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Camp Red Moon
Creepy fun for ages 9-12!
Camp nights or camp frights?
Every sleepaway camp promises memories that last a lifetime. But the memories from Camp Red Moon might give you nightmares!
The campfire appears to dim when the moon turns blood red and strange creatures prowl the forest.
Do you find a total lookalike at camp? Is it coincidence or is he a shapeshifter trying to take over your life?
Why don't your competitors at the robotics competition seem exactly...human?
And why do campers do anything to avoid Cabin 6?
The master of the scary story, R.L. Stine, has handpicked a staff of storytelling counselors - Dan Poblocki, Ellen Oh, and Justin Reynolds - to help him tell the creepy campfire stories that swirl around Camp Red Moon.
No matter how bright the campfire, get ready for some CHILLS!
Camp nights or camp frights?
Every sleepaway camp promises memories that last a lifetime. But the memories from Camp Red Moon might give you nightmares!
The campfire appears to dim when the moon turns blood red and strange creatures prowl the forest.
Do you find a total lookalike at camp? Is it coincidence or is he a shapeshifter trying to take over your life?
Why don't your competitors at the robotics competition seem exactly...human?
And why do campers do anything to avoid Cabin 6?
The master of the scary story, R.L. Stine, has handpicked a staff of storytelling counselors - Dan Poblocki, Ellen Oh, and Justin Reynolds - to help him tell the creepy campfire stories that swirl around Camp Red Moon.
No matter how bright the campfire, get ready for some CHILLS!
122 pages, Audible Audio
First published October 3, 2019
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About the author
R.L. Stine
1,679 books18.6k followersRobert Lawrence Stine known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series.
R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.
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R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.
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May 13, 2020
Oh well, that was bad.
This is a collection of four short stories all set at a camp where strange things happen to several groups of teenagers. We have werewolves, one kid imitating and trying to take over the life of another, evil robots, and a haunted cabin. But mainly it's mean kids playing tricks on one another.
The stories range from lame to stupid. Some are worse than others, obviously. But none of them were even remotely good. The full cast narration was also often annoying.
This is said to be for kids between the age of 9 and 12. So I didn't really expect it to be scary. But I was hoping for a bit of fun. Alas, there was none. I'm also not sure if the aforementioned age group is actually the right one for this. It all seemed very young adult to me. Though there is no sex and not that much violence. Things one would expect from teenie horror. So maybe it does work for kids. In any case, I do not recommend it.
This is a collection of four short stories all set at a camp where strange things happen to several groups of teenagers. We have werewolves, one kid imitating and trying to take over the life of another, evil robots, and a haunted cabin. But mainly it's mean kids playing tricks on one another.
The stories range from lame to stupid. Some are worse than others, obviously. But none of them were even remotely good. The full cast narration was also often annoying.
This is said to be for kids between the age of 9 and 12. So I didn't really expect it to be scary. But I was hoping for a bit of fun. Alas, there was none. I'm also not sure if the aforementioned age group is actually the right one for this. It all seemed very young adult to me. Though there is no sex and not that much violence. Things one would expect from teenie horror. So maybe it does work for kids. In any case, I do not recommend it.
January 20, 2020
Full review to come. 3 stars because this was entertaining in the way "The Room" was. Terrible but fun.
February 4, 2020
This was a lot of fun. I think this would appeal to fans of Goosebumps. I could detect bits of Fear Street in here too, though. It's aimed at a younger audience but i had fun with it.
February 15, 2020
Okay, still meh about it. But some of the stories were entertaining for what they were. I like that most had some sort of connection to one another. In some parts it was just hilarious.
September 3, 2021
There are four short stories in this surprisingly enjoyable, young-age anthology. The opening narration with R.L. Stine is simply fun, and the music and sounds affects add much. Audible hired various narrators who did a great job playing the character roles, which is what made the difference.
The four stories are:
1. The Werewolf in the Woods by R.L. Stine
2. The New Camper by Dan Poblocki
3. Battle of the Bots by Justin A. Reynolds
4. The Ghost in Cabin 6 by Ellen Oh
Camp Red Moon was one of the free Audible Originals available to member in October 2019. It's well worth it if you have kids or like these things yourself. The third story was a bit weaker, the first two my favorites, and all end on twist endings. I especially enjoyed the ending for the first and the fourth.
