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Literature: The Nightmare Room  When the lights fade and the
moon rises, anything can happen. The world becomes a carnival of
shocks and chills. A whirling merry-go-round that never stops,
spinning faster and faster, taking you on a frightening ride.
I'm R. L. Stine, don't fall asleep... or you might find yourself
in The Nightmare Room.  The Nightmare Room is a series of YA
horror books written by R.L. Stine in the early 2000s. Much like
Goosebumps, it is a horror Genre Anthology series featuring a
different short story filled with young kids facing off against
ghosts, monsters, and other supernatural beings. Unlike
Goosebumps, the stories are much darker and the kid heroes don't
always win in the end.  It mostly pools from from The Twilight
Zone with its title, and its storytelling style.  It was adapted
for television series in 2001 as part of the Kids' WB line-up.
Sadly, because of the 9/11 attacks and the shift to have
Saturday morning cartoon