The House Next Door (13 page)
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Authors: P. J. Night
You can also collaborate with your friends on this story by taking turns. Have everyone at your sleepover sit in a circle. Pick one person to start. She will add a sentence or two to the story, cover what she wrote with a piece of paper leaving only the last word or phrase visible, and then pass the story to the next girl. Once everyone has taken a turn, read the scary story you created together aloud!
Carrie was so excited for her first day of seventh grade. She was digging around in her backpack for her cell phone when the bus stopped in front of a creepy, old, abandoned house. To her surprise, a tall, pale boy wearing strange clothes got on the bus and sat down in the empty seat beside her. She was about to ask if he was new to town when he turned to her and said . . .
THE END
A lifelong night owl,
P. J. NIGHT
often works furiously into the wee hours of the morning, writing down spooky tales and dreaming up new stories of the supernatural and otherworldly. Although P. J.'s whereabouts are unknown at this time, we suspect the author lives in a drafty, old mansion where the floorboards creak when no one is there and the flickering candlelight creates shadows that creep along the walls. We truly wish we could tell you more, but we've been sworn to keep P. J.'s identity a secret . . . and it's a secret we will take to our graves!
This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Text by Rebecca Frazer
Cover art by Aly Turner © 2013 by Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Cover designed by Nick Sciacca
ISBN 978-1-4424-8233-3
ISBN 978-1-4424-8234-0 (eBook)
Library of Congress Control Number 2012956188
