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Lord's Resistance Army insurgency

The Lord's Resistance Army insurgency is a conflict involving the Lord's Resistance Army against the government of Uganda. Following the Ugandan Civil War, militant Joseph Kony formed the Lord's Resistance Army and launched an insurgency against the newly installed President Yoweri Museveni. The stated goal was to establish a Christian state based on the Ten Commandments. Currently, there is low-level LRA activity in eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. Kony proclaims himself the 'spokesperson' of God and a spirit medium.

It became one of Africa's longest conflicts and has resulted in a humanitarian crisis. The LRA has been accused by the International Criminal Court of widespread human rights violations, including mutilation, torture, slavery, rape, the abduction of civilians, the use of child soldiers, and a number of massacres. By 2004, the LRA had abducted more than 20,000 children, caused the displacement of 1.5 million civilians, and killed an estimation of 100,000 civilians.

Background
The National Resistance Army (NRA), commanded by Yoweri Museveni, overthrew President Tito Okello in January 1986. In retaliation for the Ugandan Army's actions in the Luwero triangle, the NRA committed numerous acts of brutality against the Acholi. Fearing the loss of their customary dominance over the national military, some Acholis rebelled. By August, the northern districts held by the new government forces had erupted into a full-fledged popular insurrection.

Early history (1987–1994)
In January 1987, Joseph Kony made his first appearance as a spirit medium, one of many who emerged following the initial success of the Holy Spirit Movement of Alice Auma.

Former Uganda People's Democratic Army commander Odong Latek convinced Kony to adopt conventional guerrilla warfare tactics, primarily surprise attacks on civilian targets, such as villages. The LRA also occasionally carried out large-scale attacks to underline the inability of the government to protect the populace. Until 1991, the LRA raided the populace for supplies, which were carried away by villagers who were abducted for short periods of time. The fact that some NRA units were known for their brutal actions ensured that the LRA were given at least passive support by segments of the Acholi population.

March 1991 saw the start of "Operation North", which combined efforts to destroy the LRA while cutting away its roots of support among the population through heavy-handed tactics. As part of Operation North, Acholi Betty Oyella Bigombe, the Minister charged with ending the insurgency, created the Arrow Boys, a local militia mostly armed with bows, arrows, and other traditional weapons as a form of local defense. As the LRA was armed with modern weaponry, the Arrow Boys were severely underpowered.

The creation of the Arrow Groups angered Kony, who began to feel that he no longer had the support of the population. In response, the LRA mutilated numerous Acholi whom they believed to be government supporters. While the government efforts were a failure, the LRA reaction caused many Acholi to finally turn against the insurgency. However, this was tempered by the deep-seated antagonism towards the occupying government forces.

Following Operation North, Bigombe initiated the first face-to-face meeting between representatives of the LRA and the government. The LRA asked for a general amnesty for their combatants and stated that they would not surrender but were willing to "return home." However, the government's stance was hampered by disagreement over the credibility of the LRA negotiators and political infighting. In particular, the military had learned that Kony was negotiating with the Sudanese government for support while talking to Bigombe and felt that Kony was simply trying to buy time.

At a second meeting on 10 January 1994, Kony asked for six months to regroup his troops. By early February the tone of the negotiations was growing increasingly acrimonious, and following a meeting on 2 February, the LRA broke off negotiations stating that they felt that the NRA was trying to entrap them. Four days later, President Yoweri Museveni announced a seven-day deadline for the LRA to surrender. This ultimatum ended the Bigombe Initiative.

Spillover into neighboring countries (1994–2002)
Two weeks after Museveni delivered his ultimatum of 6 February 1994, it was reported that LRA fighters had crossed the northern border and established bases in southern Sudan with the approval of the Khartoum government. Sudanese aid was a response to Ugandan support for the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) fighting in the civil war in the south of the country. Also, convinced that the Acholi were now collaborating with the Museveni government, Kony began to target civilians with his increased military strength. Mutilations became commonplace (especially cutting off ears, lips, and nose), and 1994 saw the first mass abduction of children and youth.

The most infamous of these was the Aboke abductions of 139 female students in October 1996. As most of the LRA combatants are abducted children, a military offensive against the LRA is widely perceived by the Acholi as a massacre of victims. Government attempts to destroy the rebels are thus viewed as another cause for grievance by the Acholi. The moral ambiguity of this situation, in which abducted young rebels are both the victims and perpetrators of brutal acts, is central to the conflicted attitudes of many Acholi towards the rebels.

The government's response was a scorched-earth policy ordering all Acholis to leave their homes in 48 hours and move to "protected villages" beginning in 1996, later called Internally Displaced People's Camps. This further deepened the antagonistic attitude that many Acholi had toward the government, especially as the population continued to be attacked by the LRA even within the "protected camps." The camps were crowded, unsanitary, miserable places to live and have been described as death camps. World Health Organization data indicated that these camps caused the death of ten times as many people as the LRA.

Meanwhile, in 1997 the Sudanese government of the National Islamic Front began to recede from its previous hardline stance. Following the 11 September 2001 attacks in the US, the relationship between Sudan and Uganda abruptly changed. Cross-border tensions eased as support to proxy forces fell. Some of the hundreds of thousands of civilians displaced by the war began to return home. The number of people displaced by the conflict declined to about half a million, and people began to talk openly about the day when the "protected camps" would be disbanded.

Operation Iron Fist and continued insurgency (2002–2005)

In March 2002, the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) launched a massive military offensive, named "Operation Iron Fist", against the LRA bases in southern Sudan, with agreement from the National Islamic Front. This agreement, coupled with the return of Ugandan forces that were deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo upon the official end of the Second Congo War, created what the Ugandan government felt was an ideal situation in which to end a conflict that had become both an embarrassment and political liability. After several months of uncertainty, LRA forces began crossing back into Uganda and carrying out attacks on a scale of brutality not seen since 1995 to 1996, resulting in widespread displacement and suffering in regions, such as Soroti, that had never previously been touched by the insurgency.

A series of local initiatives spearheaded by traditional and religious leaders as well as diplomatic initiatives during these years failed, especially since Kony's negotiating position remained uncertain, but the conflict gained unprecedented international coverage. During a November 2003 field visit to Uganda, United Nations Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland stated, "I cannot find any other part of the world that is having an emergency on the scale of Uganda, that is getting such little international attention." In December 2003, Ugandan President Museveni referred the LRA to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to determine if the LRA is guilty of international war crimes.

From the middle of 2004 on, rebel activity dropped markedly under intense military pressure. The government was also the target of increasingly pointed criticism from the international community for its failure to end the conflict. International aid agencies questioned the Ugandan government's reliance on military force and its commitment to a peaceful resolution. The army also admitted that it had recruited child soldiers who escaped the LRA into the military.

In mid-September 2005, a band of LRA fighters, led by Vincent Otti, crossed into the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for the first time. President Museveni declared that, if Congolese authorities did not disarm the LRA combatants, the UPDF would be sent across the border in pursuit. This sparked a diplomatic row between the governments of the DRC and Uganda, with both militaries making a show of force along their border, while the Congolese ambassador to the United Nations sent a letter to the UN Secretary-General demanding that an economic embargo be placed on Uganda in retaliation.

