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According to this article in the New York Times author R.L. Stein will be re-launching his Fear Street series (again,) in October 2014 with a brand new title, Party Games . I'm guessing that considering the long wait, this novel will actually be penned by the author himself instead of a possible ghostwriter . This is actually the second time that the pulpish Fear Street has been relaunched, in 2006 a few of the novels were re-released with brand new covers . (Personally, I prefer the old covers with the author's name in foil.) I'm kind of curious ... I wonder what horrors can be found in Shadyside and how long it will be before one of the protagonists loses his or her mobile phone ... Bonus Question: Which is your favourite R.L. Stine title and why?

Every now and again, I like to ponder the tough questions. Like what would happen if the teenage trolls who repeatedly go to Yahoo! Answers and ask whether libraries keep the bible in the fiction or non-fiction section  bothered to educate themselves about the dewey decimal system. But that would never happen. Anyway, another all-important question I've been pondering since I started writing this blog and revisiting a number of children's books is this. Did R.L. Stine use ghostwriters for his Goosebumps and Fear Street series? A little research (thanks, google) has brought up some mixed results. This article suggests that Stine did indeed write all 100+ novels on his own, with his wife acting as editor. See:  http://www.viterbo.edu/perspgs/faculty/GSmith/RLStine.html Meanwhile, other articles suggest that Stine used ghostwriters for his Goosebumps series, at least. See: http://www.flavorwire.com/274052/whodunit-10-famous-ghostwriting-collaborations?all=1 http://...