The Sign of Fear (16 page)

Christina remembered the words engraved on the back of the amulet.

Dominatio per malum.
Power through evil.

Those words are a curse, she thought.

Oh, Matthew, what have you done? Now you will never know happiness. Now you will never know love.

You have traded your soul for power—and a lifetime of evil.

I loved you, Matthew. We could have made a life together.

But you chose a different way.

You chose the sign of fear.

“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 five 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 son, Matt.

BOOKS BY R. L. STINE

 

99 FEAR STREET: THE HOUSE OF EVIL

THE FIRST HORROR

THE SECOND HORROR

THE THIRD HORROR

THE FEAR STREET SAGA

THE BETRAYAL

THE SECRET

THE BURNING

FEAR STREET SAGA COLLECTOR'S EDITION

FEAR STREET SUPER CHILLERS

PARTY SUMMER

SILENT NIGHT

GOODNIGHT KISS

BROKEN HEARTS

SILENT NIGHT 2

THE DEAD LIFEGUARD

CHEERLEADERS: THE NEW EVIL

BAD MOONLIGHT

THE NEW YEAR'S PARTY

GOODNIGHT KISS 2

SILENT NIGHT 3

FEAR STREET CHEERLEADERS

THE FIRST EVIL

THE SECOND EVIL

THE THIRD EVIL

THE CATALUNA CHRONICLES

THE EVIL MOON

THE DARK SECRET

THE DEADLY FIRE

FEAR STREET SAGAS

A NEW FEAR

HOUSE OF WHISPERS

FORBIDDEN SECRETS

THE SIGN OF FEAR

FEAR PARK

THE FIRST SCREAM

THE LOUDEST SCREAM

THE LAST SCREAM

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Copyright © 1996 by Parachute Press, Inc.

THE SIGN OF FEAR
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First Archway Paperback printing December 1996

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Cover art by Lisa Falkenstern

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