Peace talks and truce (2006–2008)
A series of meetings were held in Juba starting in July 2006 between the government of Uganda and the LRA. The talks were mediated by Riek Machar, the Vice President of Southern Sudan, and by the Community of Sant'Egidio. The talks, which resulted in a ceasefire by September 2006, were described as the best chance for a negotiated settlement since the peace initiative of Betty Bigombe in 1994.

These talks were agreed to after Joseph Kony released a video in May in which he denied committing atrocities and seemed to call for an end to hostilities, in response to an announcement by Museveni that he would guarantee the safety of Kony if peace was agreed to by July. In late June 2006, the Government of Southern Sudan formally invited Uganda to attend peace talks, and on 14 July 2006, talks began in Juba. On 4 August 2006, Vincent Otti declared a unilateral ceasefire and asked the Ugandan government to reciprocate. ICC indictee Raska Lukwiya was killed in battle on 12 August 2006.

The government and the LRA signed a truce on 26 August 2006. Under the terms of the agreement, LRA forces will leave Uganda and gather in two assembly areas protected by the government of Sudan. The Ugandan government agreed not to attack those areas. LRA rebels had begun gathering in the assembly areas by mid-September. Talks continued to be hindered by demands and counter-demands. Meanwhile, the government began a process of creating "satellite camps" to decongest the main IDP camps.

In a broader context, the government of Southern Sudan viewed the talks as a means of ridding itself of a foreign army that was complicating its delicate relationship with the Khartoum government. The request by the Ugandan Government for the ICC to suspend war crimes indictments against leaders of the LRA was condemned by international human rights groups but largely supported by leaders and civilians within northern Uganda.

By mid-2007, thousands of IDPs had moved into the decongestion camps. However, the populace remained cautious about the prospect of a peace deal, with many refusing to return to their ancestral homes before a definitive end to the insurgency.

Following a period in which the peace talks were suspended, the Juba Initiative Project enabled the resumption of the talks in May 2007, thanks to the efforts of the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for LRA-affected areas, Joaquim Chissano. The talks were again mediated by the Government of Southern Sudan, but with the support of the United Nations and logistic facilitation from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

On 20 August 2007, Uganda declared that it was seeking legal advice on setting up a war crimes court. In November 2007, an LRA delegation led by Martin Ojul journeyed to Kampala to restate its commitment to a peaceful resolution of the conflict. Ojul later led the delegation on a tour of northern Uganda to meet victims of the insurgency and ask their forgiveness. However, reports surfaced that LRA deputy commander Otti had been executed on or around 8 October 2007 over an internal power struggle with Kony.

Renewed fighting (2008–present)
In February 2008, LRA launched its first known attack in the Central African Republic in Bassigbiri, Haut-Mbomou. In the next month, LRA raided the first major town in Haut-Mbomou, Obo.

In June 2008, diplomats reported that the Lord's Resistance Army had bought new weapons and was recruiting new soldiers, adding 1,000 recruits to the 600 soldiers it already had. At about the same time, Uganda, South Sudan, and Congo-Kinshasa agreed to a plan to crush the movement together; the South Sudanese claimed that the rebels killed 14 of their soldiers on 7 June 2008.

The LRA was alleged to have killed at least 400 people in attacks on a number of villages in the DR Congo on and after Christmas Day, 2008. Throughout 2009, the LRA was blamed for several attacks in Southern Sudan, DR Congo, and Central African Republic. In March 2010, news emerged about a December 2009 massacre in DR Congo perpetrated by the LRA.

In May 2010, US President Barack Obama signed the Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act into law. In October 2011, Obama announced the deployment of 100 US troops to aid other anti-LRA forces in subduing LRA leader Joseph Kony, citing the aforementioned act in a letter to the heads of both houses of Congress.

On 23 March 2012, the African Union announced its intentions to send an international brigade of 5,000 military troops "from Uganda, South Sudan, Central African Republic, and Congo, countries where Kony's reign of terror has been felt over the years ... to join the hunt for rebel leader Joseph Kony and to "neutralize" him. According to the statement, "the mission would commence on 24 March 2012 and the search would last until Kony was caught", after which the task force would be disbanded. The effort is Ugandan-led and backed by the US with the 100 advisers already there, who are offering advice, intelligence and training, along with equipment. The brigade established its headquarters in Yambio, South Sudan, close to the border with the DRC, and is commanded by a Ugandan officer; while, a Congolese officer has oversight of intelligence operations.

On 12 May 2012, Ugandan soldiers with the African Union brigade captured a senior LRA leader in the Central African Republic (CAR), Caesar Achellam, a veteran rebel commander with the rank of Major General. Because he was a leading military strategist for the LRA, Achellam's arrest signified a considerable setback for Joseph Kony's fight to evade capture.

On 6 June, the UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, released an initial report covering the activities of the LRA from 2009 to 2012. The report itself stated that "at least 45 children have been killed and maimed" during this time period and at least "591 children, including 268 girls have been abducted". Though it was noted by Radhika Coomaraswamy, the UN special representative on children and conflict, that the "actual numbers of abductions are much higher, these are just the ones we are aware of". The report also stated that the LRA is currently made up of between 300 and 500 fighters, with around half of them being children.

The LRA was reported to be in the East CAR town of Djema in 2012 but forces pursuing the LRA withdrew in April 2013 after the government of the CAR was overthrown by the Séléka Coalition rebels. In November 2013, Kony was reported to be in poor health in the East CAR town of Nzoka and Michel Djotodia, president of the CAR, claimed he was negotiating with Kony to surrender. US officials doubted that Kony genuinely wanted to surrender.

In early November 2013, suspected LRA militants attacked five villages in the Western Equatoria region of South Sudan. Three people were killed and one wounded, aside from looting the rebels also set fire to several houses.

On 4 December 2013, 13 LRA militants including senior commander Samuel Kangu were killed in the aftermath of a UPDF ambush in CAR. The rebels were reportedly tracked with the aid of US-provided intelligence.

On 11 December 2013, 19 LRA guerrillas surrendered to African Union troops in Zembio, CAR.

According to UN estimates, at least 65 LRA attacks took place in CAR and DRC during the first quarter of 2014 during which 93 people were reportedly abducted and two killed.

On 7 May 2014, United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon stated that senior LRA commanders were stationed in South Sudan's border areas with Sudan and the Central African Republic.

On 20 May 2014, delegates from Uganda, DRC, South Sudan and CAR held a three-day conference in South Sudan regarding the LRA insurgency.

On 13 August 2014, LRA insurgents launched attacks on villages in the vicinity of Billi, DRC, killing 4 people and injuring 2. FARDC troops clashed with the militants before the latter retreated.

On 23 August 2014, 13 LRA hostages escaped from captivity, six days later 12 more hostages followed suit. The escapees were abducted between 2004 and August 2014, and managed to reach Digba and Ango, DRC, respectively, following a FARDC offensive.

Between 28 and 31 December 2014, LRA perpetrated three attacks in the area of Dungu, DRC. Two people were wounded in the aftermath of an attack on Faradje, the village of Mangasaba was looted, and a merchant from Kiliwa was also robbed by the guerrillas.

On 9 January 2015, LRA's second in command Dominic Ongwen surrendered to US troops stationed in CAR.

On 15 January 2015, LRA rebels conducted a number of kidnappings in the villages of Bulumasi and Pangali, Bondo territory, DRC. A total of 10 people were taken hostage during the incident.

