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Stephen King’s highly praised collection of witty, dark tales — his first for a decade:

All That You Love Will Be Carried Away: a moving story of a suicidal traveling salesman who collects graffiti. Riding the Bullet: King’s famous “e-story” — the story of Alan Parker, who's hitchhiking to see his dying mother but takes the wrong ride, farther than he ever intended. Lunch at the Gotham Café: A sparring couple's contentious lunch turns very, very bloody when the maître d' gets out of sorts. 1408: (now filmed) A successful writer’s specialty is "Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Houses," and though Room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel doesn't kill him, he won't be writing about ghosts anymore. Autopsy Room Four: The last thing Howard Cottrell remembers is entering the woods to find his golf ball. He wakes up as he is being rolled into an autopsy room. Luckey Quarter: Darlene is a single mom struggling to raise two kids on her income as a chambermaid in Reno. When Room 322 leaves her a quarter for a tip, Darlene lets that quarter take her for a ride. Everything's Eventual: Dinky Earnshaw — a 19-year-old pizza boy — gets hired by a mysterious stranger for a unique and totally "eventual" (awesome) job. The Road Virus Heads North: An author buys a creepy painting at a yard sale which was painted by a metal-head neighbor just before he committed suicide. (583 pages)
Level: B

Magic surrounds us ... the Enlightenment did not kill it with science, nor did the Industrial Revolution extinguish its usefulness with mechanisation. There exists in this magic world, things that logic and reason cannot explain, and there are beings that have never been captured or catalogued. Explore this world of mystery, wonder, danger, and horror in this collection of short stories. You may find it to be not unlike the world in which you live. Modern Magic contains twenty-six short stories of fantasy and horror.

Contents: Here be Dragons — Kelley Armstrong; Stock Management — Sarah A. Hoyt; Kindled Morphogenesis — Alexa Grave; Salvation in a Plastic Bag — P. Kirby; Joy, Unbottled — Ron Horsley; Souls of Living Wood — Eugie Foster; Peter I am Lost — Kelly Hale; Zauberkrieg — Stephen D. Rogers; The Apprentice — Joy Marchand; Office Magic — Jon Sprunk; Raven — Elaine Cunningham; Beauty, Sleeping — Melissa Frederick; Unsung Hero — Michael A. Pignatella; Swan Dive — Christe M. Callabro; Feast of Clowns — Robert Guffey; Subversion Clause — Richard Parks; Love's Consequence — Rhonda Mason; The Healer's Line — Jill Knowles; The Lamia — James S. Dorr; Midnight Snack — Ken Brady; Pavlov's Breast — Steve Verge; Golden Rule — Donna Munro; Wishbone — Erin MacKay; No Worries, Partner — Jim C. Hines; Pentacle on His Forehead, Lizard on His Breath — James Maxey; Undead Air — John Passarella; The Woman Who Walked with Dogs — Mary Rosenblum.

Have you read the novel that so many young women are reading? A story of alienation, sexual tension — and vampires:
A novel by Stephenie Meyer: When 17 year old Isabella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father she expects that her new life will be as dull as the town. But in spite of her awkward manner and low expectations, she finds that her new classmates are drawn to this pale, dark-haired new girl in town. But not, it seems, the Cullen family. These five adopted brothers and sisters obviously prefer their own company and will make no exception for Bella. Bella is convinced that Edward Cullen in particular hates her, but she feels a strange attraction to him, although his hostility makes her feel almost physically ill. He seems determined to push her away — until, that is, he saves her life from an out of control car. Bella will soon discover that there is a very good reason for Edward’s coldness. He, and his family, are vampires — and he knows how dangerous it is for others to get too close. (434 pages)
Level: Gymnasiet

The Woman in Black tells the haunting story of a young solicitor, Arther Kipps, and the nightmarish events of his stay in a house on a marsh in northern England, and the terrible events that were to alter his life forever. Probably the finest modern ghost story — engendering feelings of fear, isolation, solitude and paranoia! Educational edition with: Points for Discussion, Suggestions for Writing etc. (154 pages)
Level: B/C