Published inInterstellar Flight MagazineA Gruesome Gateway: The Enduring Value of Scary Stories to Tell in the DarkThe Most Frequently Challenged Books of the 90sOct 30, 2024Oct 30, 2024
Published inThe Goosebumps ProjectRecap: 40 Goosebumps Books LaterMy experience reading and reviewing Goosebumps books 21–40.Dec 10, 2020Dec 10, 2020
Published inThe Goosebumps Project40: Night of the Living Dummy III“I don’t know how long I slept. I was awakened by footsteps. Soft, shuffling footsteps across the attic floor. And I knew the dummies had…Nov 27, 2020Nov 27, 2020
Published inThe Goosebumps Project39: How I Got My Shrunken Head“That night before going to bed, I placed the head on my dresser… The forehead was dark green and wrinkled like a prune. The glassy black…Nov 12, 2020Nov 12, 2020
Published inThe Goosebumps Project38: The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena“Down we fell. Down into the freezing white. The snow rushed up, swirled around us. And buried us.” Go figure: as the impending…Oct 29, 2020Oct 29, 2020
Published inThe Goosebumps Project37: The Headless Ghost“After hiding the head, hiding it away in the huge, dark mansion, the ghost of the sea captain let out a final howl that made the heavy…Oct 15, 2020Oct 15, 2020
Published inThe Goosebumps Project36: The Haunted Mask II“I’ll slip it on for just a second, I decided…Then slowly, carefully…very carefully…I began to pull the mask down, down, down over my…Oct 1, 2020Oct 1, 2020
Published inThe Goosebumps Project35: A Shocker on Shock Street“The round black eyes stared down at Marty and me. The giant praying mantis, its body shining like aluminum, took another hopping step…Sep 17, 2020Sep 17, 2020
Published inThe Goosebumps Project34: Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes“It was way after midnight, but I couldn’t sleep. The gnomes with their leering smiles danced before my closed eyes.” Joe Burton has a…Sep 3, 2020Sep 3, 2020
Published inThe Goosebumps Project33: The Horror at Camp Jellyjam“As I ran through the darkness, I could picture King Jellyjam smacking his gross purple lips… And the ugly black snails squeezing out…Aug 21, 2020Aug 21, 2020