SOLVED. 90s funny supernatural short story about teens possessed by aliens (?) possibly by Christopher Pike. [s]

[Rachel]

This story was one in a book of short stories (all by the same author) but it's the only one I remember any details of. So I suppose I need to ID the book as well as the story. It was a paperback book which I read in the mid to late 1990s and was fairly new at the time.

All I can remember of this story is that there were some kind of supernatural beings (maybe aliens) which took control of the minds of a group of high school students. I forget what their objective was, but I don't think it was malicious. May have been something like "we need to stop this couple getting together to alter the course of history" or something like that.

I remember it being a funny story because the supernatural beings were very intelligent and highly evolved (I'm not sure if they even had physical bodies) but they got totally caught up in the drama of the lives of these high school students and started to think and talk like teenagers.

It could have been a story by Christopher Pike, but I've done loads of googling and can't find a detailed enough outline of his short stories to rule them in or out. All the stories of his that I've read about don't sound like the one I am looking for (I've been through pretty much all of the GR reviews of his). Any help appreciated.

[Samina]

If you look through his spooksville books I am sure that this is one of those books

[Samina]

https://books.google.co.uk/books/abou...

[Samina]

https://books.google.co.uk/books/abou... might be this one

[GracieKat]

Try this one, it's not a short story but the plot seems like what you're looking for

See You Later

The two teens he meets are sent back in time to help him get a certain girl and to prevent that girl from being with her current boyfriend because it affects the future.

There are also these, Christopher Pike's Tales of Terror, Christopher Pike's Tales of Terror: Volume 2

[Rachel]

Thanks for the suggestions.

Samina, it's not the book you linked (Invasion of the No-ones). I don't think I read anything in the Spooksville series - I mainly read his older books.

Gracie, it's not See You Later - I'm sure I did read that, and probably got the time travel plot mixed up with the story I am actually looking for.

The one I'm looking for is definitely a short story and was published in a collection. It could be one of the Tales of Terror, but I can't find enough details about the stories to rule them in or out.

[[deleted user]]

Did you try the star group? Its short and has aliens and something about connecting minds or something...hope it helps.

[Rachel]

It's not The Star Group. I'm looking for a short story, not a book.

[Rachel]

Having done some more googling to answer another question in this group - I'm 99% sure the story is Timespell from Christopher Pike's Tales of Terror. Moving to Solved.