All of them.
Every tree!
Every tree trunk in the forest had a slice mark.
Who was doing it? There was no one there. No one in view.
But the horrifying sound continued to pound in their ears.
Chop…chop…choppp…
The machete trembled in Marlin’s hand. He raised it in front of him like a sword.
The steady chopping sounds echoed through the forest. Far into the distance.
“Who’s there?” Marlin called, waving the big knife. “Who is doing that?”
About the Author
R.L. STINE says he has a great job. “My job is to give kids the CREEPS!” With his scary books, R.L. has terrified kids all over the world. He has sold over 300 million books, making him the best-selling children’s author in history.
These days, R.L. is dishing out new frights in his series THE NIGHTMARE ROOM. When he isn’t working, he likes to read old mysteries, watch SpongeBob Squarepants on TV, and take his dog, Nadine, for long walks around New York City, where he lives with his wife, Jane, and son, Matthew.
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Read all the books in the NIGHT MARE room
series by R.L. Stine
#1 Don’t Forget Me!
#2 Locker 13
#3 My Name Is Evil
#4 Liar Liar
#5 Dear Diary, I’m Dead
#6 They Call Me Creature
#7 The Howler
#8 Shadow Girl
#9 Camp Nowhere
Credits
Cover design by John Fontana
Cover illustration by Vince Natale
Copyright
THE NIGHTMARE ROOM #9: CAMP NOWHERE. Copyright © 2001 by Parachute Publishing, L.L.C. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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