lives become intertwined, Alice and Margery set out to find all that they had lost. The Dark Ones follow them everywhere. One of them is even in the memories...

Lex has never fit in. In a small town high school filled with jocks, cowboys, and beauty pageant hopefuls, she is the only Goth. Of course her father’s crazed obsession with the occult and protecting her from a whole host of delusional dangers doesn’t help. Nor do the shadowy images in Lex’s photographs — images she alone can see. Needless to say, Lex has never been on a date, never been in love, and frankly never cared to do either. But when...

Fifteen-year-old Haley moves into a house haunted by the ghosts of murdered girls who hope Haley will be able to help them move on.

A collection of sixteen short science fiction and fantasy stories by award-winning authors.