Nightmare on Nightmare Street

By: R. L. Stine

Narrated by: Dan Bittner

From the master of spine-tingling horror for young audiences, Nightmare on Nightmare Street is full of strange sounds, terrifying visions, and things that go bump in the night. Includes a foreword by James “Murr” Murray, bestselling author of Don’t Move and cocreator of Impractical Jokers.

Twelve-year-old Joe Ferber, his sister Sadie, and their parents have just moved into a house that has all the hallmarks of a horror movie—tombstones in the basement, a creepy doll lying around, strange noises in the wall, and so on. As Joe tries to fall asleep on the first night, his nightlight begins to flash and change colors, and the creepy doll appears in his bed … and then twelve-year-old Shawn Hannigan wakes up from a dream.

Shawn and his little sister, Addie, are seemingly living in the same house with their mother. But when they arrive at their new school for the first day, the teachers are all wearing animal masks, and the principal’s office is pitch black and full of noises. At the end of the day, a stranger claiming to be Shawn’s mom picks him up and tells him he doesn’t have a sister …

As more and more strange things happen to each of them, Shawn and Joe have to figure out what is real, and what is a nightmare …

©2026 Robert Lawrence Stine (P)2026 Blackstone Publishing

Critic reviews

“Propulsive prose and pulse-pounding chapter cliff-hangers build tension and suspense throughout an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink thriller, which features haunted dolls, vampire principals, basement graveyards, and more.”

“Another reliably eerie outing from a master of under-the-sheets reading.”

“Stine continues to create fun, engaging tales with just the right amount of fright, stories that transport me right back to my childhood days of reading Goosebumps books.”

“[The] genre’s most prolific and reliable master.”

“A polished performance…Bittner’s pacing works well, and fans of the Goosebumps series will enjoy the familiar shivers and tongue-in-cheek humor.”

Amazing!

This was the best book I’ve read as a quick read in a while. I didn’t see the end coming & boy is snuck up on me! Amazing doesn’t cut it.

No plot line. Felt like horror/suspense wreck whiplash.

I understand that this story is aimed at a young middle school audience. However, I find that RL Stine can typically put together a good twist. This one just don’t make much sense. The plot itself was all over the place and I feel like he couldn’t come with anything new so he recycled a bunch of his former stories for nostalgia. But it really just didn’t work. I thought maybe the ending would be clever but it really just wasn’t and didn’t tie any of the already mixed plot line together.

Mash up of old stories

Didn’t make much sense and was boring.
Had all elements from old book mashed together.