Daniel Kraus Books in Order

During a summer marked by hit-and-run attacks on boys, friends James, Willie, and Reggie struggle with growing up and staying safe. A curfew, a mysterious bully, and painful changes in their friendship intensify the danger surrounding them.

After his mother's death, sixteen-year-old Joey Crouch moves from Chicago to rural Iowa to live with the father he never knew. Their uneasy relationship draws him into a secretive world of grave robbing, family bonds, and mortality.

Nineteen-year-old Ry Burke lives with his mother and sister on their failing farm, haunted by his father's abuse. A fallen meteorite and a ruthless intruder force him to summon the imaginary protectors that once helped him survive childhood.

Seventeen-year-old gangster Zebulon Finch is murdered in 1896 and inexplicably returns to life. His second existence carries him from a traveling medicine show through war, poverty, and Hollywood, testing his understanding of humanity and the possibility of redemption.

This boxed set collects both volumes of Zebulon Finch's confession, following a murdered teenager who returns to life in 1896. His prolonged journey across American history brings shifting relationships, violence, and a relentless search for meaning and redemption.

Decades after his resurrection, Zebulon Finch continues his journey through American history and a secret mission in Nazi Germany. Suburban life, social upheaval, and his longing for peace challenge a teenager condemned to endure beyond an ordinary lifespan.

An embittered outcast recruits three alienated children to help poison and sabotage Halloween candy. Told through one child's perspective, the story follows the hours before nightfall as loyalty and conscience threaten a plan aimed at unsuspecting trick-or-treaters.

Liv Fleming and her friend Doug continue checking the traps her missing father built to capture aliens. When they discover an inhuman creature, disbelief gives way to a troubling choice between seeking help and pursuing their own version of justice.

Her estranged mother's death sends Kat Somerville and her daughter Sybil from Chicago to Comfort Notch, New Hampshire. Inheriting a home promises a fresh start, but the town's picturesque autumn conceals troubling signs that unsettle their arrival.

Kat and Sybil try to settle into Comfort Notch after missing her mother's funeral. The town's unusual customs and obscure history complicate their hopes of belonging, bringing mother and daughter closer to a disturbing confrontation with their new community.

A drinking binge brings Kat into contact with a tattoo-removal specialist, offering an unexpected connection beyond Comfort Notch. Returning to the unsettling town, she finds old photographs that point toward the figure at the heart of its legends.

Medical examiners discover a corpse that refuses to stay dead, setting off a spreading zombie catastrophe. Across trailer parks, an aircraft carrier, a newsroom, and Washington, survivors confront the destruction of ordinary life and uncertain prospects for a future.

Teddy bear Buddy wakes in a garbage dump instead of a child's arms and discovers other discarded bears. Together they seek a return to the store, facing scavenging animals and a hostile world while trying to understand their abandonment.

After her estranged mother's death, Kat Somerville moves with her daughter Sybil to Comfort Notch, New Hampshire. Their attempt to escape a difficult life becomes a struggle with the unsettling secrets of a town Kat can barely remember.

Kat learns about a devastating tragedy in Comfort Notch's past as her search for explanations continues. Burn-scarred Carol Ravintzky recounts Clementine Biddle's terrible death, revealing another piece of the history behind the town's unsettling present.

A Comfort Notch resident vanishes, prompting Kat to investigate a clue concealed in an ordinary setting. Her search deepens the town's mystery as an ominous presence associated with the autumn leaves threatens to make itself known.

Armed with stolen accounts of Comfort Notch's local lore, Kat barricades her house in an attempt to protect her family. The town's threat appears to extend into nature itself, making refuge increasingly uncertain for mother and daughter.

The Autumnal Society has chosen its sapling, and Kat and Sybil are drawn into the darkest reaches of Comfort Notch. New revelations about the town's hungry secrets challenge what they have understood about the danger surrounding them.

With her daughter Sybil's future uncertain, Kat confronts Clementine Biddle and finds a figure unlike the one she expected. Grief and anger drive the final struggle against the horror concealed within Comfort Notch's autumnal beauty.

Buddy and his fellow teddies find a child willing to shelter them, but their promised peace remains elusive. When adults react with fear, the bears seek answers at their factory and encounter a community whose rules raise further questions.

Presented as a fictional true-crime investigation, this novel reconstructs alleged paranormal activity at an Iowa fast-food restaurant before a massacre. Interviews with survivors expose the employees' relationships and conflicting accounts of the supposed Burger City Poltergeist.

Genetically engineered rat Sammy can read, communicate, and use technology, but his creators see him as a commercial product. Friendship with a young boy awakens his awareness of animal suffering and fuels a dangerous campaign against human exploitation.

Buddy and his fellow teddies leave their factory still searching for the secrets of their creation. Learning that its founder faces trial, they enter a hostile crowd and courthouse in pursuit of the truth behind their abandonment.

Diver Jay Gardiner searches the Pacific for his father's remains, hoping to ease his guilt over the death. An encounter with a squid leaves him swallowed by a sperm whale, with only an hour of oxygen to escape.

Children begin disappearing in Alligator Point, Louisiana, making young Renée Pontiac fear that a murderous bayou legend is real. To resist the Piper, the isolated community must confront its ancestors' involvement in slavery and the darkness that past has left behind.

Five World War I soldiers sent into No Man's Land to put a wounded comrade out of his misery discover a fallen angel instead. Its possible power to end the war tests their cooperation as greed, jealousy, and paranoia divide them.

Recovering alcoholic Forrest Molson works at a cemetery for fallen superheroes, where she discovers a substance seeping from their remains. Its unpredictable powers become a new addiction, drawing her into a campaign against crime that threatens her judgment.

Daniel Kraus examines Night of the Living Dead frame by frame, connecting the film's cultural importance with his own childhood. Research and memoir explore rural isolation, violence, and the enduring influence of a movie he has watched hundreds of times.

Nine-year-old Sisilla boards a living spacecraft to investigate a plague-stricken planet that has gone rogue. Her technologically enhanced mind faces a dangerous crew, a mutating ship, and a robot's strange attachment as the mission challenges her predetermined future.