Yes. Tapping and fluttering.

Mikey stood up. Destiny climbed out of bed after him. They hurried to the window.

A clear, moonlit night. Everything so still.

And then a bird flew up against the window glass. aA blackbird,a Destiny whispered.

Mikey trembled beside her. She slipped her arm around his shoulders.

The bird hovered outside the window.

Wings spread high, it floated on the other side of the glass, peering in a a peering in longingly a a with Livvyas green eyes.

aIt a wants to come in,a Mikey whispered.

Destiny hesitated. A chill ran down her back.

She stared into the birdas green eyes.

aOpen it,a Mikey whispered. aLet it in, Dee.a Destiny reached for the window.

But the blackbird turned and flew off into the night.

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About the Author.

Robert Lawrence Stine.

is one of the best-selling childrenas authors in history. He began his writing career at the age of nine, writing short stories, joke books, and comic books for his friendsa"and has been at it ever since!

After graduating from Ohio State University, R.L.

moved to New York to become a writer. He wrote joke books and humor books and created Bananas, a zany humor magazine, before he turned to the scary. He wrote Fear Street and then Goosebumps, the phenomenal series that made him an international celebrity and the number-one best-selling childrenas author of all time (Guinness Book of World Records).

He recently published two original collections of scary storiesa"the New York Times best-seller NIGHTMARE HOUR and THE HAUNTING HOURa"and his book series The Nightmare Room, also published by HarperCollins, was adapted into a popular TV series.

R.L. lives in Manhattan with his wife, Jane, and their son, Matthew.

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