On 21 January 2015, LRA militants killed three FARDC soldiers in the aftermath of an ambush conducted at the town of Nangume in the vicinity of Wando, DRC. Dozens of civilians were wounded, three were abducted and two hundred families were also displaced from the area following raids LRA militants.

On 5 February 2015, a band of twenty suspected LRA guerrillas abducted eight people and engaged in looting in the villages of Dizaga and Digba, DRC.

On 16 February 2015, LRA guerrillas killed three people and injured four others, on Road IV, located in the Dungu territory, DRC.

On 12 April 2015, a total of 8 FARDC soldiers went missing in action, following a LRA ambush outside the Mangbangu village, DRC. An unidentified corpse was found in the area, a day after the incident.

On 30 March 2017, the United States Military announced it was ending its anti-LRA campaign, Operation Observant Compass.

On an unspecified date in April 2017, a United States special forces soldier shot and killed an LRA fighter who drew a weapon on the American. The American had been escorting an African Union peacekeeper when the incident occurred.

On 19 April 2017, Uganda announced that it would begin withdrawing forces from the Central African Republic where it has been trying to hunt down Joseph Kony in the country for 9 years.

On 6 May 2021, LRA commander Dominic Ongwen was sentenced to 25 years in Ugandan prison over war crimes and crimes against humanity in Uganda.

On 7 April 2024 Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group counducted an operation in the Haute-Kotto prefecture near the town of Sam Ouandja to apprehend the leader of the Lord Resistance Army, Joseph Kony. While managing to kill some fighters, the operation failed to find the group leader due to him earlier leaving for another base.

Impact
The insurgency was historically confined to the region known as Acholiland, consisting of the districts of Kitgum, Gulu, and Pader, though since 2002 violence has overflowed into other Ugandan districts. The LRA also operated across the porous border region with Southern Sudan and most recently into the north-eastern Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The plight of the affected people has received little media coverage in the developed world. Not until April 2004 did the UN Security Council issue a formal condemnation. A 2005 poll of humanitarian professionals, media personalities, academics and activists identified the conflict in the north of Uganda as the second worst "forgotten" humanitarian emergency in the world, after the conflicts of the neighbouring DRC.

The US government estimates that up to 12,000 people have been killed in the violence, with many more dying from disease and malnutrition as a direct result of the conflict. Nearly two million civilians have been forced to flee their homes, living in internally displaced person (IDP) camps and within the safety of larger settlements, sleeping on street corners and in other public spaces. The problems of the camps have been expatiated by the government ordering villagers into the camps on pain of being classified as rebels and on occasion shelling those villages who refused to relocate.

While many abductees are taken to carry items looted from raided villages, some are also used as soldiers and sex slaves. The group performs abductions primarily from the Acholi people, who have borne the brunt of the 18-year LRA campaign. The United Nations estimated in the mid-2000s that around 25,000 children have been kidnapped by the LRA since 1987. However, several pieces of research have concluded that the figure was significantly higher. In June 2007, UC Berkeley's Human Rights Center researchers worked with reception centers in northern Uganda to compile a database of 25,000 former abductees that went through reception centers.

By triangulating data from different sources on the number of former abductees, the research conservatively estimates that the LRA has abducted 24,000 to 38,000 children and 28,000 to 37,000 adults as of April 2006. The research further found that while women represented only about a third of all the abductees, they tended to stay longer with the LRA compared to men. Women are forced to serve as sexual and domestic servants. According to a survey of 750 youth in Kitgum and Pader, at least 66,000 youth between the ages of 13 and 30 have been abducted. One-third of all boys and one-sixth of all girls had been taken for at least one day.

Of these, 66% of males were taken for longer than two weeks, while the equivalent number for females was 46%. If a female was gone for more than two weeks, there was a one in four chance that she had not returned. Males were again found to be taken for longer periods of time on average, with two in five males that were abducted for more than two weeks not having returned. The number of abductions was greatest in 2002 and 2003, perhaps in retaliation for Operation Iron Fist. However, the average age of abductees has risen from about 13 in 1994 to nearly 18 in 2004, coinciding with the rise in number, and fall in length, of abductions.

While the LRA now appears to consist of less than two thousand combatants that are under intense pressure from the Ugandan military, the government has been unable to end the insurgency to date. Ongoing peace negotiations are complicated by an investigation and trial preparation by the International Criminal Court. Meanwhile, military operation is going on. The conflict continues to slow down Uganda's development efforts, costing the poor country's economy a cumulative total of at least $1.33 billion, which is equivalent to 3% of GDP, or $100 million annually.

"Night commuters"
At the height of the conflict, each night, as many as 40,000 children children between the ages of 8 and 14, referred to as "night commuters" or "night dwellers," would walk up to 20 km from IDP camps to larger towns, especially Gulu, in search of safety and to avoid abduction by the LRA. Refuge was offered at churches, hospitals, bus stations and temporary shelters before the children returned home again each morning. Because of this phenomenon, religious leaders from different denominations staged a one-week solidarity demonstration by sleeping in the streets with the children, which generated further attention of the conflict from the world.

Awareness
Initiatives to raise international awareness for these children included the "GuluWalk" and the work of the Resolve Uganda. Night commuters are also the subject of documentaries such as Stolen Children, War/Dance, and Invisible Children.

The Invisible Children documentary sponsored the Global Night Commute, an event similar to GuluWalk. On 29 April 2006, over 80,000 youths from around the world converged on urban centers in 130 major cities around the world in solidarity with displaced Ugandan children. The Invisible Children organization also raised awareness for those in the Internally Displaced Camps (IDPs) through its "Displace Me" event held in 15 cities across the US on 28 April 2007. Over 68,000 people participated in the event which required participants to sleep outside in "homes" made out of cardboard, similar to those in the IDPs.

Another program, The Name Campaign, asks people to wear nameplate necklaces imprinted with the first name of one of the thousands of abducted children as a means of raising public awareness.

Danny Glover and Don Cheadle have both been vocal advocates on behalf of the children of Northern Uganda.

On 5 March 2012, the Invisible Children organization posted the Kony 2012 video on YouTube which was widely seen. As of 22 March, 2023, the film had over 103 million views on video-sharing website YouTube.

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R. L. Stine

Robert Lawrence Stine (born October 8, 1943), known by his pen name R.L. Stine, is an American novelist. He is the writer of Goosebumps, a horror fiction novel series which has sold over 400 million copies globally in 35 languages, becoming the second-best-selling book series in history. The series spawned a media franchise including two television series, a video game series, a comic series, and two feature films. Stine has been referred to as the "Stephen King of children's literature".

Stine wrote the teenage horror fiction series Fear Street, which has sold over 80 million copies and has been adapted into a trilogy of films. His other horror fiction novel series include Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, Nightmare Hour, and The Nightmare Room. He has also written dozens of humor books for children, under the alias Jovial Bob Stine.

Early life
Stine was born on October 8, 1943 in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Lewis Stine, a shipping clerk, and Anne Feinstein. He grew up in Bexley, Ohio. He comes from a Jewish family. Stine began writing at age nine, when he found a typewriter in his attic, subsequently beginning to type stories and joke books. Stine said that he remembered reading the Tales from the Crypt comic books when he was young and credited them as one of his inspirations. He graduated from Ohio State University in 1965 with a Bachelor of Arts in English. While at OSU, Stine edited humor magazine The Sundial for three years. He later moved to New York City to pursue his career as a writer.

