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Elivia Spencer has never had many friends. But now, Elivia must face six new people. Six people who have also seen It. Will they believe her story of terror? How could they? She could hardly believe it herself. Elivia knows that her secret can no longer stay that way. And neither can Anna’s.
Monsters, ghouls and ghosts – it was all just fiction.
But It isn’t. And It’s coming. It’s coming for them all…
No one has ever had the heart to tell Bender that Santa Claus doesn’t exist and so every year, his friends keep up the charade to keep the magic of Christmas alive. But surely he’ll realise soon? Right?…
The turning of the Christmas lights in town is a big event in the HSA gang’s festive calendar. For Emily, she cares less about the lights and more about her proximity to Will; gorgeous Will Bennet who will forever make her heart flutter. But will he ever know how she feels? Maybe this Christmas she’ll finally find the courage to tell him…
The snowstorm has brought the entire country to a grinding halt and, unfortunately for Erika and Dominic, they’re stuck on the motorway without a heater and only each other’s company. It’s going to be a long drive…
Jasper hates this time of year. The only thing he hates more is Christmas music. But sadly, his crush, Susannah adores the festive season and so he must suffer it if he ever hopes to win her heart…
With only a few days to go before Christmas, Elivia and Tom head to Oxford Street to find presents for their families. However, Elivia has never been the best at presents and Tom must try to persuade her out of buying another awful gift for her parents…
A snowstorm’s blowing in across the country and while Anna and Sam wait for their friends to arrive at Clearwater Lodge for the festive season, they soon realise that the snowstorm isn’t the only problem they need to worry about…
Tom’s been looking forward to his summer photography course at the university ever since he signed up. Even more so recently since all of his friends seemed to be losing their minds. A shapeshifting monster chasing them? Killing the children? It was absurd, but even Tom’s boyfriend, Dominic believes them. Tom needs a break. A week away from the hysteria. Paired with timid Elivia Spencer, a girl from the private school, on an assignment, Tom is reluctant at first. All rich people are the same in his eyes but he’s quick to learn that there’s something different about Elivia. And that afternoon, upon hearing the other kids talking about a secret tunnel beneath the campus, the two team together to investigate. But this adventure soon goes awry when Tom and Elivia realise they’re not the only ones in these tunnels. And as they delve deeper, they will soon understand the true meaning of fear. Maybe Tom will finally believe his friends’ tales of horror now he’s come face to face with his own nightmare…
Now, Erika, Will and Emily have all faced It. Dominic believes It’s the same thing killing the children. The same thing that killed his brother. Tom still isn’t sure. And Sam? He doesn’t believe a word. Even after listening to Emily and Will’s terrifying account of the Merman emerging from the font in the church, Sam can’t possibly believe it. So certain that monsters, ghouls and ghosts could never exist in this cold, callous, mundane world, Sam doesn’t fear the lone journey home after curfew through Williamson Park; the formidable park sat at the highest point of the city where the great Ashton Memorial resides. But his confidence is about to be shaken – his whole world is about to change when Sam comes face to face with his own worst nightmare. Something that petrifies him far more than his brutish father. Something that will haunt him for the rest of his life…if he survives the night.
Tom doesn’t believe his boyfriend’s tale of Erika and Emily’s brave escape from a monster in the forest. How could he? This wasn’t a film or book. This was the real world and in the real world, children will killed by murderous lunatics who were, as much as people tried to deny it, human.
Not monsters. Not creatures of the deep. And certainly not witches.
But upon talking to Emily Fox, who Tom trusts far more than ‘crazy Erika Waterstone’, he begins to question his perfect reality.
Emily, however, has no doubt that what she faced on Friday night with Erika was real and after being punished by her strict, pious guardian, Rupert, Emily must face an evening alone in the church – the last place she had faced something she couldn’t explain. She’s escaped its clutches twice – is her luck about to run out?