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located in Maryland. Others claim that it’s in Vermont not far from Burlington.
    But all accounts including Danielle Warner’s share certain similarities. “First you start to forget,” Alex P. explains, “and then everyone forgets you.” Here’s Eloise G.’s description: “It’s like a big eraser. First the eraser erases what’s inside your head and then it starts erasing you.” See Chapter 17 of DON’T FORGET ME! for Danielle’s description.
    Probably the creepiest part of Danielle’s story is the slimy substance that surrounds the Forgotten Ones. R.L Stine says it’s clear and is like that gross jelly that surrounds a ham that comes out of a can. This matches other descriptions of a substance known as ectoplasm. In the movie Ghostbusters , ectoplasm was the gooey stuff the ghosts threw at people. But the term is much older. It goes back to the late 1800’s. In those days people were very interested in trying to get in touch with ghosts and spirits, and there were many mediums to help them. Mediums were people who claimed that they could speak to the spirits. One very famous medium R.L. Stine read about used to make slimy goo come out of her nose and mouth. Then as the spectators gasped in amazement, the goo, which was called ectoplasm, would form into a shape that looked like a human arm or other body part.
    Is ectoplasm the stuff that Danielle saw? She doesn’t know, and she added: “I don’t want to think about it. If you saw it, you’d want to forget it too.”
    Hypnosis
    Hypnosis is real, not a fake. Through hypnosis, it is possible to put people into a trancelike state, where they will be very suggestible—in other words, they will do what the hypnotist tells them to do. Hypnosis is used to help people quit smoking or get over fears. It is sometimes used to ease pain. Hypnosis is also used to help people remember things from their past—and it can also be used to make people forget.
    There are many false ideas about hypnosis. Here are some key facts:
    > People are not asleep when they are hypnotized. They are awake and hear what is going on.
    > Not everybody can be hypnotized, but nearly all children can be.
    > Hypnotized people will not commit crimes or do things that are totally against their beliefs.
    Many people claim that through hypnosis, they can make contact with ghosts and spirits. Mediums—people who attempt to talk to spirits—usually go into a trancelike or hypnotic state before they make contact with the spirits. Is that what happened to Peter Warner in DON’T FORGET ME!?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
    R.L. STINE says he has a great job. “My job is to give kids the CREEPS!” With his scary books, R.L. has terrified kids all over the world. He has sold over 300 million books, making him the best-selling children’s author in history.
    These days, R.L. is dishing out new frights in his series THE NIGHTMARE ROOM. When he isn’t working, he likes to read old mysteries, watch SpongeBob Squarepants on TV, and take his dog, Nadine, for long walks around New York City, where he lives with his wife, Jane, and son, Matthew.
    â€œI love taking my readers to scary places,” R.L. says. “Do you know the scariest place of all? It’s your MIND!”
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Locker 13
    I changed into my street clothes. I made my way upstairs to stop at my locker. Locker 13 .
    Basketball practice had run so late, the halls were empty. My shoes clonked noisily on the hard floor. Most of the lights had already been turned off.
    This school is creepy when it’s empty, I decided. I stopped in front of my locker, feeling a chill at the back of my neck.
    I always felt a little weirded-out in front of the locker. For one thing, it wasn’t with the other