In "Dark Awakenings," author and scholar Cardin explores the ancient intersection between religion and horror in seven stories and three academic papers.

Fiona Smiley thinks that wearing glasses will make her brainy like the rest of her family. So when she sees Granny Grimm's glasses lying on the garden wall, she just can't resist trying them on, with some interesting results. Jenny Nimmo was shortlisted for the 1995 Carnegie Medal.

When bored teenage girl Charley Matthews visits Watersvale Museum, she has no idea that a chance encounter with the dying Doc Hyperpower is about to change her life forever. Will she rise to the occasion and defeat the evil of Pharoanicus, or will she lock herself in her bedroom and listen to The Cure? Find out in this senses shattering debut of Weirdsville's newest hero - Hypergirl