Alright, I saw this in the archived Goosebumps thread and it got me thinking. It's not a real story, but what WOULD a book like that actually be like? It's supposed to be a "darker" Goosebumps story, if you're wondering.
Someone mentioned fictional murder scenes of the mom and incestous subtext, but what would you have for the story if you could write it?
The writer should make an effort to copy Stine's style, which isn't hard if you've read more than a handful of his books. It should have cheesy jumpscares at the end of every other chapter, but hints of something sinister lurking in the background. The notes should be generic little kid type insults like "You suck and nobody likes you" or "Everyone was laughing at that outfit you wore to school today" and then get progressively creepier, while avoiding going into Maximum Edgelord territory. The incest subtext could be about the older sister (the one afraid of mirrors) having some fever hallucination (since everyone is sick) and getting "too close" to her MC brother. The mother's murder could also be a fever hallucination.
No writers out there want to give this one a shot?
>>17551687
OP here, sounds about right. I'm interested in especially what the creepier messages might be. Would something like
"Your dog looks okay. Your dog's eyes aren't his. How often has he been with you?"
be too edgy and not creepy? (I'm not saying I'd write the story, I never really read Goosebumps and it'd probably take awhile to do either way.)
>>17553090
>Your dog's eyes aren't his.
I'd change that to something a little more subtle. Maybe like "He stares at you when you aren't looking."