Career
Stine wrote dozens of humor books for children under the name Jovial Bob Stine and created the humor magazine Bananas. Bananas was written for teenagers and published by Scholastic Press for 72 issues between 1975 and 1984, plus various "Yearbooks" and paperback books. Stine was editor and responsible for much of the writing (other contributors included writers Robert Leighton, Suzanne Lord and Jane Samuels and artists Sam Viviano, Samuel B. Whitehead, Bob K. Taylor, Bryan Hendrix, Bill Basso, and Howard Cruse). Recurring features included "Hey – Lighten Up!", "It Never Fails!", "Phone Calls", "Joe" (a comic strip by John Holmstrom), "Phil Fly", "Don't You Wish...", "Doctor Duck", "The Teens of Ferret High", "First Date" (a comic strip by Alyse Newman), and "Ask Doctor Si N. Tific".

In 1986, Stine wrote his first horror novel, called Blind Date. He followed with many other novels, including The Babysitter, Beach House, Hit and Run, and The Girlfriend. He was also the co-creator and head writer for the Nickelodeon children's television series Eureeka's Castle, original episodes of which aired as part of the Nick Jr. programming block during the 1989–1995 seasons.

In 1989, Stine started writing Fear Street books. Before launching the Goosebumps series, Stine authored three humorous science fiction books in the Space Cadets series titled Jerks in Training, Bozos on Patrol, and Losers in Space. In 1992, Stine and Parachute Press went on to launch Goosebumps.

Also produced was a Goosebumps TV series that ran for four seasons from 1995 to 1998 and three video games; Escape from HorrorLand, Attack of the Mutant and Goosebumps HorrorLand. In 1995, Stine's first novel targeted at adults, called Superstitious, was published. He has since published three other adult-oriented novels: The Sitter, Eye Candy, and Red Rain.

In the first decade of the 21st century, Stine worked on installments of five different book series, Mostly Ghostly, Rotten School, Fear Street, The Nightmare Room, Goosebumps Horrorland and the stand-alone novels Dangerous Girls (2003) and The Taste of Night (2004). Also, a direct-to-DVD movie The Haunting Hour Volume One: Don't Think About It. Starring Emily Osment, the film was released by Universal Home Entertainment on September 4, 2007 and was successful enough to spawn a spin-off, anthology, TV series R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour.

In 2014, Stine brought the Fear Street books back with his novel Party Games (ISBN 978-1250066220). The release of the Fear Street novel Give Me a K-I-L-L took place in 2017 (ISBN 978-1250058966). Jack Black portrayed a fictionalized version of Stine in the 2015 film Goosebumps, while Stine himself made a cameo appearance in the film, playing a teacher named "Mr. Black". In the film's sequel, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018), Stine had another cameo, as Principal Harrison, while Black reprised his role as Stine in several scenes. A Fear Street trilogy of films was released by Netflix in 2021.

In 2019, Stine appeared on an episode of the children's TV series Arthur. In "Fright Night", which aired in the 23rd season of the show, Stine voices Bob Baxter, the uncle of main character Buster Baxter. In the episode, Bob is shown to moonlight as a writer of scary stories, alluding to his real-life career as the author of the Goosebumps series.

Awards and recognition
According to Forbes List of the 40 best-paid Entertainers of 1996–97, Stine placed 36th with an income of $41 million for the fiscal year. His books have sold over 400 million copies worldwide as of 2008, landing on many bestseller lists. In three consecutive years during the 1990s, USA Today named Stine as America's number one best-selling author.

Among the awards he has received are the 2002 Champion of Reading Award from the Free Public Library of Philadelphia (that award's first year), the Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Award for Best Book-Mystery/Horror (three-time recipient) and the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (also received three times). In 1995, Stine was listed on People Weekly's "Most Intriguing People" annual list, and in 2003, the Guinness Book of World Records named Stine as the best-selling children's book series author of all time. He won the Thriller Writers of America Silver Bullet Award in 2007, and the Horror Writers Association's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014. His stories have even inspired R. L. Stine's Haunted Lighthouse, 4D movie-based attractions at SeaWorld (San Antonio and San Diego) and Busch Gardens (Williamsburg and Tampa).

In 2017, Stine was awarded the Inkpot Award.

Personal life
On June 22, 1969, Stine married Jane Waldhorn, an editor and writer who later co-founded Parachute Press in 1983. The couple's only child, Matthew (born June 7, 1980), works in the music industry.

Goosebumps (original series)

 * Welcome to Dead House (1992)
 * Stay Out of the Basement (1992)
 * Monster Blood (1992)
 * Say Cheese and Die! (1992)
 * The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1993)
 * Let's Get Invisible! (1993)
 * Night of the Living Dummy (1993)
 * The Girl Who Cried Monster (1993)
 * Welcome to Camp Nightmare (1993)
 * The Ghost Next Door (1993)
 * The Haunted Mask (1993)
 * Be Careful What You Wish For (1993)
 * Piano Lessons Can Be Murder (1993)
 * The Werewolf of Fever Swamp (1993)
 * You Can't Scare Me! (1994)
 * One Day at HorrorLand (1994)
 * Why I'm Afraid of Bees (1994)
 * Monster Blood II (1994)
 * Deep Trouble (1994)
 * The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight (1994)
 * Go Eat Worms! (1994)
 * Ghost Beach (1994)
 * Return of the Mummy (1994)
 * Phantom of the Auditorium (1994)
 * Attack of the Mutant (1994)
 * My Hairiest Adventure (1994)
 * A Night in Terror Tower (1995)
 * The Cuckoo Clock of Doom (1995)
 * Monster Blood III (1995)
 * It Came from Beneath the Sink! (1995)
 * Night of the Living Dummy II (1995)
 * The Barking Ghost (1995)
 * The Horror at Camp Jellyjam (1995)
 * Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes (1995)
 * A Shocker on Shock Street (1995)
 * The Haunted Mask II (1995)
 * The Headless Ghost (1995)
 * The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena (1995)
 * How I Got My Shrunken Head (1996)
 * Night of the Living Dummy III (1996)
 * Bad Hare Day (1996)
 * Egg Monsters from Mars (1996)
 * The Beast from the East (1996)
 * Say Cheese and Die - Again! (1996)
 * Ghost Camp (1996)
 * How to Kill a Monster (1996)
 * Legend of the Lost Legend (1996)
 * Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns (1996)
 * Vampire Breath (1996)
 * Calling All Creeps! (1996)
 * Beware, the Snowman (1997)
 * How I Learned to Fly (1997)
 * Chicken, Chicken (1997)
 * Don't Go to Sleep! (1997)
 * The Blob That Ate Everyone! (1997)
 * The Curses of Camp Cold Lake (1997)
 * My Best Friend is Invisible (1997)
 * Deep Trouble II (1997)
 * The Haunted School (1997)
 * Werewolf Skin (1997)
 * I Live in Your Basement! (1997)
 * Monster Blood IV (1997)

