1989 / Audiobook / 168 pages
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Having a growing child is the perfect excuse to be theoretically testing out these juvenile junk treats on her behalf, but it's more about escaping back to the 20th century when all you had to worry about was homework and ghosts.
1989 / Ebook / 168 pages
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A nicely convoluted High School Gothic detective story with shades of Twin Peaks and Dark Shadows before a Second Amendment finale. I could get into this series.
1989 / Audiobook / 160 pages
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We take a premature break from Fear Street and its disproportionately murderous and paranormal residents for an overnight trip to... what's the name of the place we're sending the kids to? "Fear Island?" Sounds totally fine and non-foreboding.
1990 / Ebook / 168 pages
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The occult rears its bejewelled monkey head, and it's pretty goofy. Referencing characters from other books in the background helps with the world-building, as long as he remembers which ones he's killed.
1990 / Audiobook / 165 pages
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Like much shlock horror, this peaks at the cover, which tells you everything you need to know. The following 165 pages are superfluous, but at least we learn the mundane origin of the street's name.
