Goosebumps Gold (Revived Series)

"'Reader beware - you're in for MORE scares!'""- Series tagline"Goosebumps Gold is a children's anthology horror novella series concept by Red-Verse-Writer, based on the cancelled series of the same name that was intended to be a new series in the Goosebumps franchise by R.L. Stine. The books all follow a loose story arc similar to Goosebumps Horrorland, and the stories are often sequels to stories from the original series or its spin-offs. It is notable amongst Goosebumps series due to being written by a different author, and most notably for featuring much more graphic violence and serious situations compared to previous series.

Arc 1

 * 1) The Haunted Mask Lives!: "If looks could kill..." Teenage hoodlums Jenny Rower and Terry Shannon get their comeuppance when they steal a pair of animal masks from the costume shop seen in the past books to scare the local kids and become desperate when the masks fuse to their faces and begin altering their bodies. Meanwhile, the original haunted mask reveals itself to still be alive, taking control of Jenny and Terry and using them in a plot to get revenge on its former host, Carly-Beth Caldwell.
 * 2) The Gargoyle Guardian: "Stone cold killer." Nigel Borroughs is a urban explorer, investigating mysterious and abandoned properties to see if it's worth renovating or if anything useful is inside. Unfortunately, he often tends to drag along his son Norm with him on these trips. One particular investigation results in them getting trapped in a spooky old manor, and to make things worse, it turns out the manor is protected by a living gargoyle who kills anyone who enters the building, forcing Nigel and Norm to try to find a way to escape from the manor before the gargoyle kills them.
 * 3) Claws of Death Unconfirmed: "She's not kitten around." When zoophobic Jade Munroe's parents bring home a mysterious black cat they name Lil, her life seems to be on a downward spiral. Lil steals all the attention from her parents, frames Jade for bad things she does, and always breaks into Jade's room to harass her, in a way that can't just be a coincidence. Jade vows to get back at Lil, but when she speaks to the owner of a local pet shop, she learns that a cat that matches Lil's description has been connected to a series of deaths, and begins to believe that Lil may be the one responsible.
 * 4) Trap Master: "No Parents. No Rules. No Holding Back." In this brutal Home Alone-inspired story, neglected engineering prodigy Dell Chalkin is left home alone by his parents as they fly to England to watch his sister, a famous stage actress, perform live. After Dell fixes his neighbour's lawnmower, she gives him a remote control she found on the street, which unbeknownst to them contains a highly advanced chip created by a mysterious agency that wants it back at any cost. When agents of the organisation attempt to break into his home, Dell retaliates by putting his talents to use, creating violent booby traps to fight back against them.