It's a fun time to be had for all ages. A lot of the Audible Originals just aren't that good, but this one gets into the spirit of the thing by making it sound like old time radio with full cast productions and effects. Recommended.
The four stories are:
1. The Werewolf in the Woods by R.L. Stine
2. The New Camper by Dan Poblocki
3. Battle of the Bots by Justin A. Reynolds
4. The Ghost in Cabin 6 by Ellen Oh
Camp Red Moon was one of the free Audible Originals available to member in October 2019. It's well worth it if you have kids or like these things yourself. The third story was a bit weaker, the first two my favorites, and all end on twist endings. I especially enjoyed the ending for the first and the fourth.
It's a fun time to be had for all ages. A lot of the Audible Originals just aren't that good, but this one gets into the spirit of the thing by making it sound like old time radio with full cast productions and effects. Recommended.
February 23, 2020
3.5
4 Stories. Enjoyed the first 2. The third was ok and the fourth is the reason my chest hurts right now and i'm going to probably have PTSD related nightmares since I need to go to bed. Massive TW: Fire. I can't really rate the last one because of that.
4 Stories. Enjoyed the first 2. The third was ok and the fourth is the reason my chest hurts right now and i'm going to probably have PTSD related nightmares since I need to go to bed. Massive TW: Fire. I can't really rate the last one because of that.
December 21, 2019
Thanks goodreads for deleting my whole review.
December 25, 2019
Goodreads deleted the original posting and thus my review for this. There are several of these missing. Thanks, Goodreads.
December 30, 2019
Reposting after the deletion of 12 Audible Originals Dec. 17-19, 2019.
Goodreads purged about 12 (that I could identify) Audible Original audiobooks (and their ratings/reviews) at the end of the year 2019 as they apparently did not meet guidelines. Those audiobooks that have been converted from podcasts are apparently the main issue. Others that are short novellas, memoirs or audio productions of theatrical plays may be restored or relisted. This current edition of Camp Red Moon is a relisting/new listing. Thanks to Goodreads and SuperLibrarians who listen to appeals!
Original Review [3.5]
YA Horror Anthology
Review of the Audible Audio audiobook edition (Oct. 2019)
This was slightly deceptive in that R.L. Stine (of Goosebumps fame) gets the full cover credit and it only becomes clear during the title announcements in the audio that 3 of the 4 stories of this summer camp themed YA horror anthology were written by other authors. Still, this was entertaining and all of the stories had an element of surprise/twist endings. The audio productions of music and foley were also well executed. R.L. Stine provided the intro and title and episode announcements with a large cast of voice actors to perform the roles.
The stories were:
1. The Werewolf in the Woods by R.L. Stine
2. The New Camper by Dan Poblocki
3. Battle of the Bots by Justin A. Reynolds
4. The Ghost in Cabin 6 by Ellen Oh
Camp Red Moon was one of the free Audible Originals available to member in October 2019. It is available to everyone for the standard price.
Goodreads purged about 12 (that I could identify) Audible Original audiobooks (and their ratings/reviews) at the end of the year 2019 as they apparently did not meet guidelines. Those audiobooks that have been converted from podcasts are apparently the main issue. Others that are short novellas, memoirs or audio productions of theatrical plays may be restored or relisted. This current edition of Camp Red Moon is a relisting/new listing. Thanks to Goodreads and SuperLibrarians who listen to appeals!
Original Review [3.5]
YA Horror Anthology
Review of the Audible Audio audiobook edition (Oct. 2019)
This was slightly deceptive in that R.L. Stine (of Goosebumps fame) gets the full cover credit and it only becomes clear during the title announcements in the audio that 3 of the 4 stories of this summer camp themed YA horror anthology were written by other authors. Still, this was entertaining and all of the stories had an element of surprise/twist endings. The audio productions of music and foley were also well executed. R.L. Stine provided the intro and title and episode announcements with a large cast of voice actors to perform the roles.
