Arnie doesn't like going to his dentist, Doctor Fossil. He likes it even less when one day he shows up to find that Doctor Fossil has been replaced by a "substitute dentist," a strange man wearing a mask who calls himself "Darktor Fondskull." Fondskull works on his teeth, but Arnie starts to have horrible nightmares and finds himself doing awful things in his sleep. Arnie knows it's all tied together with Fondskull, whoever or whatever he is. But how can he stop the demented substitute dentist from controlling him?

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Substitute Dentist (Episode 8)

Dr. Fossil isn't your typical dentist - but when his replacement, Dr. Fonskull, starts to treat Arnie, things get even weirder...

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After his grandmother receives a mysterious invitation for "High Coffee" in the Gorgantic, the world's largest building, Igz accompanies her to the skyscraper nestled in the heart of New York City. But it's clear almost immediately that something is off; there are paintings on every surface he sees -- some of half-human / half-insect monsters, and some that seem to move. And the more time they spend inside the Gorgantic, the clearer it becomes to Igz how many dark secrets the building contains -- all of which seem centered around the art...

Live Art (Part 1)(Episode 7)

In the busiest city in the world, a mysterious black skyscraper rises toward the clouds. But no one is ever invited inside, until one day, somebody is... and discovers that things are not what they seem. Especially not the spooky paintings that hang on every wall in sight... Get ready for Live Art, coming soon from Middle Grade Horror.

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After Penny's grandmother dies, she and her family move into her house for the seven-day mourning period of shiva. Penny starts to notice red rats all over her grandmother's house, chewing through the walls, smacking their tails against the ground, and appearing to communicate to each other -- communicating something, it soon becomes clear, about Penny's dead grandmother.

Shiva Rats (Episode 6)

What are... shiva rats? And where do they go when they leave your home? Coming soon to Middle Grade Horror... only on Jewish Coffee House.

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Igz loves going up to his roof to take care of his exotic raijuju plants. Until he sees a man cut off some of the leaves and stick them in a leather pouch. This man tells Igz of a place called “the raij garden,” where they can go to find more of the rare plants. But can Igz trust this man to lead him into a place that can only be accessed by ripping a hole straight through the reality Igz has always known? Can he trust this man who promises to take him to the otherworldy raij garden?

Into the Raij Garden (Episode 5)

Do you dare venture... Into the Raij Garden?

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Fifth-grader Elul has a crush on Dani, a girl in her class. It's Elul's luck that Dani likes her back and the two girls get pretty good at kissing away their lunch period. Until Elul feels something weird on Dani's arm. Something hard that pierces her skin, revealing a scaly and reptilian...something underneath. WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT. ​

Kissing Dani (Episode 4)

While visiting her cousins in New York City, Penny meets a strange boy in Central Park. He calls himself the watcher and makes chalk drawings on the ground next to a statue of a man reading to a duck. But strangest of all…he claims to watch over something. A strange something he calls “the Dryaks” that Penny quickly learns defies all logic.

The Dryaks (Episode 3)

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