The Dead Boyfriend: A Fear Street Novel

Written by R.L. Stine

Narrated by Brittany Pressley

Watch the movies, listen to the audiobooks! The Fear Street movies are coming to Netflix this summer!

Generations of children and teens have grown up on R.L. Stine's bestselling and hugely popular horror series, Fear Street and Goosebumps. Now, the Fear Street series is back with a chilling new installment, packed with pure nightmare fodder that will scare Stine's avid fan base of teen listeners and adults. In The Dead Boyfriend, he tells the frightening tale of teenage love—and how it can go terribly, murderously wrong.

Caitlin has never had a real boyfriend before. When she starts seeing Colin, she throws herself into the relationship with fervor. She ignores her friends who warn her that Colin may be a phony and that she is taking the whole thing too seriously. Caitlin is smitten. She doesn’t care if she loses her friends. All she wants is Colin.

When Caitlin approaches Colin with another girl, she completely loses it. She snaps. Everything goes red. When she comes back to her senses, she realizes that Colin is dead—and she has killed him. But if Colin is dead, how is he staring at her across a crowded party?

Terrifying from the first page to the last, The Dead Boyfriend is a heart-racing young adult novel from the master of teen screams himself.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Griffin

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio
• Release date: Jun 29, 2021
• ISBN: 9781250842329

R.L. Stine

R.L. Stine has more than 350 million English language books in print, plus international editions in 32 languages, making him one of the most popular children’s authors in history. Besides Goosebumps, R.L. Stine has written other series, including Fear Street, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room, and Dangerous Girls. R.L. Stine lives in New York with his wife, Jane, and his Cavalier King Charles spaniel, Minnie. Visit him online at rlstine.com.

Reviews for The Dead Boyfriend

[Rashi Bedekar · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Interesting and entertaining book. Loved the story. Loved the narration.