Horror for a 12 year old.

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Ds loves The Enemy series and has read a couple of other horror books aimed at his age and The Woman in Black.
Can anyone recommend anything else for him please?

M R James is wonderful. They call him the Father of the modern ghost story.

Because he was writing in the early 20th century, there's no sex or violence in his stories...some of the language in some of the stories is a bit archaic for your average 12 year old but some will be fine.

Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You my Lad is especially horrifying.

If he's a more mature 12, then there's not much wrong with Carrie. I was reading King at 12 and so was my DD.

I loved all the point horror books at that age. Don’t know if their still in print- but you can get them on eBay and on kindle.

More bloody horror by Horowitz is aimed at that age.

The Invisible Fiends series by Barry Hutchison

Christopher pike books or too young?

Darren Shan. My kids all loved the Zom-B series 🙂 his other books are brilliant too.

Oh yes, forgot about Darren Shan. Brilliant books!

H P Lovecraft?
Edgar Allen Poe?
Bram Stoker?

Chris Priestly books

Lockwood & Co series by Jonathan Stroud. Start with The Screaming Staircase.

Robert Swindells "Room 13" is good for that age - it's about a school trip to Whitby where the children end up fighting off a vampire (based on the Dracula legend) and is perfectly pitched not to be too scary.