The Nightmare Room #5: Dear Diary, I'm Dead

That's Alex Smith rushing past you, hurrying home to check out his journal.

Why? Because Alex has never written a word in his journal, but yesterday, a mysterious entry appeared in the book – one that told Alex about the future. He found the little black volume tucked away inside the bottom drawer of his old desk.

At first, the predictions feel like a lucky streak, helping him ace surprise quizzes and call the final score of the basketball game. He has no clue that winning a five-dollar bet against his friends Chip and Shawn is only the start of something sinister.

Little does he suspect that every uncanny entry in his own handwriting comes with a terrifying cost. Soon the pages begin forecasting horrifying accidents that drag everyone around him into danger.

Alex can't wait to read the journal tonight to find out if there's anything new inside. Too bad he doesn't realize that by opening that book, he's opening the door to...The Nightmare Room

• Unlikely Hero: Alex sprints into the street to rescue little Billy Miller’s runaway kitten, only to take the brunt of an oncoming car’s bumper.
• School Drama: Shivering on the rain-slicked school roof to retrieve a black-and-silver Raiders cap from the rain gutter, Alex loses his footing and tumbles straight toward the ground.
• Race Against Time: Desperate to prevent another predicted tragedy, Alex chases Shawn through a sudden downpour, but cannot stop his friend’s bicycle from slamming into a parked moving van.
• Supernatural Suspense: What starts as a fun trick turns deadly when Alex turns the page to discover a terrifying one-word forecast written in his own hand: DEAD.
• Also by This Author: Nightmare Hour, Scream and Scream Again! and Rotten School #1: The Big Blueberry Barf-Off!.