User blog comment:Dimensionshark/"Dead of Night": The lost unpublished story by R. L. Stine!/@comment-28171460-20190513152621/@comment-4037231-20190513213929

" the writing and especially the dialogue feels jilted. Maybe this isn't by Stine? Perhaps he was just writing as quickly as possible. "

Knowing Stine, it's likely the latter.