Twelve Minutes to Midnight Books in Order

Thirteen-year-old magazine owner Penelope secretly writes popular horror stories under an adult man's name. A request from Bedlam draws her into the mystery of patients who write at the same precise time each night, producing disturbing visions of the coming century.

A filmmaker offers to turn the Penny Dreadful's stories into silent movies, but production is plagued by frightening incidents. Penelope investigates when her public author figure begs for help, only to become trapped inside dangers drawn from her own writing.

Desperate for a story to save her magazine, Penelope seizes on a letter confessing to the theft of the Crown Jewels. When the man posing as her author persona is accused, she must recover the jewels while protecting the secret behind their shared identity.