The books Escape from the Carnival of Horrors and Return to the Carnival of Horrors both focus on either rides, or sideshow attractions. One example of this is in Little Comic Shop of Horrors, which will either be about trying to escape from a comic book, or a basement underneath the shop.

The majority of books in the series have two separate stories based around the same plot line that the reader can take part in. If the reader makes the obviously wrong choice, they may be told to go back and pick another option, or they may 'die' right there on the spot. There are over twenty endings per book, and the reader often makes choices by flipping a coin, rolling a dice, or other means. He would take a pad and number from one to 100 and then write a series of five or six-page punchlines. Stine stated that writing the series was easy for him, as it wasn't like writing a whole book. However, it is known that Beware of the Purple Peanut Butter was written by Kathryn Lance, and All-Day Nightmare was written by Scott Westerfeld. Since none of the books credit ghostwriters, the actual authors to many of the books remain unknown. While all of the books are credited to Stine, many of the books were ghostwritten by various authors. Stine's contract for the series Give Yourself Goosebumps did not stipulate that Stine had to be the sole author of the series (unlike Stine's contract for the original Goosebumps series). They are not meant to be read in numerical order or else it will not make sense.Īccording to Scholastic, R.L. On the bottom of the page, there is a choice on what page to go to. The books are very similar to the Choose Your Own Adventure books. Stine's experience in writing gamebooks to make a spin-off series where there is more than one ending, and the reader can be scared more times than they would be in a regular book. 3.2 Connection to other Goosebumps seriesĪfter the success of the original series, Scholastic used R.L.

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