The stories were:
1. The Werewolf in the Woods by R.L. Stine
2. The New Camper by Dan Poblocki
3. Battle of the Bots by Justin A. Reynolds
4. The Ghost in Cabin 6 by Ellen Oh
Camp Red Moon was one of the free Audible Originals available to member in October 2019. It is available to everyone for the standard price.
January 19, 2020
This is an anthology of four paranormal stories. Although it has written by different authors, each story happens in a particular camp named Camp Red Moon. This is by far one of the best scary book that I have read.
Starting with R.L Stine's The werewolf in the woods and then followed by Dan Poblocki's The New Camper, Justine A Reynolds's Battle of the bots and finally ending with Elle Oh's The ghost in the cabin six. With unpredictable plot twists, it kept me on the edge of the seat while listening to the audiobook. This is a full cast recording along with R.L Stine's voicing the introduction as well as other snippets of announcements through the audiobook.
Camp Red Moon had many stories to tell to it's campers, some were terrifying and will keep you up at night others will haunt you and make nightmares seem real enough. Every scary story is different with unrelated paranormal occurrences. These stories aren't short by any means but honestly it's so engaging you won't even realize how real it all seemed.
This was a wonderful reading experience and I hope they make more such original stories in the future.
Starting with R.L Stine's The werewolf in the woods and then followed by Dan Poblocki's The New Camper, Justine A Reynolds's Battle of the bots and finally ending with Elle Oh's The ghost in the cabin six. With unpredictable plot twists, it kept me on the edge of the seat while listening to the audiobook. This is a full cast recording along with R.L Stine's voicing the introduction as well as other snippets of announcements through the audiobook.
Camp Red Moon had many stories to tell to it's campers, some were terrifying and will keep you up at night others will haunt you and make nightmares seem real enough. Every scary story is different with unrelated paranormal occurrences. These stories aren't short by any means but honestly it's so engaging you won't even realize how real it all seemed.
This was a wonderful reading experience and I hope they make more such original stories in the future.
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December 30, 2019This was a fun, quick listen as an audible download. My favorite of the short stories was the creepy camper who took over your life. Shudder.
December 23, 2019
The original review was deleted by Goodreads for some reason!
Anyhoo, it's a great listen, especially the last story gave me the chills!
Anyhoo, it's a great listen, especially the last story gave me the chills!
April 8, 2020
Το άκουσα ελεύθερα στο audible.
Ήταν λίγο σκιαχτικό...
Ήταν λίγο σκιαχτικό...
April 20, 2020
The boys loved this audiobook.
November 12, 2020
I don't think I'm really eligible to write this review because this book is definitely not intended for my age. I would say that children 8-10 would enjoy it better.
This is a collection of 4 short stories but only one of them is written by R.L Stine. Stories 2 and 3 were predictable. If asked for my opinion, story 2 was my favourite.
It was not really creepy or anything, but the background sounds were just so annoying. Some stories were just so realistic, but some of them not so.
Listening this made me feel nostalgic. I for the first time thought about my life back when I was 10. Oh, such an amazing life it was.(I know you don't really care about this part)
I just don't know what to talk about this. It was pretty enjoyable at the moment, I would say. But this was not one of those books that left me with something, something I could think about for days. Not even something new.
Then why 4 stars? Because of my age. If I give it 2 or 3 stars, then I think it wouldn't be fair to children who are trying to see whether to read it or not.
If you somehow want to listen to it even after reading all this(not that I said anything of great importance), it is available for free on stories.audible.com in the elementary section:)
This is a collection of 4 short stories but only one of them is written by R.L Stine. Stories 2 and 3 were predictable. If asked for my opinion, story 2 was my favourite.
It was not really creepy or anything, but the background sounds were just so annoying. Some stories were just so realistic, but some of them not so.
Listening this made me feel nostalgic. I for the first time thought about my life back when I was 10. Oh, such an amazing life it was.(I know you don't really care about this part)
I just don't know what to talk about this. It was pretty enjoyable at the moment, I would say. But this was not one of those books that left me with something, something I could think about for days. Not even something new.
Then why 4 stars? Because of my age. If I give it 2 or 3 stars, then I think it wouldn't be fair to children who are trying to see whether to read it or not.