Tales to Give You Goosebumps Anthologies

 * Tales to Give You Goosebumps (1994)
 * More Tales to Give You Goosebumps (1995)
 * Even More Tales to Give You Goosebumps (1996)
 * Still More Tales to Give You Goosebumps (1997)
 * More and More Tales to Give You Goosebumps (1997)
 * More and More and More Tales to Give You Goosebumps (1997)

Give Yourself Goosebumps

 * Escape from the Carnival of Horrors (1995)
 * Tick Tock, You're Dead! (1995)
 * Trapped in Bat Wing Hall (1995)
 * The Deadly Experiments of Dr. Eeek (1996)
 * Night in Werewolf Woods (1996)
 * Beware of the Purple Peanut Butter (1996)
 * Under the Magician's Spell (1996)
 * The Curse of the Creeping Coffin (1996)
 * The Knight in Screaming Armor (1996)
 * Diary of a Mad Mummy (1996)
 * Deep in the Jungle of Doom (1996)
 * Welcome to the Wicked Wax Museum (1996)
 * Scream of the Evil Genie (1997)
 * The Creepy Creatures of Professor Shock (1997)
 * Please Don't Feed the Vampire! (1997)
 * Secret Agent Grandma (1997)
 * Little Comic Shop of Horrors (1997)
 * Attack of the Beastly Babysitter (1997)
 * Escape from Camp Run-For-Your-Life (1997)
 * Toy Terror: Batteries Included (1997)
 * The Twisted Tale of Tiki Island (1997)
 * Return to the Carnival of Horrors (1997)
 * Zapped in Space (1997)
 * Lost in Stinkeye Swamp (1997)
 * Shop Til You Drop...Dead! (1998)
 * Alone in Snakebite Canyon (1998)
 * Checkout Time at the Dead-End Hotel (1998)
 * Night of a Thousand Claws (1998)
 * Invaders from the Big Screen (1998)
 * You're Plant Food! (1998)
 * The Werewolf of Twisted Tree Lodge (1998)
 * It's Only a Nightmare (1998)
 * It Came from the Internet! (1999)
 * Elevator to Nowhere (1999)
 * Hocus-Pocus Horror (1999)
 * Ship of Ghouls (1999)
 * Escape from Horror House (1999)
 * Into the Twister of Terror (1999)
 * Scary Birthday to You (1999)
 * Zombie School (1999)
 * Danger Time (2000)
 * All-Day Nightmare (2000)

Give Yourself Goosebumps: Special Edition

 * Into the Jaws of Doom (1998)
 * Return to Terror Tower (1998)
 * Trapped in the Circus of Fear (1998)
 * One Night in Payne House (1998)
 * The Curse of the Cave Creatures (1999)
 * Revenge of the Body Squeezers (1999)
 * Trick or...Trapped! (1999)
 * Weekend at Poison Lake (1999)

Goosebumps Presents

 * The Girl Who Cried Monster (1996)
 * The Cuckoo Clock of Doom (1996)
 * Welcome to Camp Nightmare (1996)
 * Return of the Mummy (1996)
 * Night of the Living Dummy II (1996)
 * My Hairiest Adventure (1996)
 * The Headless Ghost (1996)
 * Be Careful What You Wish For (1997)
 * Go Eat Worms! (1997)
 * Bad Hare Day (1997)
 * Let's Get Invisible! (1997)
 * Attack of the Mutant (1997)
 * Ghost Beach (1997)
 * You Can't Scare Me! (1997)
 * Monster Blood (1997)
 * Attack of the Jack-o'-Lanterns (1997)
 * Calling All Creeps! (1997)
 * Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes (1998)
 * The Blob That Ate Everyone (1998)

Goosebumps Series 2000

 * Cry of the Cat (1998)
 * Bride of the Living Dummy (1998)
 * Creature Teacher (1998)
 * Invasion of the Body Squeezers, Part I (1998)
 * Invasion of the Body Squeezers, Part II (1998)
 * I Am Your Evil Twin (1998)
 * Revenge R Us (1998)
 * Fright Camp (1998)
 * Are You Terrified Yet? (1998)
 * Headless Halloween (1998)
 * Attack of the Graveyard Ghouls (1998)
 * Brain Juice (1998)
 * Return to HorrorLand (1999)
 * Jekyll and Heidi (1999)
 * Scream School (1999)
 * The Mummy Walks (1999)
 * The Werewolf in the Living Room (1999)
 * Horrors of the Black Ring (1999)
 * Return to Ghost Camp (1999)
 * Be Afraid – Be Very Afraid! (1999)
 * The Haunted Car (1999)
 * Full Moon Fever (1999)
 * Slappy's Nightmare (1999)
 * Earth Geeks Must Go! (1999)
 * Ghost in the Mirror (2000)

Goosebumps HorrorLand

 * Welcome to HorrorLand: A Survival Guide (2009)
 * Revenge of the Living Dummy (2008)
 * Creep from the Deep (2008)
 * Monster Blood for Breakfast! (2008)
 * The Scream of the Haunted Mask (2008)
 * Dr. Maniac vs. Robby Schwartz (2008)
 * Who's Your Mummy? (2009)
 * My Friends Call Me Monster (2009)
 * Say Cheese – And Die Screaming! (2009)
 * Welcome to Camp Slither (2009)
 * Help! We Have Strange Powers! (2009)
 * Escape from HorrorLand (2009)
 * The Streets of Panic Park (2009)
 * When the Ghost Dog Howls (2010)
 * Little Shop of Hamsters (2010)
 * Heads, You Lose! (2010)
 * Weirdo Halloween (2010)
 * The Wizard Of Ooze (2010)
 * Slappy's New Year! (2010)
 * The Horror at Chiller House (2011)

Goosebumps HorrorLand: Hall of Horrors

 * Claws! (2011)
 * Night of Giant Everything (2011)
 * The Five Masks of Dr. Screem (2011)
 * Why I Quit Zombie School (2011)
 * Don't Scream! (2011)
 * The Birthday Party of No Return (2011)

Goosebumps Most Wanted

 * Planet of the Lawn Gnomes (2012)
 * Son of Slappy (2013)
 * How I Met My Monster (2013)
 * Frankenstein's Dog (2013)
 * Dr. Maniac Will See You Now (2013)
 * Creature Teacher: The Final Exam (2014)
 * A Nightmare on Clown Street (2015)
 * Night of the Puppet People (2015)
 * Here Comes The Shaggedy (2016)
 * Lizard of Oz (2016)

Goosebumps Most Wanted: Special Edition

 * Zombie Halloween (2014)
 * The 12 Screams of Christmas (2014)
 * Trick or Trap (2015)
 * The Haunter (2016)

Goosebumps SlappyWorld

 * Slappy Birthday to You (2017)
 * Attack of the Jack! (2017)
 * I Am Slappy's Evil Twin (2017)
 * Please Do Not Feed The Weirdo (2018)
 * Escape From Shudder Mansion (2018)
 * The Ghost of Slappy (2018)
 * It's Alive! It's Alive! (2019)
 * The Dummy Meets The Mummy! (2019)
 * Revenge of the Invisible Boy (2019)
 * Diary of a Dummy (2020)
 * They Call Me the Night Howler (2020)
 * My Friend Slappy (2020)
 * Monster Blood Is Back (2021)
 * Fifth Grade Zombies (2021)
 * Judy and the Beast (2021)
 * Slappy in Dreamland (2022)
 * Haunting with the Stars (2022)
 * Slappy Beware! (2022)
 * Night of the Squawker (2023)

