Dorkin, Evan

When four teenagers with haunted pasts enroll in Blackwood College; a school that trains students in the occult; their desire to enhance their supernatural abilities and bond with others is hampered by an undead dean's curse, ghosts in their dorm, a mischievous two-headed mummy-chimp, a plague of mutant insects, and the discovery of an ancient evil that forces our heroes to undergo a crash course in the occult for the sake of the world.

"Calla Tafalli finds herself battling supernatural monsters, human assassins, and her uncle, The King in Yellow, while resisting his call to embrace her own chaotic heritage and join the family business"--.

A group of dogs and one cat work to keep the community of Burden Hill safe from a variety of paranormal incidents while the human residents of the town remain unaware of the danger.