DEEP TROUBLE II
Goosebumps #58: Deep Trouble II © 1997 by Parachute Press. Cover Art by Tim Jacobus. Sequel to: Deep Trouble Spoiler-Free Review Deep Trouble II was a story about scientist being really bad at science. There were so many holes in the logic of the villain that...
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DEEP TROUBLE II
Goosebumps #58: Deep Trouble II was a mess, but it had a logic-defying villain that I am low-key obsessed with. I love a relentless pursuit of terrible ideas.
FEAR STREET SAGA: THE SECRET
Fear Street Saga #2: The Secret suffers from a lot of classic "middle book" problems, but still manages some good scares and sets up the third book nicely.
FEAR STREET SAGA: THE BETRAYAL
Fear Street Saga #1: The Betrayal kicks off the most popular trilogy in the franchise with a bang. 25 years after it's release, it holds up really well.
THE BABYSITTER
R.L. Stine's The Babysitter is one of his first teen horror novels, and certainly his most popular outside of the Fear Street and Goosebumps franchises. I'm happy to say that it's largely withstood the test of time.
THE SCARECROW WALKS AT MIDNIGHT
Goosebumps #20 The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight had some great atmospheric horror but it fell short of becoming one of the stronger books in the series. It left me with a lot of questions about scarecrow logic.
FALL INTO DARKNESS
Christopher Pike's Fall Into Darkness is the only one of his YA books to ever get a movie adaptation. It was as twisted as I have come to expect, but definitely not my favorite of his.
DEEP TROUBLE
Goosebumps #19: Deep Trouble is a fun read but it doesn't stand out from the pack. I appreciate how the book cover implies Jaws, even though the story turned out to be something else entirely.
FLIGHT 116 IS DOWN
Caroline B. Cooney wrote a bunch of popular teen horror and mystery books back in the 90s. I was drawn to Flight 116 is Down because plane crashes terrify me. It did not disappoint.
MONSTER BLOOD II
Goosebumps #18: Monster Blood II was the first sequel in the series and it features one of the most iconic Goosebumps covers. If only that could have made the book more interesting.
WHY I’M AFRAID OF BEES
Goosebumps #17: Why I'm Afraid of Bees is one of the worst-rated in the series, but I didn't find it to be quite that bad.
EUPHORIA
Last year I wrote and produced a short comic called "Euphoria" with artist Eleonora Kortsarz and letterer Frank Cvetkovic. The LGBTQIA+anthology it was intended for never went to print, but I wanted to share the comic we worked really hard on.
HAUNTED
Fear Street #7 is a creepy redemption ghost story that I liked in spite of it's more problematic elements. One of the more solid books in the series so far.
WHISPER OF DEATH
Christopher Pike knows how to write a twisted horror story. Whisper of Death was a wild one, even by his standards. For me, it was a bit of a mixed bag.