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Nightmare Hall
Series · 29
books · 1993-1995

Books in series

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#1

The Silent Scream

1993

High on a hillside overlooking Salem University, hidden in shadows and shrouded in silence, sits Nightingale Hall. Nightmare Hall, the students call it. Because that's where the terror began. Jess is eager to start college—until she arrives at her off-campus dorm. She can see why everyone calls it Nightmare Hall. Especially when she learns the dark secret hidden within the house. A girl named Giselle hanged herself there. In Jess' room. But was it really suicide? Or was Giselle murdered? Echoing through the house, Jess can still hear the sound of Giselle's last scream. . .
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#2

The Roommate

1993

Four very different roommates share a suite in the quad—beautiful Danni, shy Maureen, mysterious Margot, and wild Lacey—and soon one of them may be dead. Original.
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#3

Deadly Attraction

1993

The night Robert Q and Darlene meet, their attraction is immediate. But he's just playing around and after sweeping her off her feet, he dumps her. He doesn't know the rules of this game, and Darlene is playing for keeps. He may think it's over, but he's wrong...dead wrong.
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#4

The Wish

1993

High on a hillside overlooking Salem University, sits Nightingale Hall. Nightmare Hall, the students call it. Because that's where the terror began... Alex is the first to notice the strange little booth in the campus pizza place. Wishes granted, fortunes told says the sign. Inside sits The Wizard, an eerie wooden figure with sinister blue eyes. Alex's friends all make wishes. And, one by one, their wishes come true - but in terrifying, twisted ways. Could The Wizard be behind the horror? Or is it someone else - someone with a deadly wish all of their own?
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#5

The Scream Team

1993

Delle dreams of becoming a cheerleader for Salem University, but she soon discovers the horrifying truth about what happened to last year's cheerleaders, and she realizes she may die if she makes the squad.
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#6

Guilty

1993

Ever since her boyfriend died in a tragic canoeing accident, Katie Sullivan is convinced that the accident was her fault and that she should have died instead of her boyfriend—a decision already reached by someone else. Original.
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#7

Pretty Please

1994

On the campus of Salem University, Johanna Dunn's beautiful face is scarred in an accident and a crazed perfectionist decides that Johanna is now too ugly—to live. Original.
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#8

The Experiment

1994

Caryl Amberly is thrilled when she is selected to participate in Professor Maximillian Delure's new seminar until she learns of his reputation as a scientist, poet—and killer. Original.
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#9

The Night Walker

1994

High on a hillside overlooking Salem University, hidden in shadows and shrouded in silence, sits Nightingale Hall. Nightmare Hall, the students call it. Because that's where the terror began. Quinn Hadley is sure she must be the only sleepwalker at Salem. It's so embarrassing, especially since she never remembers where she was or what she was doing. But it's never been a problem. Until now. Because someone is roaming the campus, attacking people in the middle of the night. No one knows who the crazed night stalker is. But all the clues point to Quinn.
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#10

Sorority Sister

1994

When Maxie McKeon pledges Omega Phi Delta, she figures she's got it made. She loves her new sisters. And everyone knows Omegas throw the best parties and go out with the cutest guys. But someone on campus isn't crazy about the sorority. That person is just, well, crazy. And he—or she—is determined to destroy the house and everyone in it. Joining Omega won't change Maxie's life. It will just shorten it.
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#11

Last Date

1994

High on a hillside overlooking Salem University, hidden in shadows and shrouded in silence, sits Nightingale Hall. Nightmare Hall, the students call it. Because that's where the terror began. A night you'll never forget. Call me. Demi does it on a dare. She places an ad in the personals column of the Salem Chronicle. Lots of guys call. And the nights are everything she advertised. Unforgettable. Unforgettably frightening. Because one by one, Demi's dates start having nasty little accidents. Disappearing. Even. . .dying.
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#12

The Whisperer

1994

After cheating on a test, Shea Fallon receives a phone call from a mysterious whisperer who threatens to divulge her secret unless she commits further transgressions. Original.
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#13

Monster

1994

High on a hillside overlooking Salem University, sits Nightingale Hall. Nightmare Hall, the students call it. Because that's where the terror began... Rumours are flying around Salem University - a monster is stalking the campus. Striking in the dead of night, it leaves its victims bloodied and traumatized... But surely it's just a prank gone wrong? When her friends are viciously attacked one by one, Abby knows it's no joke. It's terrifying. But the truth about the monster is even more horrific than Abby ever suspected...
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#14

The Initiation

1994

Joining the Others, a group of outcasts whom she thinks are just lonely students like herself, Salem University freshman Molly Keene realizes that there is something very wrong about the group, but finds there is only one way to leave it. Original.
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#15

