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Fear Street ''Fear Street'' is a teenage horror fiction series written by American author R. L. Stine, starting in 1989. In 1995, a series of books inspired by the ''Fear Street'' series, called '' Ghosts of Fear Street'', was created for younger readers ...

'' book series created and written by

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. The first book, '' The New Girl'' was published in 1989. Various spin-off series were written, including the ''Fear Street Sagas'' and ''Ghosts of Fear Street''. More than 80 million ''Fear Street'' books have been sold as of 2003.Gerasimo; Whiteley (2003), 295. The books appeared in many

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lists, including the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list for children, ''

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'' bestseller list and ''

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'' bestseller list,Collins; Latham (1993), 146. and the series was listed as the bestselling young-adult book series of all time.

Original ''Fear Street'' series

''New Fear Street''

''A Fear Street Novel''

Six new ''Fear Street'' books were published from September 2014. "Give Me a K-I-L-L" was the last contracted novel, but R.L. Stine confirmed via Twitter that more Fear Street books were planned.

''Return To Fear Street''

Harper Collins' HarperTEEN picked up the Fear Street series in 2018 with "Return to Fear Street." The first novel in this series, "You May Now Kill The Bride" was released on July 24, 2018. This new series is released in paperback and also brings a return to the retro "pulp" style book covers.

''Fear Street Super Chiller''

''Fear Street Cheerleaders''

''The Fear Street Saga''

''99 Fear Street: The House of Evil''

''Fear Street: The Cataluna Chronicles''

''Fear Street: Fear Park''

''Ghosts of Fear Street''

''Ghosts of Fear Street'' is a younger version of the ''Fear Street'' series, aimed at children ages 8 to 12. In every book, a 12-year-old child (sometimes with their friends or family) has a terrifying adventure in Fear Street, a small street in the town of Shadyside which is known by the kids in the books to have many ghosts and monsters. Every book has a different monster and child. The series was released by the

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imprint

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, and lasted for thirty-six books, released from 1996 to 1998. In August 2009, Simon & Schuster, under their Children's Publishing imprint, began to reissue the books in special two-in-one editions. Despite being published under Stine's name, the books were in fact

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''Fear Street Sagas''

The 16 books in this series were published by

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and

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from March 1996 to January 1999. Two other books, ''The Raven Woman'' and ''Carousel of Fear'' appeared on

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s, but were never released. R. L. Stine confirmed via his official Twitter account that neither of these unpublished books were ever written.

''Fear Street Seniors''

''Fear Street Nights''

Notes

References

Bibliography

* Collins, Robert A.; Latham, Robert. ''Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual 1991''. Greenwood Publishing Group: 1993. * Gerasimo, Luisa; Whiteley, Sandra. ''The Teacher's Calendar of Famous Birthdays''. McGraw-Hill: 2003.

External links

R. L. Stine's official site

Fear Street Sagas on Librarything.com

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