If My Adult Life Were Goosebumps Books

Liane Houseman
Slackjaw
Published in
3 min readApr 20, 2018

Why I’m Afraid Of Zits
Ashley needs a vacation…from popping all these zits. Seriously, these zits are constantly popping up! In fact, her only friend is a zit that just won’t go away. But not to worry, soon, her dream is about to come true. She’s going to switch bodies with her sister for an entire week! Her flawless, perfect-skinned sister. Ashley can’t wait to put foundation on her new buttery-soft face. Until something terrible happens. And Ashley finds out that her sister also has an acne problem…

How To Kill A Spider
Ashley and her sister, Kate, hate staying at their parents’ house. Their mom is a total hoarder. And their dad is obsessed with leaving the doors open, so bugs are constantly finding their way inside. Plus, they live in the middle of a suburban city with lots of bushes surrounding the house. Things couldn’t possibly get any worse! Or could they? Because there’s something really weird about their parents’ house. Something about that room in the basement. The one with the undisturbed crawl space and lots of clutter. Yeah, there’s definitely some strange sounds coming from it. Some strange, tip-tappy sounds…

The Haunted Messy Bun
How ugly is Ashley’s messy bun? It’s so ugly that it almost scared her boyfriend Cameron to death. So terrifying that her friends are totally worried that she just doesn’t understand how to make her hair into a good-looking messy bun. Ashley doesn’t see it that way, though. In fact, she’s under the impression that her messy bun is totally hot. But she’s about to go out in public…to the movies…and her hair is still in that godforsaken messy bun…

The Curse Of The Dead Phone
Ashley just got lost — in the middle of downtown Denver. One minute, her perfect Samsung Galaxy s9 was directing her to the movies using the life-saving GPS app. The next minute, the phone just died. But Ashley isn’t alone. Her sister Kate is also in the car. And she doesn’t do well with directions either. Ashley doesn’t believe they could be lost forever. But that doesn’t mean it can’t happen. Does it?

How I Learned To Do My Taxes
Ashley’s dad loves to make her feel like a child even though she’s 25. And Ashley’s had it. That’s how she became determined to do her own taxes. All on her own. Because she really is an adult. But not everything will go as planned. Because Ashley just discovered a website, and it’s called TurboTax. It makes doing your taxes 100% easier. Poor Ashley, though. She wanted to feel like an adult so bad, but now that she’s started doing her taxes, things are getting really scary…

Beware The Catcallers
Ashley used to live with her parents and her sister Kate. But not anymore. Now, Ashley and her boyfriend Cameron moved to a place called downtown Denver. It’s very busy and has a faint smell of marijuana. Ashley can’t believe she’s stuck in such a small apartment on such a crappy street. Plus, there’s something really gross about this particular street. Both day and night there are strange catcalling sounds. And in front of every store, there’s another catcaller. An annoying catcaller. With a construction workers’ hat on…

The Student Loans of Doom
Ashley The Broke. That’s what everybody is calling Ashley these days. She’s acquired so much student loan debt, she can hardly breath. Life is miserable. Things couldn’t get any worse. Then, Ashley brings home more bills. Cell-phone bills. Car payments. Rent. Her student loans are no longer her top priority. Poor Ashley. She should have paid more attention. Because someone put a curse on her student loans. A strange curse. A dangerous curse. And now, the student loans may never go away…

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