Why I'm Not Afraid of Ghosts (11 page)

“No, no!” I screamed.

My sneakers slapped against the sidewalk. My long hair flew in my face. I could hardly see where I was going, but I didn't care. I had to get away from the thing chasing me.

Its sharp toenails clicked on the sidewalk behind me. It was getting closer.

I flew forward, even faster. “I'm almost home,” I chanted under my breath. “Almost home . . . almost home . . . almost home . . .”

I spotted my house in the distance. The front porch. The oak tree. The white picket fence.

Home!

I glanced over my shoulder as I bolted across the street.

It was right behind me!

I was going to have to dive over the fence. It was my only chance.

I dashed forward and threw my books over the fence. Then I leaped into the air.

Up, up, up, and over . . .

I was halfway over the fence when something tugged at my leg. I shrieked.

It was the beast.

And its jaws were clamped around my ankle!

R.L. Stine is the best-selling author in America. He has written more than one hundred scary books for young people, all of them bestsellers.

His series include
Fear Street, Ghosts of Fear Street
and the
Fear Street Sagas.

Bob grew up in Columbus, Ohio. Today he lives in New York City with his wife, Jane, his teenage son, Matt, and his dog, Nadine.

This book is a work fiction.
Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author's imagination
or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living
or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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