La Porte County Public Library System

In 1978, Stephen King introduced the world to the last gunslinger, Roland of Gilead. Nothing has been the same since. More than twenty years later, the quest for the Dark Tower continues to take readers on a wildly epic ride. Through parallel worlds and across time, Roland must brave desolate wastelands and endless deserts, drifting into the unimaginable and the familiar. A classic tale of colossal scope—crossing over terrain from The Stand,...

The record-breaking phenomenon from Elizabeth Kostova is a celebrated masterpiece that "refashioned the vampire myth into a compelling contemporary novel, a late-night page-turner" (San Francisco Chronicle). 
Breathtakingly suspenseful and beautifully written, The Historian is the story of a young woman plunged into a labyrinth where the secrets of her family’s past connect to an inconceivable...

The Nightmare Club is not for just ANYBODY. Only the spookiest, scariest stories get told at Annie's Halloween sleepovers--and if you can't take it, well, tough!What's the least spooky thing you can imagine? An egg, right? It's perfectly smooth all over. It's totally natural. It can't talk. It can't put a curse on you. It doesn't have a soul, so it can't haunt you.Ha! That's what Seamus thinks until his friend gives him an egg she found by the side...

DeWayne's friend is acting creepy, and DeWayne needs to get away-fast. Because in Double-Dare to Be Scared, being a regular kid doesn't mean you're safe. And having friends is even less of a guarantee. Robert D. San Souci, author of Dare to Be Scared, has spun another thirteen original tales to keep night-lights burning across the country. There's something for every brave reader, as stories range from campfire grabbers to unsettling thrillers and...

"Simon is a liar. Stella and Alex know this about their new stepbrother, so they aren't bothered by his stories about their new house. But Simon is getting harder and harder to ignore, as his cries for attention become increasingly dangerous and difficult to explain. Stella and Alex have to consider...could Simon actually be telling the truth? Will the three siblings be able to put aside their differences to save their family...before it's too late?"--Provided...

Todd is obsessed with worms and keeps a worm farm in his basement, but after he cuts a worm in half worms start showing up in the worst places--in his bed, in his homework, and even in his food.

When their parents have to take a last minute business trip, Clark and Gretchen are forced to stay with their grandparents, who live in a weird castle in the middle of a swamp. Their grandparents abandon them when a swamp monster invades the castle.

In 2025, America's favorite TV game show features contestants attempting to evade death at the hands of the Hunters. Thirty days of survival takes the prize--one billion dollars.

Several cross-country travelers--including a writer, a family on vacation, and a professor and his wife--end up in the little mining town of Desperation, where a crazy policeman and evil forces compel them to fight for their lives.

A collection of short fiction features "The Girl Who Was Infatuated with Death," an Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter story, as well as "House of Wizards," "Stealing Souls," and "Those Who Seek Forgiveness," a never-before-published Anita Blake tale.