Serial Chillers

The must-read middle-grade novel from the author of the super-spooky Dread Wood series. Perfect for 9+ fans of R.L.Stine's Goosebumps and Stranger Things.

"Jennifer Killick has become the go-to horror writer for readers aged nine and over ... readers are as likely to howl with laughter as with terror."

- The Sunday Times

Welcome to Hazard. An ordinary town where strangeness is a way of life. A town where sink holes appear with no warning, where people go missing way too often and where things really DO go bump in the night ...

To Travis and his classmates, Hazard is home. But when they're set a school project to investigate the history of the town, they soon realise that something strange and alien lies beneath Hazard. What can they learn from their investigations into the mysterious witch in the woods? And - if the witch really does exist - will they make it home to tell the tale...?

In the sequel to her Sunday Times bestselling book, Jennifer Killick delivers another thrilling and humorous tale in Serial Chillers. The children of Hazard town, in their quest for education, stumble upon old stories of monsters, adding a layer of suspense to this must-read juvenile fiction.

For fans of Kr Alexander (The Undrowned), Sharna Jackson (The Nine Night Mystery), Mathias Ball (Little Wolf's Howl), Keith Robinson (Wolf Road), and Jeff Kinney (The Deep End).

HarperCollins 2025