In other stories, the main character might be a detective or a scientist. For example, a scientist who is studying a new species of venomous snake. He gets bitten during his research and then has to fight against the venom that is slowly taking over his body while also trying to figure out how to stop the snake from attacking more people. He becomes the central figure as he battles his own impending doom.
There was a woman who found a spider in her bed. She didn't think much of it at first and tried to shoo it away. But it bit her on her hand. The bite was from a black widow spider. Immediately, she felt a sharp pain. Her hand became numb, and then she started having muscle cramps all over her body. She was rushed to the hospital in a lot of pain and fearing for her life.
Since I don't know the details of this novel, I can't tell you the main characters.
One 'bites scary story' could be about a strange bite mark on a person's neck that keeps getting deeper and more painful every night. They start having nightmares of a shadowy figure approaching them and then feeling a searing pain on their neck. It turns out to be a vampire - like creature from an old curse.
It's hard to say exactly without reading every story, but there could be the local townsfolk who often encounter the spooky events. Maybe there are also some wandering strangers who stumble upon the horror in Texas.
There's likely an Argeneau vampire who is a key character. This vampire might have some special traits or abilities within the context of the Argeneau vampire lore. The love interest is also a main character, and they could bring a different perspective, perhaps a more human or non - vampire view. And there may be an antagonist, perhaps another vampire or a force that opposes the relationship between the two main characters.
I'm not sure exactly, but it could be an eighth - grader as the protagonist. Maybe there's a best friend character, and perhaps a mysterious figure related to the 'bites' in the story.
I'm not sure as I haven't read it. But it's likely to have an 8th - grader as the main character, maybe a boy or a girl who is trying to navigate the challenges of that grade.
Often, there are characters like old women. They are usually associated with knitting and are sometimes the victims of the spooky yarn. For example, an old woman might unknowingly use cursed yarn for her knitting and then face all kinds of strange and terrifying events.
In 'The Haunted Mask', Carly Beth is the main character. She's a girl who gets drawn into the horror of the haunted mask. In 'Say Cheese and Die!', Greg is the one who finds the cursed camera.
In 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are the central characters. In 'The Black Cat', the unnamed narrator is the main character, along with his black cat, Pluto. In 'The Amityville Horror', the Lutz family are the main characters who experience the terrifying events in the haunted house.