Midnight Library

The Midnight Library is a series of children's short story collections in the genre of horror fiction. The author is variously given as Damien Graves (US) and Nick Shadow (UK). The first book, Voices, was published in 2005. The typical format is three stories per book, and there have also been omnibus editions.[1]

Books in the series

• Voices: Katie has a special power to hear voices in her head of the future, but she does not know what trouble they can lead her into.
• Cat Lady: Chloe never quite believed the stories about the cat lady but when a dare goes terribly wrong, she finds out the truth is even more terrifying than anyone has ever imagined.
• Liar: Lauren is shy. She just wants a friend but finds herself creating a monster...
• Shut Your Mouth: Louise and her friends just want to steal candy, but their plan goes horribly wrong...
• I Can See You: Michael is moving to the countryside. He finds out the dark is dangerous. Michael didn't want to move out of the city in the first place. And wandering around the countryside in the dark really isn't his idea of fun - particularly when he finds out how dangerous the dark can be...
• Dream Demon: Alfie does not want to sleep at Gran Dorry's house, but especially not in the room of his dead uncle Martin. But when he has nightmares that are a little too real, Alfie doesn't want to sleep at all...
• Blood and Sand: John and his sister Sarah are on their annual vacation when they decide to enter the sand sculpture competition. They are puzzled as they discover the reason the Sandman's sculptures always look so real.
• End Game: Simon is a computer fanatic, but when he gets a new computer game, he finds it's not afraid to mess with people's lives.
• No Escape: Emma and her friends are on a school trip, but they then find themselves on a terrifying trip back in time.
• The Catch (US title: The Deadly Catch): A canoeing trip turns dangerous. David and Adam aren't too worried when they get lost on the open sea. But when they discover an abandoned boat in the fog, things start to turn nasty. Who— or what— lies in wait beyond the waves?
• The Whisperer: Rachel has always wanted to be a journalist, so writing for the student newspaper is the perfect opportunity. But then her column begins to write itself, and soon no subject is safe...
• Blind Witness: Liam thinks that losing his sight is the worst thing that could happen to him. He's wrong. Soon he begins to see things that no one else can— things he wishes he had never laid eyes upon...
• "Anybody There?"

References

1. Midnight Library at Fantastic Fiction