Fear Street

 * 1) The New Girl (1989)
 * 2) The Surprise Party (1989)
 * 3) The Overnight (1989)
 * 4) Missing (1990)
 * 5) The Wrong Number (1990)
 * 6) The Sleepwalker (1990)
 * 7) Haunted (1990)
 * 8) Halloween Party (1990)
 * 9) The Stepsister (1990)
 * 10) Ski Weekend (1991)
 * 11) The Fire Game (1991)
 * 12) Lights Out (1991)
 * 13) The Secret Bedroom (1991)
 * 14) The Knife (1991)
 * 15) The Prom Queen (1992)
 * 16) First Date (1992)
 * 17) The Best Friend (1992)
 * 18) The Cheater (1993)
 * 19) Sunburn (1993)
 * 20) The New Boy (1994)
 * 21) The Dare (1994)
 * 22) Bad Dreams (1994)
 * 23) Double Date (1994)
 * 24) The Thrill Club (1994)
 * 25) One Evil Summer (1994)
 * 26) The Mind Reader (1994)
 * 27) Wrong Number 2 (1995)
 * 28) Truth or Dare (1995)
 * 29) Dead End (1995)
 * 30) Final Grade (1995)
 * 31) Switched (1995)
 * 32) College Weekend (1995)
 * 33) The Stepsister 2 (1995)
 * 34) What Holly Heard (1996)
 * 35) The Face (1996)
 * 36) Secret Admirer (1996)
 * 37) The Perfect Date (1996)
 * 38) The Confession (1996)
 * 39) The Boy Next Door (1996)
 * 40) Night Games (1996)
 * 41) Runaway (1997)
 * 42) Killer's Kiss (1997)
 * 43) All-Night Party (1997)
 * 44) The Rich Girl (1997)
 * 45) Cat (1997)
 * 46) Fear Hall: The Beginning (1997)
 * 47) Fear Hall: The Conclusion (1997)
 * 48) Who Killed The Homecoming Queen? (1997)
 * 49) Into The Dark (1997)
 * 50) Best Friend 2 (1997)
 * 51) Trapped (1997)

New Fear Street

 * 1) The Stepbrother (1998)
 * 2) Camp Out (1998)
 * 3) Scream, Jennifer, Scream! (1998)
 * 4) The Bad Girl (1998)

Fear Street Super Chiller

 * 1) Party Summer (1991)
 * 2) Silent Night (1991)
 * 3) Goodnight Kiss (1992)
 * 4) Broken Hearts (1993)
 * 5) Silent Night 2 (1993)
 * 6) The Dead Lifeguard (1994)
 * 7) Cheerleaders: The New Evil (1994)
 * 8) Bad Moonlight (1995)
 * 9) The New Year's Party (1995)
 * 10) Goodnight Kiss 2 (1996)
 * 11) Silent Night 3 (1996)
 * 12) High Tide (1997)
 * 13) Cheerleaders: The Evil Lives! (1998)

Cheerleaders

 * 1) The First Evil (1992)
 * 2) The Second Evil (1992)
 * 3) The Third Evil (1992)
 * 4) The New Evil (1994) *FS: Super Chiller*
 * 5) The Evil Lives! (1998) *FS: Super Chiller*

The Fear Street Saga Trilogy

 * 1) The Betrayal (1993)
 * 2) The Secret (1993)
 * 3) The Burning (1993)

99 Fear Street: The House of Evil

 * 1) The First Horror (1994)
 * 2) The Second Horror (1994)
 * 3) The Third Horror (1994)

Cataluna Chronicles

 * 1) The Evil Moon (1995)
 * 2) The Dark Secret (1995)
 * 3) The Deadly Fire (1995)

Fear Park

 * 1) The First Scream (1996)
 * 2) The Loudest Scream (1996)
 * 3) The Last Scream (1996)

Fear Street Sagas

 * 1) A New Fear (1996)
 * 2) House of Whispers (1996)
 * 3) Forbidden Secrets (1996)
 * 4) The Sign of Fear (1996)
 * 5) The Hidden Evil (1997)
 * 6) Daughters of Silence (1997)
 * 7) Children of Fear (1997)
 * 8) Dance of Death (1997)
 * 9) Heart of the Hunter (1997)
 * 10) The Awakening Evil (1997)
 * 11) Circle of Fire (1998)
 * 12) Chamber of Fear (1998)
 * 13) Faces of Terror (1998)
 * 14) One Last Kiss (1998)
 * 15) Door of Death (1998)
 * 16) The Hand of Power (1999)

Fear Street Seniors

 * 1) Let's Party (1998)
 * 2) In Too Deep (1998)
 * 3) The Thirst (1998)
 * 4) No Answer (1998)
 * 5) Last Chance (1998)
 * 6) The Gift (1998)
 * 7) Fight Team, Fight (1998)
 * 8) Sweetheart, Evil Heart (1998)
 * 9) Spring Break (1999)
 * 10) Wicked (1999)
 * 11) The Prom Date (1999)
 * 12) Graduation Day (1999)

Fear Street Nights

 * 1) Moonlight Secrets (2005)
 * 2) Midnight Games (2005)
 * 3) Darkest Dawn (2005)

A Fear Street Novel

 * 1) Party Games (2014)
 * 2) Don't Stay Up Late (2015)
 * 3) The Lost Girl (2015)
 * 4) Can You Keep a Secret? (2016)
 * 5) The Dead Boyfriend (2016)
 * 6) Give Me a K-I-L-L (2016)

Return to Fear Street

 * 1) You May Now Kill The Bride (2018)
 * 2) The Wrong Girl (2018)
 * 3) Drop Dead Gorgeous (2018)

Ghosts of Fear Street (not written by R.L. Stine)

 * 1) Hide and Shriek
 * 2) Who's Been Sleeping in My Grave?
 * 3) The Attack of the Aqua Apes
 * 4) Nightmare in 3-D
 * 5) Stay Away from the Tree House
 * 6) Eye of the Fortuneteller
 * 7) Fright Knight
 * 8) The Ooze
 * 9) Revenge of the Shadow People
 * 10) The Bugman Lives!
 * 11) The Boy Who Ate Fear Street
 * 12) Night of the Werecat
 * 13) How to Be a Vampire
 * 14) Body Switchers from Outer Space
 * 15) Fright Christmas
 * 16) Don't Ever Get Sick at Granny's
 * 17) House of a Thousand Screams
 * 18) Camp Fear Ghouls
 * 19) Three Evil Wishes
 * 20) Spell of the Screaming Jokers
 * 21) The Creature from Club Lagoona
 * 22) Field of Screams
 * 23) Why I'm Not Afraid of Ghosts
 * 24) Monster Dog
 * 25) Halloween Bugs Me!
 * 26) Go to Your Tomb – Right Now!
 * 27) Parents from the 13th Dimension
 * 28) Hide and Shriek II
 * 29) The Tale of the Blue Monkey
 * 30) I Was a Sixth-Grade Zombie
 * 31) Escape of the He-Beast
 * 32) Caution: Aliens at Work
 * 33) Attack of the Vampire Worms
 * 34) Horror Hotel Pt. 1: The Vampire Checks in
 * 35) Horror Hotel Pt. 2: Ghost in the Guest Room
 * 36) The Funhouse of Dr. Freek (Unreleased)

