![]() ![]() I had no hair at all when I was a kid!”His ideas came from two sources: his memory and his imagination. I used to get a haircut every Saturday so I wouldn't miss any of these comic books. I discovered them in the barbershop and thought they were fabulous. “When I was a kid, there were these great comic books called Tales From The Crypt and The Vault of Horror. ![]() That gave me the idea for The Haunted Mask.”Although he never experienced terror first hand, he did enjoy reading about it. For example, one Halloween my son, Matt, put a mask on and then had trouble pulling it off. But many of the ideas in my books are suggested by real life. “I’ve never turned into a bee – I've never been chased by a mummy or met a ghost. Despite the fact that almost every book has a different collection of characters, the series has one common element that kids can't get enough of: THE AUTHOR!However believable his plots seem to his readers, Stine insists he has never lived one of his stories. ![]() Goosebumps cast a spell upon children by transforming even the most reluctant students into avid readers. ![]()
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