What could be scarier than the first day of school? A crash course in the paranormal, your worst school nightmares will pale in comparison to these thirteen original stories that take academic anxiety to new realms.

Compact discs.

Playing possum /by Charlaine Harris -- Spellcaster 2.0 / by Jonathan Maberry -- Academy field trip / by Donald Harstad -- Sympathy for the bones / by Marjorie M. Liu -- Low school / by Rhys Bowen -- Callie meet Happy / by Amber Benson -- Iphigenia in Aulis / by Mike Carey -- Golden delicious / by Faith Hunter -- Magic tests / by Ilona Andrews -- An introduction to Jewish myth and mysticism / by Steve Hockensmith -- VSI / by Nancy Holder -- The bad hour / by Thomas E. Sniegoski -- Pirate Dave and the captain's ghost / by Toni L.P. Kelner.