As the ’90s approached, the seemingly insatiable kid’s market emerged as horror’s last hope. R. L. Stine launched his teen horror series Fear Street in 1989, which included seasonal offerings like Silent Night. Around the same time Christopher Pike began turning out Lois Duncan–esque teen thrillers, proving to publishers that kids had a ravenous hunger for horror. Adult readers were left in the dust, while Stine and Pike went on to found the best-selling series Goosebumps in 1992 and Spooksville in 1995, respectively.
I read Pike growing up! Spooksville was one of my favorite series.
