Twistaplot is a series of children's

Children's literature

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 gamebooks, that were published by Scholastic

Scholastic

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 from 1982 to 1985. Books #1, #4, and #9, were written by R.L. Stine, who would go one to write the Fear Street

Fear Street

Fear Street is a teenage horror fiction series written by American author R. L. Stine, starting in 1989. In 1995, a series of books inspired by the Fear Street series, called Ghosts of Fear Street, was created for younger readers, and were more like the Goosebumps books in that they featured...

 series, and the Goosebumps

Goosebumps

Goosebumps is a series of children's horror fiction novels written by American author R. L. Stine and first published by Scholastic Publishing. It is a collection of stories that feature semi-homogenous plot structures, with fictional children being involved in scary situations...

 series, which in turn, spawned the gamebook spin-off series, Give Yourself Goosebumps

Give Yourself Goosebumps

Give Yourself Goosebumps was a children's horror fiction gamebook series by R. L. Stine. After the success of the regular Goosebumps books, Scholastic Press decided to create this spin off series in 1995. In fact, Stine had written gamebooks in previous years.Fifty books in the series, including...

. The remaining books were written by Louise Munro Foley

Louise Munro Foley

Louise Munro Foley is a Canadian writer who later moved to the United States. She was born as Louise Munro in Toronto; her last name was adopted in 1957 when she married Donald Foley....

. They were Scholastic

Scholastic

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's response to the Choose Your Own Adventure

Choose Your Own Adventure

Choose Your Own Adventure is a series of children's gamebooks where each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making choices that determine the main character's actions and the plot's outcome. The series was based on a...

 series. After the success of the Goosebumps

Goosebumps

Goosebumps is a series of children's horror fiction novels written by American author R. L. Stine and first published by Scholastic Publishing. It is a collection of stories that feature semi-homogenous plot structures, with fictional children being involved in scary situations...

 series, the books which were written by R. L. Stine

R. L. Stine

Robert Lawrence Stine , known as R. L. Stine, and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American writer. Stine, who is called the "Stephen King of children's literature," is the author of hundreds of horror fiction novels, including the books in the Fear Street, Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, and The...

 were reissued with new covers in 1994 and 1995.

Style and gameplay

Twistaplot covers a wide variety of genres, including science fiction

Science fiction

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, fantasy

Fantasy

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, and horror

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...

. Similar to the Give Yourself Goosebumps

Give Yourself Goosebumps

Give Yourself Goosebumps was a children's horror fiction gamebook series by R. L. Stine. After the success of the regular Goosebumps books, Scholastic Press decided to create this spin off series in 1995. In fact, Stine had written gamebooks in previous years.Fifty books in the series, including...

 series, they are novels with branching plots. The books are written from the second-person perspective, in present-tense form. The protagonist in each book is never referred to by name, and the protagonist's gender is ambiguous. Thus the reader can easily imagine himself/herself as the protagonist of the storyline. But unlike the Give Yourself Goosebumps

Give Yourself Goosebumps

Give Yourself Goosebumps was a children's horror fiction gamebook series by R. L. Stine. After the success of the regular Goosebumps books, Scholastic Press decided to create this spin off series in 1995. In fact, Stine had written gamebooks in previous years.Fifty books in the series, including...

 series, the books have interior illustrations.

Spin-offs

After the success of Twistaplot, the series spawned a series of computer games for Scholastic's electronic magazine, Microzine.
It also spawned another gamebook spin-off titled Pick-a-Path.
This spin-off was intended for a younger audience.

Twistaplot

1. The Time Raider
2. The Train of Terror
3. The Formula for Trouble
4. Golden Sword of Dragonwalk
5. The Sinister Studios of KESP-TV
6. Crash Landing!
7. The Video Avenger
8. Race into the Past
9. Horrors of the Haunted Museum
10. Mission of the Secret Spy Squad
11. Camp-Out on Danger Mountain
12. Journey to Vernico 5
13. Midnight at Monster Mansion
14. Instant Millionaire
15. Spellcaster
16. Secrets of the Lost Island
17. Ghost Riders of Goldspur
18. Calling Outer Space

Pick-a-Path

1. The Dandee Diamond Mystery
2. The Roller Coaster Ghost
3. The Great Baseball Championship
4. The Amazing Bubblegum Caper
5. The Super Trail Bike Race
6. Mystery at Mockingbird Manor
7. The Fantastic Journey of the Space Shuttle Astra
8. The Magic Top Mystery
9. Jungle Adventure
10. The Mystery of the Missing Mummy
11. Dinosaur Adventure
12. The Ballerina Mystery
13. The Secret of 13
14. RIM, The Rebel Robot
15. The Hot Dog Gang Caper
16. Adventure at Camp Schoonover
17. Murf the Monster

See also

• R. L. Stine
  R. L. Stine
  Robert Lawrence Stine , known as R. L. Stine, and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American writer. Stine, who is called the "Stephen King of children's literature," is the author of hundreds of horror fiction novels, including the books in the Fear Street, Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, and The...
  
  
• Give Yourself Goosebumps
  Give Yourself Goosebumps
  Give Yourself Goosebumps was a children's horror fiction gamebook series by R. L. Stine. After the success of the regular Goosebumps books, Scholastic Press decided to create this spin off series in 1995. In fact, Stine had written gamebooks in previous years.Fifty books in the series, including...
  
  
• Choose Your Own Adventure
  Choose Your Own Adventure
  Choose Your Own Adventure is a series of children's gamebooks where each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making choices that determine the main character's actions and the plot's outcome. The series was based on a...
  
  
• Scholastic
  Scholastic
  Scholastic may refer to:* Scholastic * Scholastic Corporation, a book publisher* Scholasticism, a form of theology and philosophy* School, a place of learning* A junior member of a religious order, such as the Jesuits...
  
  
• Parachute Press
• Louise Munro Foley
  Louise Munro Foley
  Louise Munro Foley is a Canadian writer who later moved to the United States. She was born as Louise Munro in Toronto; her last name was adopted in 1957 when she married Donald Foley....