Shadow Zone is a series of 13 children's

Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...

 horror fiction

Horror fiction

Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...

books written in the 1990s by several authors using the pen name J. R. Black.

Each book is a different story, with new characters. A child or a few children meet a monster who asks for help and usually threatens them or their family. Aggressive at the beginning, they may finally be nice or touching. The books use black humor.

Two of the books, The Undead Express and My Teacher Ate My Homework, have been made into films.

List of titles in the Shadow Zone series

1. The Ghost of Chicken Liver Hill
2. Guess Who's Dating a Werewolf?
3. The Witches Next Door
4. Revenge of the Computer Phantoms
5. The Undead Express
6. Good Night, Mummy!
7. One Slimy Summer
8. Bite of the Living Dead
9. Alien Under My Bed
10. Scream Around the Campfire
11. My Teacher Ate My Homework
12. Skeleton in My Closet
13. Attack of the Mutant Bugs

External links

• The Undead Express on IMDb
• My Teacher Ate My Homework on IMDb