The place is filled with weird stuff like boxes, masks, stuffed lizards, dolls. Once it starts to rain the kids have no choice but to take shelter inside the strange store. Because everyone knows putting “DOOMSDAY” in the name of your business couldn’t possibly foreshadow something deadly. The kids manage to find the one store that does seem to be open, THE DOOMSDAY BOOKSTORE.Īs a fun tidbit, I recently learned of a short YA horror series called “Doomsday Mall” that was written by Bebe Faas Rice. But it didn’t seem like anyone actually lived in Coalville, and the kids haven’t found a single phone or even a gas station.

Knowing how long that would take, Jessie decided their best option was to find a payphone (because it was the 90s, you see!). The Barton siblings and Skate didn’t live in Coalville, which meant they either had to find a phone or would have to walk across the Van Wyatt Bridge to get back to their town. Barton probably got too involved with one of his lizard experiments and lost track of time. Barton hadn’t arrived to pick the kids up. The kids spent the evening at the big basketball game held at Coalville Middle School. The Barton siblings, 14 year old Jessie, 13 year old Josh, and 9 year old Jamie, were stuck in Coalville late at night with Josh’s loser best friend Skate Palmer. Unfortunately, due to the size and spine of the book I’m unable to make scans without doing serious damage. The book came with some illustrations by Tim Jacobus. I prefer the second story out of the bunch. The first and third stories are weird, the first coming across like a rehash of “Stay Out of the Basement” and the third some prototype for the “Goosebumps Horrorland” series. There are four stories in this book, a wraparound tale and three short stories that feature the same cast of characters. I think it originally belonged to my sibling back in elementary school, but like so much of their shit, it ended up in my possession because they stopped caring about it. Hell, I’m not even sure how I got this book. I’ve never seen a performance, and I don’t know how long the show ran. In the late 90s there was briefly a Goosebumps stage show, though I was barely aware of this since I was like 8 or 9 at the time. Time for another long lost Goosebumps treasure, though this one’s slightly better known than “Haunted Library” and “Surprise on the 13th Floor.” Stine (Based on stage play by Rupert Holmes) Title: Goosebumps Live On Stage – Screams In The Night, a.k.a.

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