Goosebumps Gold

Goosebumps Gold was a series originally intended to follow Goosebumps Series 2000, but as R.L. Stine's contract with Scholastic ran out prior to the release of the series, it was never produced. Only the titles and the covers which were published on Goosebumps illustrator Tim Jacobus's website were the only things from Goosebumps Gold that were ever released. The plots are considered "lost" and only Stine and perhaps, Jacobus, know what the books were to be about. Only inferences from the titles and covers can be used to describe what the plots were supposed to be about.

Background
Goosebumps Gold was set to come out in 2001. Three books were scheduled to be released, which were: The Haunted Mask Lives!, a sequel to The Haunted Mask II, Happy Holidays from Dead House, a sequel to Welcome to Dead House, and Slappy New Year, (which later became a Goosebumps HorrorLand book), as a sequel to Slappy's Nightmare. Goosebumps Series 2000, which ended in early 2000, also had a book that was never released, which was The Incredible Shrinking Fifth Grader. There were probably more books that were to be released in Goosebumps Series 2000, but The Incredible Shrinking Fifth Grader was the only one announded, making Ghost in the Mirror the last book in the twenty-five book series. R.L. Stine would have most likely made The Incredible Shrinking Fifth Grader! a book in the Goosebumps Gold series, but it is never known weather he planned to or not. The books were never written, as a result of R.L. Stine's contract with Scholastic ending, therefore putting a halt on the books while the legal details were worked out and a new contract was made. It was either something in the contract that prevented the books from being written, or simply a result of Stine forgetting about Goosebumps Gold. One thing's for sure, the books were never written, and Goosebumps Gold was never released.

List of books

 * 1) The Haunted Mask Lives!
 * 2) Happy Holidays from Dead House
 * 3) Slappy New Year