If you somehow want to listen to it even after reading all this(not that I said anything of great importance), it is available for free on stories.audible.com in the elementary section:)
January 4, 2020
First off, misleading to call this an RL Stine "book" -- he's only the author on one of the stories, best I could tell. Never the less, all in all, I liked this interwoven compilation of stories about Camp Red Moon. I liked the first and second A LOT. Surprisingly dark and horrific for the young adult genre!! The third and fourth were less good. In fact the robots one was quite bad. I was also off put at first by the teeny bopper, nasal narrators but as it went, it grew on me. I mean, it kind of had to be that way. Right? For the first two stories alone, I recommend as a listen if you get it for free from Audible with your sub.
February 4, 2020
Growing up, R.L. Stine and Goosebumps were the ideal horror, campy setting for young, single digit kids. There's nothing wrong with these particular tales, but the cheesy music and campy sound effects made it a little hard for me to take it seriously, even for the kid within myself that I try to let out every once in awhile. Were the stories fun to listen to? Sure; I particularly liked the last one which involved vengeful ghosts, but don't go by me - I may have just been excited that it was the last story. Thank you, R. L. Stine and my future prepubuscent children thank you, which buys you three stars.
February 23, 2020
Enjoyed this book! Just wish Goodreads had the pages instead of chapters. Because 5 pages towards my goal for the end of the year, just isn't on. Lol.
My favourite short story is the robot one!
My favourite short story is the robot one!
December 27, 2019
I was a fan of Goosebumps when I was a kid and Fear Street when i was a teen. I got excited at an audio version of an RL Stine book... the stories are cute (meant for kids...not scary at all) but the some of the voice actors were completely terrible. One woman sounded like she was in her 50s... which is kinda distracting because the characters are all middle school aged. It's nice for nostalgia, but dont expect much from it.
January 2, 2020
These were fun stories that Mr. R.L. Stine put together surrounding the setting of Camp Red Moon. Each story is unique and exciting with some mystery. All those camp fire tales you hear actually are real at Camp Red Moon. Beware! It is amazing it is still up and functioning (hahaha). My favorites stories were the first and last ones!
December 20, 2019
3.5/ My favorite stories were the shape-shifting one and the one about the haunted cabin. The other two were a little far-fetched and they seemed very random to me to be spooky. They were quite interesting and I would be more than happy to check out more of R.L. Stine's works!
March 4, 2020
DNF so awful
January 4, 2021
YIKES. This was just bad.
April 16, 2023
2.5 stars. As always, I'll start with a disclaimer about how this clearly isn't written for me and might probably do better in the hands of the intended age group, but even so, I found this little collection a bit underwhelming? I grew up with a lot of R.L. Stine, and I feel like he's usually more creative than this? Most of these stories just felt very bland, sadly. EXCEPT for the last one, which went places I didn't think it would (especially for a middle grade book) and got kinda creepy. So kudos to Ellen Oh.
Listened to the audiobook as read by a full cast, and that was really really fun. Lots of actors and neat sound effects made it like a little mini movie. I have to admit, all of the stories seemed to really skimp on the prose, and a lot of things were awkwardly put into dialogue (characters narrating their actions aloud, etc) but I got used to it, I guess. I'll recommend this to my nieces! And I get to finally cross this off my list of 'For some reason I bought this so by God I'll read it' books.
Content warnings:
Listened to the audiobook as read by a full cast, and that was really really fun. Lots of actors and neat sound effects made it like a little mini movie. I have to admit, all of the stories seemed to really skimp on the prose, and a lot of things were awkwardly put into dialogue (characters narrating their actions aloud, etc) but I got used to it, I guess. I'll recommend this to my nieces! And I get to finally cross this off my list of 'For some reason I bought this so by God I'll read it' books.
Content warnings:
October 21, 2024
This is a series of short stories for younger readers. I enjoyed listening to ghost stories as a kid and want to find something to introduce my great nieces and nephews to. This one is clean and has an overarching theme with Camp Red Moon. Each of the stories is very different but for the most part well done.
My favorite one was the fourth and final story. That is understandable as I am a sucker for ghost stories and this one packs a real punch. It is predictable, but the author and narrators made it plenty creepy. I found this one to be the one I was most interested in the characters and outcomes of the story.
