A collection of ten tales by the celebrated author of horror and mystery stories.

A collection of three novellas explores what happens when three friends make wishes at a pizzeria and get more than they asked for.

"After a session in the VR Booth at the Mega Pizzaplex, Kai can't shake the feeling that the tiger animatronic somehow has stayed with him... A new attraction at the Mega Pizzaplex leaves Kane's mind full of intrusive thoughts not his own... And Danny's idea to get the attention of his high school crush comes with unimaginable consequences... In the world of Five Nights at Freddy's, truth is often scarier than fiction..."--

Mr. Crepsley leads Darren Shan on a dangerous trek to Vampire Mountain, the very heart of the vampire world, to be presented to the Council, but an encounter with the Vampanese along the way means trouble.

Presumably the only witness to the horrific and bloody murder of his entire family, a teenage boy must outwit not only the mental health professionals determined to cure his delusion, but also the demonic forces only he can see.

"Have you ever wanted something badly, even though you shouldn't? . . . Steve's dreams of a video game programming career and starting a family lead him to take a job that seems too good to be true. Aiden and Jace can't resist scaring some young kids in the tube maze of Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex. And all Billy wants is to become the perfect ideal of what he knows he really is -- an animatronic. But in the world of Five Nights at Freddy's, be...

"Some things must be learned the hard way...Reed sees an opportunity to teach the school bully not to mess with him, but ends up mangling the lesson. Robert, an exhausted single father, gets a crash course in parenting when he buys a fancy new teddy bear to watch and entertain his young son. Chris, eager to join the Science Club at school, agrees to undergo a grisly experiment to be accepted. But in the malevolent universe of Five nights at Freddy's,...

"Isolation can open up a void. Pete lashes out at his younger brother in the wake of his parents' divorce, falling prey to a gruesome curse. Kasey struggles with the lengths she'll go to survive on the streets after stealing a pair of unusual novelty glasses. Samantha and her sister, Susie, struggle to exist side by side, desperate to connect after a horrific tragedy. But in the grim world of Five Nights at Freddy's, empty feelings often attract hungry...

Set in Ireland in the early 1970s, this story stars twin brothers Patrick and Dom Finnerty, who have their world turned upside down when their house and all they possess is burned to the ground. Displaced, the family moves into their summer seaside cottage. Now in the middle of winter, the cottage seems dull, bleak, and quite eerie. Suffering from horrible nightmares, the boys' bond of brotherly love is put to the test when they discover that the...

Betrayed by Kurda Smahlt and reeling from the brutal slaying of Gavner Purl, the vampire's assistant, Darren Shan, finds himself branded a traitor and hunted by the vampire clan.