Mostly Ghostly

 * Who Let the Ghosts Out? (2004) (Made into a film in 2008)
 * Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? (2004) (Made into a film in 2014)
 * One Night in Doom House (2005) (Made into a film in 2016)
 * Little Camp of Horrors (2005)
 * Ghouls Gone Wild! (2005)
 * Let's Get This Party Haunted! (2005)
 * Freaks and Shrieks (2005)
 * Don't Close Your Eyes! (2006)

Rotten School (2005–2008)

 * The Big Blueberry Barf-Off!
 * The Great Smelling Bee
 * The Good, the Bad and the Very Slimy
 * Lose, Team, Lose!
 * Shake, Rattle and Hurl!
 * The Heinie Prize
 * Dudes, the School is Haunted!
 * The Teacher from Heck
 * Party Poopers
 * The Rottenest Angel
 * Punk'd and Skunked
 * Battle of the Dum Diddys
 * Got Cake?
 * Night of the Creepy Things
 * Calling All Birdbrains
 * Dumb Clucks

The Nightmare Room

 * Don't Forget Me!
 * Locker 13
 * My Name is Evil
 * Liar Liar
 * Dear Diary, I'm Dead
 * They Call Me Creature
 * The Howler
 * Shadow Girl
 * Camp Nowhere
 * Full Moon Halloween
 * Scare School
 * Visitors

The Nightmare Room Thrillogy (2001)

 * Fear Games
 * What Scares You the Most?
 * No Survivors

Space Cadets

 * Jerks-in-Training (1991)
 * Losers in Space (1991)
 * Bozos on Patrol (1992)

Hark

 * The Badlands of Hark (1985)
 * The Invaders of Hark (1985)

Dangerous Girls

 * Dangerous Girls (2003)
 * The Taste of Night (2003)
 * Bitten (2010) (a combination of the prior two books into one)

Just Beyond (graphic novel series)

 * The Scare School (2019)
 * The Horror At Happy Landings (2020)
 * Welcome To Beast Island (2020)
 * Monstrosity (2021)

Stand-alone novels

 * Phone Calls (1990)
 * Curtains (1990)
 * The Beast (1994)
 * The Beast 2 (1995)
 * Superstitious (1996) (Stine's first hardcover horror novel)
 * It Came From Ohio!: My Life As A Writer (1997)
 * Three Faces of Me (2000)
 * Zombie Town (2000)
 * The Adventures of Shrinkman (2000)
 * The 13th Warning (2000)
 * My Alien Parents (2000)
 * The Sitter (2003)
 * Haunted Lighthouse (2003) (based on a 4D movie experience at Sea World)
 * Eye Candy (2004) (made into a 2015 TV series on MTV starring Victoria Justice)
 * It's the First Day of School...Forever! (2011)
 * No Rest For The Dead (2011) (Stine was one of 26 writers in this collaborative mystery novel)
 * Red Rain (2013) (Stine's second hardcover horror novel)
 * A Midsummer Night's Scream (2014)
 * Little Shop Of Monsters (2015) (children's picture book)
 * Young Scrooge (2016)
 * Mary McScary (2017) (children's picturebook)

Anthologies

 * The Nightmare Hour (2000)
 * The Haunting Hour (2002) (made into direct-to-DVD movie in 2007 and a tv series that aired from 2010 to 2014)
 * Beware! (2004) (editor)
 * Temptation (2012)
 * Scream and Scream Again (2018) (editor)
 * Stinetinglers (2022)

Rainy Night Theater Podcast short stories

 * "The Head Start" (2016)
 * "Welcome To My Nightmare" (2016)
 * "Lucky at Cards" (2016)
 * "Don't Open The Box" (2016)
 * "How To Color A Monster" (2016)
 * "The Terror After School" (2017)
 * "The Kid Behind the Door" (2017)
 * "Curse of the Smiling Mummy" (2017)
 * "Can You Keep a Secret?" (2017)
 * "Do Some Damage!" (2017)

Short stories (from other anthologies)

 * "The Spell" (1991) from Scary: Stories That Will Make You Scream and 13: Tales of Horror
 * "The Surprise Guest" (2002) from Beware!
 * "Joe Is Not A Monster" (2002) from Beware!
 * "The House Of No Return" (2002) from Scary 2: More Stores That Will Make You Scream
 * "Wifey" (2006) from Death Do Us Part
 * "My Worst Nightmare" (2009) from Half Minute Horrors
 * "The Wrong Room" (2009) from Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary
 * "Roomful Of Witnesses" (2009) from Thriller 2
 * "The Three Eyed Man" (2010) from Bones: Terrifying Tales to Haunt Your Dreams
 * "Funny Things" (2011) from What You Wish For: A Book On Darfur
 * "High Stakes" (2013) from The Mystery Box
 * "Gaslighted" (2015) from Faceoff
 * "Disappear!" (2015) from Guys Read: Terrifying Tales
 * "The Old Radio" (2016) from Scary Out There
 * "The Demon Room" (2019) (comic) from Shock Volume 2
 * "The Ghost In Sam's Closet" (2020) from Don't Turn Out The Lights
 * "Hope I Don't See A Ghost" (2022) from Hope Wins: A Collection Of Inspiring Stories For Young Readers

Books written under the name Jovial Bob Stine

 * How to Be Funny (1978)
 * The Absurdly Silly Encyclopaedia and Fly Swatter (1978)
 * Going Out! Going Steady! Going Bananas! (1979)
 * Dynamite's Funny Book of the Sad Facts of Life (1980)
 * The Sick of Being Sick Book (1980)
 * Pigs' Book of World Records (1980)
 * Complete Book Of Nerds (1980)
 * Gnasty Gnomes (1981)
 * Cool Kids' Guide to Summer Camp (1981)
 * Don't Stand in the Soup (1982)
 * The Great Superman Movie Book (1982)
 * Bored Of Being Bored: How To Beat The Boredom Blahs (1982)
 * Blips: The First Book of Videogame Funnies (1983)
 * Everything You Need To Survive Money Problems (1983)
 * Everything You Need To Survive Money Problems (1983)
 * Jovial Bob's Computer Joke Book (1985)
 * Masters of the Universe: Demons of the Deep (1985)
 * The Madballs Handbook (1986)
 * 101 Silly Monster Jokes (1986)
 * Miami Mice (1986)
 * Doggone Dog Joke Book (1987)
 * Spaceballs: The Book (1987)
 * 101 Wacky Kid Jokes (1988)
 * You Know It's Going to Be A Long School Year When... (1988)
 * Big Top Pee-wee Movie Storybook (1988)
 * Look out! Here Comes The Raisin-Busters (1988)
 * Pork and Beans: Play Date (1989)
 * My Secret Identity (1989)
 * Ghostbusters II Storybook (1989)
 * Amazing Adventure of Me, Myself and I (1990)
 * The Good News, Bad News Joke Book (1990)
 * 101 School Cafeteria Jokes
 * 101 Creepy Creatures Jokes
 * 101 Vacation Jokes (1990)
 * Exploring Humorous Fiction (1992)

Books written under the name Zachary Blue

 * The Protectors #1: The Petrova Twist (1987)
 * The Protectors #2: The Jet Fighter Trap (1987)