Truth or Die

1994

It begins as a game. When first-year student Parrie Moore meets the other girls at a party, joining them in their harmless game of Truth or Dare sounds like fun. And at first it is. The dares are silly pranks that make them all laugh. But gradually the dares become stranger, more dangerous. The game is taking on a life of its own. Parrie is frightened. But it's only a game...or is it?
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#16

Book of Horrors

1994

Horror book author Victoria McCoy, the new Salem writer-in-residence, knows how to make horror come to life. So Reed is thrilled when McCoy hires her as her new assistant...until she finds out that McCoy's previous assistants have all disappeared. Then frightening things start happening to Reed...things straight out of McCoy's famous horror books. And McCoy's next tale of terror has an ending worse than Reed's worst nightmares.
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#17

Last Breath

1994

Finding her seemingly perfect life haunted by a series of strange occurrences, Cassidy is frustrated by rumors that she is losing her mind, until a fall down the stairs and an encounter with poison prove that someone wants Cassidy dead. Original.
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#18

Win, Lose or Die

1994

Accepting a scholarship to the Salem tennis team, Nicki realizes that someone is sabotaging her play, and when an accident meant for her claims the life of another girl, Nicki realizes that not everybody loves a winner.
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#19

The Coffin

1995

Finding herself locked in a soundproof room by a madman, coed Tanner tries every means of freeing herself, causing her terrifying captor to lock her in a coffin-shaped box that offers a slim chance for escape—or eternal imprisonment.
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#20

Deadly Visions

1995

Rachel is haunted by grisly dreams after she becomes the only one who sees deadly images hidden in a series of grisly paintings at an art exhibit—except for the psychotic art major who did the paintings. Original.
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#21

Student Body

1995

High on a hillside overlooking Salem University, hidden in shadows and shrouded in silence, sits Nightingale Hall. Nightmare Hall, the students call it. Because that's where the terror began. A bonfire seems like the perfect way for Tory and her friends to celebrate. But when the winds gust and the fire gets out of control, everyone panics. All they think about is how to escape. It isn't until later that they realize their buddy Hoop isn't with them. They've left him there to die. And now someone wants to make sure that Hoop's friends pay for their carelessness. . .with their lives.
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#22

The Vampire's Kiss

1995

A Salem University co-ed mourns the loss of her deceased boyfriend Lucas, and becomes alarmed when she realizes that one of the new young men in her life is really Lucas returning as a vampire to lure her to the other side.
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#23

Dark Moon

1995

Thrilled at being selected to head the planning committee for a festival at Salem U., Eve becomes troubled when a series of small mishaps escalate into dangerous accidents that appear to target Eve personally. Original.
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#24

The Biker

1995

Someone on a motorcycle is driving wildly through campus, terrorizing innocent pedestrians. Echo Glen is sure she knows who it is. She accuses Pruitt, a surprisingly geeky guy. Echo won't tell if she can have one thrilling ride on his Harley-Davidson. But the ride isn't thrilling, it's terrifying. Because that night the "Mad Biker's" joyriding turns into murder. Now Echo is trapped in a web of horror and deception that involves blackmail and maybe...her death.
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#25

Captives

1995

Molloy and her friends take refuge in abandoned Nightmare Hall on a violently stormy night—just until the storm passes. But they are not alone. They've entered a crazed killer's secret hideaway and become his captives. Trapped, they are in for a night of terror. Who will live, and who will die? Only the killer knows.
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#26

Revenge

1995

When the students at Salem University are terrorized by a vengeful stalker, Addie Adair, a co-ed who is working on an English paper at the computer lab, fears that she will be the next victim when she discovers a strange disk.
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#27

Kidnapped

1995

Nora, an orphaned education major with little memory of her past, is accused of kidnapping one of her students just before a series of attacks threaten her life, and Nora must remember how these attacks are related to her past. Original.
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#28

The Dummy

1995

Participating in a fun skit for a school Halloween bash, a teenage girl decides to liven up the act by using a ventriloquist dummy, with horrific and deadly results. Original.
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#29

The Voice in the Mirror

1995

Salem U. is buzzing with holiday activities. Annie loves the holidays, until two of her friends have horrible accidents—and she may be next. What Annie doesn't know is that one of her friends has a dark past. He has murdered a girl and now his mind is split in two. One part that of a student, the other that of a guilty killer. He listens to "the voice in the mirror" that tells him that each new girl he meets is actually a reincarnation of the girl he killed, returning to expose him. The voice tells him he has no chance, unless he can eliminate the problem...permanently.

Author

Diane Hoh
Diane Hoh
Author · 55 books
Diane Hoh is the author of fifty-seven novels for young adults. She grew up in Warren, Pennsylvania but currently resides in Austin, Texas. Reading and writing are her favorite things, alongside gardening and grandchildren.
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