Blowtorch Psycho.Com (Bone Chillers)

Once again bestselling author Betsy Haynes (The Fabulous Five series) has unleashed her prolific pen, this time to delightfully horrifying good use. Bone Chillers is an entertaining collection of grotesqueries that are especially twisted for the minds of young readers. Grounded in the familiar terrain of school, shopping malls, or family affairs, each fantasia exposes a macabre world of demons and monsters lurking just below the mundane surface of everyday life.

In blowtorch@psycho.com, Jason is partnered with a mysterious cyber pen pal for a classroom writing assignment. When their story starts to take on a sinister life of its own Jason tries to pull the plug, but the computer is a powerful tool--especially in the hands of a maniac.

Overflowing with buckets of gore and more than a little vomitus, Bone Chillers aren't for the squeamish. But there's a moral hidden in this madness and, in the end, the good guys usually come out on top--even if they are covered in some kind of slime. --George Laney