Comic books

 * Man-Thing (2019)

Crosswinds

 * Crosswinds #21: Broken Date (1988)
 * Crosswinds #32: How I Broke Up With Ernie (1990)

Twist-a-plot

 * The Time Raider (1982)
 * Golden Sword of Dragonwalk (1983)
 * Horrors of the Haunted Museum (1983)
 * Instant Millionaire (1984)

Find Your Fate

 * Indiana Jones and the Curse of Horror Island (1984)
 * Indiana Jones and the Giants of the Silver Tower (1984)
 * Indiana Jones and the Cult of the Mummy's Crypt (1985)
 * James Bond in Win, Place or Die (1985)
 * Indiana Jones and the Ape Slaves of Howling Island (1986)

Find Your Fate Junior: Golden Girl

 * Golden Girl and the Vanishing Unicorn (1986)

Advanced Dungeons And Dragons Storybook

 * The Forest Of Enchantment

Wizards, Warriors and You

 * The Forest of Twisted Dreams (1984)
 * The Siege of the Dragonriders (as Eric Affabee) (1984)
 * Challenge of the Wolf Knight (1985)
 * The Dragon Queen's Revenge (as Eric Affabee) (1986)
 * The Impostor King (1986)
 * Cavern of the Phantoms (1986)
 * Attack on the King (as Eric Affabee) (1986)

G.I. Joe: Find Your Fate

 * Operation: Star Raider (as Eric Affabee) (1985)
 * Operation: Deadly Decoy (1986)
 * Operation: Mindbender (1986)
 * Serpentor and the Mummy Warrior (1987)

G.I. Joe

 * Siege of Serpentor (1988)
 * Jungle Raid (1988)

Horror High

 * Horror High #3: Grave Intentions
 * Horror High #4: Fatal Kiss
 * Horror High #6: Deadly Rumours

Point Horror

 * Blind Date (1986)
 * Twisted (1987)
 * The Babysitter (1989)
 * Beach Party (1990)
 * The Boyfriend (1990)
 * The Babysitter II (1991)
 * The Girlfriend (1991)
 * The Snowman (1991)
 * Beach House (1992)
 * Hit and Run (1992)
 * The Hitchhiker (1992)
 * Halloween Night (1993)
 * The Babysitter III (1993)
 * The Dead Girlfriend (1993)
 * Call Waiting (1994)
 * Halloween Night II (1994)
 * I Saw You That Night! (1994)
 * The Babysitter IV (1995)
 * Summer Sizzlers (1995) (Point Romance Short Story Anthology)

Garbage Pail Kids

 * Welcome To Smellville (2020)
 * Thrills and Chills (2021)
 * Camp Daze (2021)

title: R. L. Stine


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Election day (disambiguation)

Election day is the day on which political elections are held.

By country:

 * Election Day (United Kingdom), the day on which political elections are held in the United Kingdom
 * Election Day (United States), the day set by law for the general elections of public officials in the United States
 * Historical Russian election days
 * Russian Election Day, 2014
 * Russian Election Day, 2017

Film

 * Election Day (1929 film), Our Gang short film
 * Election Day (2007 film), Russian film

Television

 * "Election Day Part I", episode 148 of The West Wing (TV series)
 * "Election Day Part II", episode 149 of The West Wing (TV series)
 * "Election Day" (Modern Family), the nineteenth episode of the third season of the American sitcom Modern Family

Literature

 * "Election Day (short story)", a 2019 alternate history short story by Harry Turtledove

Music

 * "Election Day", a 1985 single by Arcadia
 * "Election Day", a 1987 song by The Replacements, released as a B-side to the single "Alex Chilton"

title: Election day (disambiguation)


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Charles Lenox Remond

Charles Lenox Remond (February 1, 1810 – December 22, 1873) was an American orator, activist and abolitionist based in Massachusetts. He lectured against slavery across the Northeast, and in 1840 traveled to the British Isles on a tour with William Lloyd Garrison. During the American Civil War, he recruited blacks for the United States Colored Troops, helping staff the first two units sent from Massachusetts. From a large family of African-American entrepreneurs, he was the brother of Sarah Parker Remond, also a lecturer against slavery.

Early years
Remond was born in Salem, Massachusetts to John Remond, a free man of color from the island of Curaçao, who was a hairdresser, and Nancy Lenox, daughter of a prominent Bostonian, a hairdresser and caterer. Massachusetts had effectively abolished slavery after the Revolution with its new constitution. The eldest son of eight children, Charles Remond began his activism in opposition to southern slavery early. His siblings included sisters Nancy, Cecilia, Maritchie Juan, Caroline, and Sarah Parker, and a younger brother John Remond.

While in his twenties, Remond started speaking for abolition at public gatherings and conferences in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, New York and Pennsylvania.

Activism
In 1838, the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society chose him as one of its agents. As a delegate from the American Anti-Slavery Society, in 1840 he traveled with William Lloyd Garrison, a leading American abolitionist, to the World's Anti-Slavery Convention in London. The young Remond gained a reputation as an eloquent lecturer and is reported to have been the first black public speaker on abolition. He was described as expressing himself with "militancy" and wit.

Remond proposed resolution at the first national Colored Convention in Philadelphia, PA (1830) calling for blacks to leave "en masse" any church "that discriminated against them in seating or at the communion table." Their resolution was adopted.

In 1840, when female delegates were denied seats at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, Lenox and Garrison protested and walked out with the women.

In 1857 at a meeting held in New Brighton by Remond and his sister Sarah, also an abolitionist lecturer, Remond said, "When the world shall learn that 'mind makes the man'-- that goodness; moral worth, and integrity of soul, are the true tests of Character, then prejudice against caste and color, will cease to be."

During the Civil War, Remond recruited black soldiers in Massachusetts for the United States Colored Troops of the Union Army, helping man the early, famed units of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry.

Work
Remond's family owned and operated a successful hairdressing business, and catering service in which several members participated. His three sisters, Cecilia, Maritchie, and Caroline, owned a women's hair salon and the largest wig factory in the state.

Remond eventually struck out on his own. After the Civil War ended, he moved to Boston, where he worked as a clerk in the United States Customs House. He also worked as a street lamp inspector. He later purchased a farm in South Reading (now Wakefield), Massachusetts.

Marriage and family
Remond was married in September 1850 to Amy Matilda Cassey (née Williams), the daughter of Rev. Peter Williams, Jr. She was the widow of wealthy Philadelphia barber Joseph Cassey, with whom she had eight children including Peter William Cassey and an adopted daughter, Annie E. Wood, the maternal aunt of Charlotte Forten Grimke. After her marriage to Remond, she moved to Salem, where she lived until her death on August 15, 1856.

Two years later, Remond married again, to Elizabeth Magee, a native of Virginia, in Newton on July 5, 1858. The abolitionist preacher, Rev. Theodore Parker, officiated. Before her death in 1871, Elizabeth and Remond had four children: Amy Matilda (1859–72), Charles Lenox, Jr. (1860–82), Wendell Phillips (1863–66), and Albert Ernest Remond (1866–1903).

Remond died in Boston in December 1873. He is buried in Harmony Grove Cemetery, in Salem.

Frederick Douglass named one of his sons for him: Charles Remond Douglass.

title: Charles Lenox Remond