empty. Thereâs no one in there.â
He pulled back. âI donât want to.â
âItâs just a story,â I said. âQuick. Go look in the closet. Prove it to yourself. Then you can go to sleep.â
He climbed slowly to his feet. His eyes were locked on the closet door. He crossed the room to the closet.
âGo ahead. Open it,â I urged. âYouâll see. No one there.â
Mitch grabbed the door handle. He pulled open the door â and a hideous old man with long curled fangs and a dangling eyeball came roaring out at him.
Mitch opened his mouth in a shriek of horror.
I clapped my hands to my face. âMy story!â I cried. âIt came true !â
R.L. Stineâs books are read all over the world. So far, his books have sold more than 300 million copies, making him one of the most popular childrenâs authors in history. Besides Goosebumps, R.L. Stine has written the teen series Fear Street and the funny series Rotten School, as well as the Mostly Ghostly series, The Nightmare Room series, and the two-book thriller Dangerous Girls. R.L. Stine lives in New York with his wife, Jane, and Minnie, his King Charles spaniel. You can learn more about him at www.RLStine.com.
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