Michael Dahl Presents: Phobia
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Michael Dahl Presents: Phobia
by Steve Brezenoff, Jessica Gunderson, Brandon Terrell, and Anthony Wacholtz
Published 1 August 2018
Coulrophobia - the fear of clowns. It might seem funny, but for Josh this fear is no joke. Josh has a pulse-pounding, sweat-inducing feeling about the clown that advertises the local pizza place. Or anyone who dresses up as a clown for Halloween. When a class field trip takes him to an amusement park, Josh's friends dare him to enter the Hall of Horrors. Will one of those horrors be wearing a frizzy wig and a red nose? Josh is on his guard, but then someone else gets into trouble and needs help. Can Josh muster the courage to conquer his greatest fear and come to the rescue?
Malik Jackson has never told anyone about his terror of the dark. When his friend Ian dares him to join a ghost-hunting mission in an abandoned mansion, Malik is afraid he'll be laughed at if he backs down. Especially since the girl he likes is part of the gang. Malik tells himself that if he stays in well-lit rooms, if the torches have enough batteries, if the power doesn't go out, he should be fine. Right? Darkness is bad enough, but what about those things inside the dark ... things worse than Malik ever imagined!
Dolls are sweet and innocent, right? Not to Jasmine Richards. She's always had a peculiar fear of them. And when her family goes on holiday to a creepy old hotel, Jas finds that her room is filled with antique, very real-looking dolls. The girl tries to fight the feelings of terror that keep her up half the night, but her nightmare is just beginning. Every day, the dolls seem to watch and sneer at her. Are they merely decorations at the hotel, or do they actually live there? Jas tries hard to control her imagination, but these tiny terrors may turn out to be dolls of doom.
Jake Prescott thinks he's finally in luck when magician Augustus Towers asks him to be his assistant. Jake's an amateur magician, and Augustus might be the perfect person to help him make it big. But Jake can't shake the creepy feeling he gets when he visits Augustus's performance space. Can it be true that The Marvellous Melbourne haunts the theatre? And did he really die inside the Spirit Cabinet - the box Jake ends up trapped inside during Towers' stage premiere? For whatever reason, Jake can't breathe in there...
Simone Yang is afraid of heights. Like, REALLY afraid of heights. Flying alone on an aeroplane to visit her grandma for the summer freaks her out. So when a creepy old broken-down carnival comes to town, only the idea of impressing her new friends is enough to get Simone to ride the Ferris wheel. But as the ride creaks slowly toward the sky, can Simone keep her cool or is her worst fear about to come true?