Street of Fear

The first novel, entitled The New Girl, was published in 1989 . Since then, books have appeared on many bestseller lists, including USA Today ^[1] and Publisher Weekly ^[2] . In addition, the series was included in the list of best-selling youth novels of all time ^[3] .

In 1995, the series inspired the creation of a spin-off series entitled “Ghosts Of Fear Street”, written for a younger age, and in which the plots were more like “Horror” ( English Goosebumps ) - ghosts, vampires, monsters appeared in it , aliens and other representatives of paranormal creatures. Most books also have an unexpected or controversial ending.

In 1999, after another spin-off called Fear Street Seniors, Stein finished work on the series. In the summer of 2005, he released the Fear Street Nights trilogy as part of the project.

By 2010, more than 80 million copies of the novels of the series were sold in the world ^[4] .

In Russia, the books were published by the AST publishing house in the Horror series. Recently, AST published these books in the Fear series in the form of collected works from several short stories. In addition, 4 collections of 2 stories in each were first published in Russia in the mid-1990s.

Below is a list of short stories published in Russia in alphabetical order. The date of the first publication in Russia in the series “Horror” for teenagers is indicated in parentheses. It is also noteworthy that the Russian edition uses the same covers as the original American, with the difference that the cover images for many novels in the series are reversed.

The series takes place in the fictional city of Shadyside (in some books, translators translated the name of the city - Dark Valley) somewhere on the East Coast. The protagonists of the novels are teenagers, usually high school students, who are faced with tragic, sometimes mystical events. Although ghosts and spirits appear in some novels, the plot is based on one or a series of murders. Although some heroes also die in the horror series for children, the novels in this series describe the killings more severely.

The name of the series comes from one of the city streets, named after the ancient family of Fiars ( English The Fears ). Originally, their surname was pronounced “Fire” ( Fier ), but when rumors appeared that the family was cursed and the letters in their surname could be added to the word “fire”, Simon Fear changed his surname at the end XIX century. According to legend, the founders of the clan, Simon and his wife Angelica, brought a curse when they moved to Sheydeside after the Civil War . The curse takes its roots from Puritan times when the brothers Benjamin and Matthew Fire burnt Suzanne Goode and her mother Martha at the stake for allegedly engaging in witchcraft. The head of the family, William Hood, cursed the Fires, condemning their family to constant woes and a series of deaths. There was a fire in the family house that prevented the merger of the Fire and Hood families - it is believed that all Fire representatives died in that fire, putting an end to the curse. However, the events of many novels hinted that one of the brothers survived. The detailed history of the family is described in the spin-offs of the series called The Fear Street Saga .

As usual in Stein’s novels, the characters change in each book, although many characters (such as Suki (Suki) Thomas) are mentioned in other works of the series.

In total, 51 novels were released in the series. The following is a list of works published in the series in the order they are published in the United States.

