The Nightmare Room · Book 6

They Call Me Creature

Published
1 January 2001
Pages
140
ISBN-13
9780066240015
Type
novel
Cover of They Call Me Creature

About this book

Book 6 of The Nightmare Room, They Call Me Creature appeared in 2001, sitting between Dear Diary, I'm Dead and The Howler, part of R.L. Stine's standalone-story horror line with a grittier edge than Goosebumps.

Key facts about They Call Me Creature

They Call Me Creature is a novel by R. L. Stine. Readers have had it since 2001. It runs to 140 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of They Call Me Creature. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780066240015 to find the main one.

They Call Me Creature is book 6 of 12 in The Nightmare Room series. The series has 12 published books. However, the series starts with Don't Forget Me! (2000).

Additionally, R. L. Stine writes Fear Street, Goosebumps and Goosebumps Series 2000, plus 8 more series. Those series sit on our horror and middle-grade comedy shelves. Meanwhile, What We Do at Night is the latest published R. L. Stine book on file, from 4 August 2026.

About R. L. Stine

R. L. Stine is an American author widely credited with turning horror fiction into a mainstream habit for young readers. See every R. L. Stine book in order.

Its place in The Nightmare Room

They Call Me Creature is book 6 in the The Nightmare Room series. It follows Dear Diary, I'm Dead. It is followed by The Howler. See the full The Nightmare Room reading order.

The Nightmare Room was R.L. Stine's attempt at a darker, slightly older-skewing horror line than Goosebumps, launched in 2000 as the various Goosebumps sub-brands cooled down. Each book is a standalone story built around a single unsettling premise -- a school locker that swaps its user's identity, a diary that predicts its writer's death, a kid who gradually realizes he isn't human -- with a grittier, more psychological edge than the monster-of-the-week formula of Stine's younger-skewing work, closer in spirit…

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