Stine, R. L

Ray Gordon really likes the circus and decides to spend the summer as a clown-in-training with his uncle in Koko's Klown Academy, but the longer he stays, the scarier things become, especially when he hears about a place called Clown Street where nobody wants to go.

"Ben and Jenny Renfro are terrified of puppets and they don't know why. It's just been a fear that the twins have shared for as long as they can remember. Yes, they are creeped out by all kinds of puppets, but especially marionettes. Something about all of those wires is extra scary. The twins are determined to defeat their class rivals by winning their school's talent contest. And that means doing whatever it takes. Even if they have to surround themselves by the thing they hate most--puppets! But there is more to these guys than just string and glue. Something evil is hanging around. Will Ben and Jenny be able to take control?"--Publisher.

When their scientist father moves them to a new home next to a swamp, Kelli and Shawn hear stories about a terrifying, ancient beast that inhabits the muck and the pair try to convince their father to move them out before it strikes.

Panic Park seemed like the only way to escape Horrland and the mysterious villain who's playing puppet-master with their lives; but Panic Park is a perilous place, and it makes HorrorLand seem like HappyLand!.

Jonathan Chiller is ready to collect on the debt owed by the visitors to HorrorLand, but the only way out is to win at a HorrorLand-style scavenger hunt.

Julie picks up a camera at a yard sale, only to discover that it is an evil camera that makes bad things happen to people that it takes pictures of, and she must destroy it before it kills her.

Before joining the other kids trapped in HorrorLand, Michael Munroe will learn a few new lessons in fear from his teacher.

Matt Daniels battles a mysterious substance called Monster Blood that makes things grow, and then visits HorrorLand amusement park, where some of his friends disappear.

Jay Gardener can't seem to stay out of trouble.