The Fear Collector

The bestselling author of Small Spaces returns with a frightening new standalone novel tailor-made to keep you up at night.Twelve-year-old Natasha Ross is the newest resident of Mortimer Falls, Vermont-the safest place in America. Here, nothing bad ever happens. Not like her old city, where her best friend Amelia was killed. But on her very first day of school, Nat discovers that the town may not be as safe as it seems.
The kids warn her: Never walk alone. That's when he finds you.The Otherside Boy. Nat doesn't have much patience for ghost stories. But when Nat and her new friend Carter find themselves trapped in a nightmare version of their school, she discovers this ghost story is all too real. Even worse, there's something even more frightening lurking in the school: The Fear Collector. And it's already too late to escape slipping into his realm.
With a master hand, horror virtuoso Katherine Arden will once again have you looking over your shoulder and sleeping with the lights on in this hair-raising tale.