Spinetinglers

Spinetinglers is a series of 30 horror novels by a series of authors and published under the pseudonym M.T. Coffin. The series has a different plot and different characters in each book.

Books in the series

1. The Substitute Creature: Two elementary school students, Jace Morgan and Abram Saeb, suspect that the new substitute teacher, Mr. Hiss, is an extraterrestrial being. There is something very different about Mr. Hiss. It begins when Jace sees him spreading blood on his hands in the men's room. But how will Jace convince the others?
2. Billy Baker's Dog Won't Stay Buried: A nasty neighbor insists that Billy Baker's dog has to be put to sleep after biting him. Billy is upset, but convinced his pet will return to him. When his dog returns from the grave, he brings a legion of undead dogs with him to wreak havok in the neighborhood.
3. My Teacher's a Bug: Ryan and his family arrive in a new town in Texas after his father finally finds the perfect job. When the new climate wreaks havoc on Ryan's allergies, a new medication is prescribed which has some extremely unusual side effects
4. Where Have All the Parents Gone?: An entire town erupts into chaos and anarchy when all of the adults mysteriously disappear, leaving all the young people to their own devices until their parents begin to return—transformed into aliens.
5. Check it Out - and Die!: Charlie and Dustin decide to investigate when readers at their school library begin to disappear. All the kids really like the new librarian, who believes it's perfectly okay to use the entire library budget, small as it, on horror books. But their newfound joy turns to fright when the kids find themselves living out the nightmarish stories they are reading.
6. Simon Says, "Croak!": Beginning classes in a new hometown and sitting at a desk that once belonged to a local troublemaker, newcomer Alexander begins to suspect that the desk is haunted by its late owner when he receives mysterious messages..
7. Snow Day: When school lets out early because of a raging snowstorm, the kids are excited. But then their bus gets stranded in a deep snow bank and they're forced to seek shelter at a sinister looking abandoned farm.
8. Don't Go To the Principal's Office: The new principal at Crosswell Elementary School is very odd. Not only does he look like a character from a horror movie, but lightning and thunder accompany his visits to the classroom. He also seems to exert an unusual influence on "problem" kids. Just one trip to Mr. Amsted's office, and even the worst offenders undergo a complete personality change. Richard and Ted are certain that something evil is afoot. A clandestine investigation convinces the boys that the principal is actually performing lobotomies on the troublemakers. When they spy on Mr. Amsted at home, they believe they witness him murdering his wife.
9. Step on a Crack: A single student is the only person in town who smells a strange fragrance in the air, notices the pieces of cement that are popping out along the cracks, and hears a pervasive growling sound.
10. The Dead Kid Did It How would you like to reach into your school locker and have a dead kid try to pull you into the darkness? Dunning is scared and, besides, he's getting blamed for the dead kid's practical jokes.
11. Fly By Night: The crows in one kid's town start to act weird, and the residents think an old lady might know why.
12. Killer Computer: Jenny's young brother Brian conjures up Zippy on her computer. The problem is that Zippy appears to have a rather wicked mind of his own--he wants to come out of the computer and play. As Jenny soon discovers, Zippy's games prove deadly for all participants.
13. Pet Store: Moving to a bizarre town after his father accepts a new job, Amber is shocked when she learns that Woofburg is actually ruled by dogs who keep humans as pets, and their chances for escape are lessened by roaming bands of wild humans.
14. Blood Red Eightball: Craig adores video games, until virtual reality has him fleeing across on a monster pool table, with a giant cueball in pursuit, and his only escape is a plunge into the dark corner pocket, where he comes face-to-face with the pulsing terror of the Blood Red Eightball..
15. Escape from the Haunted Museum: A class trip to a museum turns terrifying when a group of youngsters gets trapped in the museum overnight and discovers that the exhibits have a "life" of their own.
16. We Wish You a Scary Christmas: Two kids suspect that there is something wrong with their new neightbors, and eventually find out that they've been taking care of Santa Claus, to make sure he regains his memory by Christmas.
17. The Monster Channel: Charley discovers the dangers of watching too much television when, in the attic of his spooky new house, he stumbles upon an old television that only gets one channel--the Monster Channel--with some interesting special effects.
18. Mirror, Mirror: Jake's boring life turns exciting when he looks at his reflection in a spoon and sees a bizarre being, who talks with him and offers to take away all his worries, but Jake soon realizes that the creature is evil.
19. Boogey's Back for Blood: Receiving a centuries-old tome from an elderly bookstore owner on his thirteenth birthday, Mike Jacobs recites a few lines from the book and conjures up the Boogeyman, who has been sleeping for four hundred years.
20. Lights, Camera, Die!: Running the Oddity Theater, the mysterious Mr. Faust plays horror films day and night, inviting youngsters to be special guests only to place them into the dangerous worlds of the on-screen monster movies.
21. Camp Crocodile: A lakeside summer camp is anything but restful when some of the kids begin disappearing, and when one of the campers swears a giant crocodile is responsible, no one believes him until it is too late.
22. Student Exchange: James becomes convinced that something odd is going on at Westview Elementary School, wondering why Marilyn, a new girl, is wearing a strange pendant, and sets out to investigate when a classmate disappears and a mysterious boy turns up wearing the same bizarre pendant.
23. Gimme Back My Brain: Run For Your Life... Science Needs Your Brain! If you happen to meet a couple of mad scientist who are creating a super robot -- WATCH OUT! They're looking for a brain to complete their robot, and it might be yours. Max doesn't know what he's getting into when two weird say they want to copy his brain. It's too late when he finds his body strapped to a lab table and his brain transferred into a giant silver robot. With his new body, Max has all the super power he needs to free himself... but no way to escape from his monstrous metal form. Now Max if terrifying the neighborhood. People are trying to shut him down. The mad scientists are trying to catch him take control of his mind. Where can Max turn for help when no one knows that it's himtrapped in that giant robot body?
24. Your Turn -- to Scream: Buying a mysterious board game at a garage sale, Michael is temporarily transported into a dark jungle after his first move and wonders how the game will eventually end.
25. Curse of the Cheerleaders: There's a lot more school spirit at Lincoln Elementary School than ever before--and the school's cheer squad is responsible. The cheerleaders have developed the ability to hypnotize people and have their victims do their bidding. The school's biggest rival had better watch out because they will be mesmerized before they know it.
26. Wear and Scare:Sam and his friends plan a school Halloween event that includes wearing some very real looking costumes from a local store. But there's something very terrifying about the costumes, and the store owner isn't telling anyone the secret.
27. Lizard People: On a dare, Michael enters an empty old house and finds himself in a nightmare world where all the people are lizards, including himself. He has to find his way home so he's not stuck in the Land of the Lizards forever.
28. Circus F.R.E.A.K.S.: Charlie and Jeanna thought it was fun to dress as freaks for the school circus play, and when the circus comes to town, they rush down to meet some real freaks. That's when they find out that they're in real danger of becoming part of the F.R.E.A.K. show!.
29. My Dentist is a Vampire: Brian is going to a new dentist--and he finds himself trapped in a house of horror, with skeletons, bugs, and bats screaming for his blood. And the dentist is the head vampire!.
30. Saber-Toothed Tiger: Alan Evans notices three menacing looking cats hanging around his house and hears them talking--making plans to eat his neighbor. When his neighbor vanishes, Alan is alarmed, especially since the felines now have their eyes on him. He fights back by turning himself into a cat--a very big cat.

Most book descriptions come from https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/m-t-coffin/

External links

• Book list