Books like Scary Stories to Read When It's Dark by Sea Star

A spooky anthology of ghost, witch, and modern horror tales that rattles the imagination, perfect for an adventurous child’s night‑time reading.

A spine‑tingling collection of R.L. Stine’s favorite scary tales, featuring classic horror retellings, new stories, and comics for kids that blend humor and chills.

A collection of spooky stories set in mundane places like a ski trip and school field day.

Thirty-three stories about the strange and terrifying things that happen when humans encounter extraterrestrials, a ghost cheesemaker, and a boy with the power to vanish stars.

Short stories of dark and terrifying tales for children, featuring unreliable narrators and first-person perspective, with an emphasis on horror and supernatural elements.

Winter, with its unsettling blend of the cosy and the sinister, has long been a popular time for gathering by the bright flame of a candle, or the warm crackling of a fire, and swapping stories of ghosts and strange happenings. Now eight bestselling, award-winning authors - master storytellers of the sinister and the macabre - bring this time-honoured tradition to vivid life in a spellbinding collection of new and original haunted tales. From a bustling Covent Garden Christmas market to the frosty moors of Yorkshire, from a country estate with a dreadful secret, to a London mansion where a beautiful girl lies frozen in death, these are stories to make your hair stand on end, send shivers down your spine and to serve as your indispensable companion to the long nights of winter. So curl up, light a candle, and fall under the spell of The Haunting Season...

Adaptation of four tales by Edgar Allan Poe, including an introduction and discussion questions.

At a cliff‑top tavern above a stormy sea, two children hear macabre tales from a wandering sailor—only to discover a truth darker than the stories told.

A spooky collection of short stories for kids and teens, featuring twins, ghosts, and unexpected mysteries that unfold after dark.

A compact collection of six of Edgar Allan Poe's classic short stories—'The Black Cat,' 'The Cask of Amontillado,' 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' 'The Masque of the Red Death,' 'Pit and the Pendulum,' and 'The Tell‑Tale Heart'—exploring dark themes of guilt, obsession, and the uncanny.

A curated collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s most celebrated short fiction, featuring macabre tales of horror, mystery, and psychological suspense.

Nine imaginative short stories that bring a mischievous angel, a gentle unicorn, a sly vampire, a snarling werewolf, and other quirky creatures to life for young readers.

Nightfrights is a collection of short horror and mystery tales for young readers.