Authors: Christopher Pike

The Deadly Past (9 page)

They were tiny dinosaurs.

Each a perfect model of a creature they had met that day.

Ann Templeton smiled. “I thought you might like these as souvenirs.”

But they turned her down. Even Adam.

Some creatures in Spooksville were better left forgotten.

About the Author

Little is known about Christopher Pike, although he is supposed to be a strange man. It is rumored that he was born in New York but grew up in Los Angeles. He has been seen in Santa Barbara lately, so he probably lives there now. But no one really knows what he looks like, or how old he is. It is possible that he is not a real person, but an eccentric creature visiting from another world. When he is not writing, he sits and stares at the walls of his huge haunted house. A short, ugly troll wanders around him in the dark and whispers scary stories in his ear.

Christopher Pike is one of this planet's best-selling authors of young adult fiction.

Books by Christopher Pike

Spooksville #1: The Secret Path

Spooksville #2: The Howling Ghost

Spooksville #3: The Haunted Cave

Spooksville #4: Aliens in the Sky

Spooksville #5: The Cold People

Spooksville #6: The Witch's Revenge

Spooksville #7: The Dark Corner

Spooksville #8: The Little People

Spooksville #9: The Wishing Stone

Spooksville #10: The Wicked Cat

Spooksville #11: The Deadly Past

Spooksville #12: The Hidden Beast

Spooksville #13: Creature in the Teacher

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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