1. The New Girl (2007)
2. The Surprise Party
3. Overnight / The Overnight ( Not published in Russia )
4. Disappear Forever / Missing (2007)
5. Games with death / Wrong Number (2004)
6. The Sleepwalker (2004)
7. Ghosts of the Past / Haunted ( Not published in Russia )
8. Halloween Party (2007)
9. The Stepsister (mid-1990s)
10. Ski Weekend / Skee Weekend ( Not published in Russia )
11. Games with fire / The Fire Game ( Not published in Russia )
12. When Darkness Comes Out (2002)
13. The Secret Bedroom (mid-1990s)
14. Knife / The Knife (2002)
15. Queen of Beauty / The Prom Queen (2006, first in the mid-1990s)
16. First Date
17. Best friend / The Best Friend (2003)
18. The Cheater (2003)
19. Deadly Tan / Sunburn
20. The New Boy (2004)
21. The Dare Kill
22. Nightmares / Bad Dreams (2003)
23. Double Date / 2001
24. The Thrill Club (2003, first in the mid-1990s)
25. Ominous Summer / One Evil Summer (mid 1990s)
26. Clairvoyant / The Mind Reader
27. Boomerang / Wrong Number 2 (2001)
28. Truth Or Challenge / Truth Or Dare ( Not published in Russia )
29. Dead End / Dead End ( Not published in Russia )
30. Graduation Class / Final Grade (2003)
31. Switched
32. College Weekend
33. Sisters 2 / The Stepsister 2 (not published in Russia)
34. What did Holly hear / What Holly Heard
35. The Face / The Face (2006)
36. Secret Admirer
37. Lovely date / The Perfect Date
38. Confession / The Confession
39. Neighbor guy / The Boy Next Door
40. Night Games / Night Games (2003)
41. Escape / Runaway
42. Killer's Kiss
43. All Night Party (2003)
44. The Rich Girl (2006)
45. Cat / Cat ( Not published in Russia )
46. House of fear. Home / Fear Hall: The Beginning (2007)
47. House of fear. The End / Fear Hall: The Conclusion ( Not published in Russia )
48. Who killed the queen of the ball? / Who Killed The Homecoming Queen? ( Not published in Russia )
49. Into The Dark ( not published in Russia )
50. Best friend 2 / The Best Friend 2 ( Not published in Russia )
51. Deadly Trap / Trapped

Support Group: Trilogy

1. Support Group. First Evil / Cheerleaders. The first evil
2. Support Group. Second Evil / Cheerleaders. The second evil
3. Support Group. Third Evil / Cheerleaders. The third evil

In addition, as part of other series, several novels were released, which are the continuation of the trilogy - Support Group. New Evil and Support Group: Evil Will Live!

Also in this series can be attributed the novel Awakened Evil from the New Saga of Fear Street , which is the prehistory of the novels about the support group.

New stories of Fear Street

The New Fear Street mini-series was first released in 1998. Novels in this series were not officially published in Russia.

1. Stepbrother
2. Horror Camp / Camp Out
3. Scream, Jennifer, scream! / Scream Jennifer, Scream
4. The Bad Girl

The worst stories of Fear Street

A series called Fear Street Super Chiller was published for several years from 1991 to 1999. Some novels were published in Russia. The year of first publication in Russia is indicated in parentheses.

1. Summer Party / Party Summer (2006)
2. Silent Night (2004)
3. Midnight Kiss / Goodnight Kiss (2005)
4. Broken Hearts (2006)
5. Silent Night 2 / Silent Night 2 (2004)
6. The Dead Lifeguard (2004)
7. Support Group: The New Evil / Cheerleaders: The New Evil (2006)
8. Evil Moonlight (2003)
9. The New Year's Party (2003)
10. Midnight Kiss 2 / Goodnight Kiss 2 (2003)
11. Silent Night 3 / Silent Night 3 (not published in Russia)
12. High Tide (2003)
13. Support Group: Evil Will Live! / Cheerleaders: The Evil Lives! (not published in Russia)

Ominous House

The 99 Fear Street: The House of Evil mini-series was released in 1994.

1. The First Horror (2006)
2. The Second Horror (2006)
3. The Third Nightmare ^[5] / The Third Horror (not published in Russia)

The Chronicles of Cataluna

The Cataluna Chronicles trilogy was published in 1995.

1. The Evil Moon ^[5] / The Evil Moon (not published in Russia)
2. Dark Secret ^[5] / The Dark Secret (not published in Russia)
3. Deadly Fire ^[5] / The Deadly Fire (not published in Russia)

Fear Park

The Fear Park series appeared in 1996.

1. The First Scream ^[5] / The First Scream (not published in Russia)
2. The Loudest Scream ^[5] / The Loudest Scream (not published in Russia)
3. The Last Scream (2006)

Fear Street Nights

The latest to date, the Fear Street Nights series appeared in 2005.

1. The mystery of moonlight ^[5] / Moonlight Secrets (not published in Russia)
2. Midnight Games ^[5] / Midnight Games (not published in Russia)
3. Dark Sunset ^[5] / Darkest Dawn (not published in Russia)

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