My least favorite was the third story. I just was able to buy the story, and it seems to be lacking some context somewhere. I also thought the ending was supposed to hit hard, but it just fell flat to me. I don’t know, I just wasn’t interested in this one. Maybe I’m not a big enough scifi fan.
The first and second stories are okay. Both had some creepy parts and some traditional horror tropes to them. I like the first story better as it did a good job of setting up Camp Red Moon. The second story did a better job of having a surprising ending.
My favorite one was the fourth and final story. That is understandable as I am a sucker for ghost stories and this one packs a real punch. It is predictable, but the author and narrators made it plenty creepy. I found this one to be the one I was most interested in the characters and outcomes of the story.
My least favorite was the third story. I just was able to buy the story, and it seems to be lacking some context somewhere. I also thought the ending was supposed to hit hard, but it just fell flat to me. I don’t know, I just wasn’t interested in this one. Maybe I’m not a big enough scifi fan.
The first and second stories are okay. Both had some creepy parts and some traditional horror tropes to them. I like the first story better as it did a good job of setting up Camp Red Moon. The second story did a better job of having a surprising ending.
October 7, 2020
3.75
Not going to bother with a lengthy review as GR has a tendency of deleting Audible Originals. All other audiobooks are fine. They are just prejudiced against the originals. So much for original thought 🙄
I felt this was a great spooky-ish read while driving around appreciating all the wonderful Autumn 🍂 colors. I especially loved the last short story: it was a true ghost story.
Great narrators too.
PLEASE DO NOT DELETE THIS GOODREADS. OR I WILL SEND ONE OF THE MONSTERS IN THIS BOOK AFTER YOU. I'M LEANING TOWARDS THE BAD ROBOT. AND HE CAN REACTIVATE ALL THE BOOKS YOU DELETED.
Not going to bother with a lengthy review as GR has a tendency of deleting Audible Originals. All other audiobooks are fine. They are just prejudiced against the originals. So much for original thought 🙄
I felt this was a great spooky-ish read while driving around appreciating all the wonderful Autumn 🍂 colors. I especially loved the last short story: it was a true ghost story.
Great narrators too.
PLEASE DO NOT DELETE THIS GOODREADS. OR I WILL SEND ONE OF THE MONSTERS IN THIS BOOK AFTER YOU. I'M LEANING TOWARDS THE BAD ROBOT. AND HE CAN REACTIVATE ALL THE BOOKS YOU DELETED.
October 24, 2020
3,5
De los mejores audiolibros que he escuchado! Tiene efectos de sonido y las voces muy bien actuadas.
Son 4 relatos, los 2 primeros me encantaron, pero los dos últimos no me gustaron nada.
En cuanto a trama no son la gran cosa, son historias típicas de terror para un público middle grade. Pero la atmósfera que crean los narradores y efectos es increíble.
De los mejores audiolibros que he escuchado! Tiene efectos de sonido y las voces muy bien actuadas.
Son 4 relatos, los 2 primeros me encantaron, pero los dos últimos no me gustaron nada.
En cuanto a trama no son la gran cosa, son historias típicas de terror para un público middle grade. Pero la atmósfera que crean los narradores y efectos es increíble.
May 8, 2020
I'm clearly not the right age group for this, but it was entertaining. And I always like a full cast audio.
December 21, 2019
Solid. Good for your next road trip with the kiddos. All four of the stories were pretty good.
February 29, 2020
Read a lot of Goosebumps when I was younger and was excited to read this.Book contains 4 short stories :
Book 1 - 2.5/5
Book 2 - 4/5 Quite enjoyed this tbh
Book 3 - 1.5/5 Not my cup of tea. This was more on the comic side
Book 4 - 3.5/5 This was surprisingly good as well .
Overall it really does have the Goosebumps feel to it and there were a couple of shorts that were suprisingly good as well
Book 1 - 2.5/5
Book 2 - 4/5 Quite enjoyed this tbh
Book 3 - 1.5/5 Not my cup of tea. This was more on the comic side
Book 4 - 3.5/5 This was surprisingly good as well .
Overall it really does have the Goosebumps feel to it and there were a couple of shorts that were suprisingly good as well
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