Bad Dreams (15 page)

“No way!” Andrea cried.

“Maybe we'll give it to Gus,” Mrs. Travers suggested. “He
deserves
some bad dreams!”

“Could I have a water bed?” Andrea asked their mother suddenly.

“Yeah. You could practice your breaststroke in it!” Maggie teased.

“There's nothing wrong with my breaststroke,” Andrea insisted sharply. “It'll be good enough to beat you at the meet!”

“The swim meet!” Maggie cried in alarm. “It's today—and we've been up all night!”

“What a nightmare!” Andrea shrieked.

“Please—” Maggie rested a hand on top of her sister's. “Don't ever use that word in this house again.”

“Nightmare! Nightmare! Nightmare!” Andrea chanted.

“Sisters,” Mrs. Travers muttered dryly, shaking her head.

Gus nodded his head as if he agreed totally.

“Good night, all,” Maggie said, climbing up and starting to her room. “Good night—and sweet dreams.”

“Where do you get your ideas?”

That's the question that R. L. Stine is asked most often. “I don't know where my ideas come from,” he says. “But I do know that I have a lot more scary stories in my mind that I can't wait to write.”

So far, he has written nearly three dozen mysteries and thrillers for young people, all of them bestsellers.

Bob grew up in Columbus, Ohio. Today he lives in an apartment near Central Park in New York City with his wife, Jane, and thirteen-year-old son, Matt.

Dear Readers,

Welcome to
Fear Street
—where your worst nightmares live! It's a terrifying place for Shadyside High students—and for YOU!

Did you know that the sun never shines on the old mansions of Pear Street? No birds chirp in the Fear Street woods. And at night, eerie moans and howls ring through the tangled trees.

I've written nearly a hundred Fear Street novels, and I am thrilled that millions of readers have enjoyed all the frights and chills in the books. Wherever I go, kids ask me when I'm going to write a new Fear Street trilogy.

Well, now I have some exciting news, I am writing a brand new Fear Street trilogy right now. The three new books are called
FEAR STREET NIGHTS.
The saga of Simon and Angelica Fear and the unspeakable evil they cast over the teenagers of Shadyside will continue in these new books. Yes, Simon and Angelica Fear are back to bring terror to the teens of Shadyside,

The new
FEAR STREET NIGHTS
will be published Summer 2005, Don't miss it, I'm very excited to return to Fear Street—and I hope you will be there with me for all the good, scary fun!

THE NIGHTMARES NEVER END … WHEN YOU VISIT

Next:
DOUBLE DATE

Girl-chaser Bobby Newkirk boasts to his friends that he can go out with both identical Wade twins, Bree and Samantha, in one weekend. But Bobby soon discovers that dating quiet Bree and wild Samantha may prove fatal. He's sure one of the Wade twins is out to get him—the question is, which one?

by Morgan Burke

T
he party room is where all the prep school kids drink up and hook up. All you need is a fake ID and your best Juicy Couture to get in.

One night, Samantha Byrne leaves with some guy no one's ever seen before … and ends up dead in Central Park. Murdered gruesomely. Found at the scene of the crime: a school tie from Talcott Prep.

New York is suddenly in the grip of a raging media frenzy. And a serial killer walks amidst Manhattan's most privileged—and indulged—teens.

And the party isn't over yet. …
Last Call
in June 2005!

Published by Simon Pulse