Status Updates From Trapped in Bat Wing Hall (G...

Weird! But not a totally unjustified ending.

Nice, a three-pronged decision! I'm going to visit Lara because she seems the most pleasant of my teammates.

There was no satisfactory way out of this Monster Library.

It's time for the other primary story branch. I'll go with Lara, Marcie, and Martin to do the outside scavenger hunt as part of the Blue Team.

Not the book's most rewarding ending, but not bad.

This is the path I could have taken were I wearing a sweater last night as I read the book. I like the creative basis for some decisions in this series, provided it doesn't become ubiquitous.

Staying with the king would have been a bad choice, for sure!

There are worse things than life as a snake charmer in Ancient Egypt. I wonder what happens when you come home in three years. Will Nick, Debbie, and Connor be waiting to take you?

Let's see if we can avoid entering another mummy case to transport to our own time and escape the king's men.

Excellent! It turns out without the witch's broom we had no hope of surviving the elevator car dropping out from under us. Very smart storytelling.

Betraying the witch would have been a bad idea...sort of. At least we escaped Bat Wing Hall.

Wonderful. If there are others endings this meaningful, I might rate Trapped in Bat Wing Hall three stars, a level I suspected no Give Yourself Goosebumps book would attain.

We're at the final encounter. Will the werewolf respond to dog commands so I can pluck the werewolf hairs I need to win the scavenger hunt and buy my survival?

Only a few minutes to midnight...

I guess I'll take a chance and help the witch...

I'm not wearing a shirt at all right now, so...to the left we go.

I figure reentering the mummy case is my best chance to get back to Bat Wing Hall...but do I even want that?

"I'll follow the 'mum'."

I wonder if I turned to stone because I eavesdropped...

A tough choice, but so far the monsters seem to have no intention of letting me go even if I win the game. I'll listen in and see if I can get the drop on them.

I just have to roll the dice on this one. I guess I'll trust Debbie to lead me to a safe escape, but I could just as easily be entering a trap.

What's the thick red liquid spreading out from under the kitchen closet door? I shudder to think...but what we may find in there could help us win the scavenger hunt and live to tomorrow. I'm checking inside.

This scavenger hunt may not be easy to live through...

I don't believe these are just convincing monster costumes.

The story tried awfully hard to make the Blue Team appealing, but I'd rather be with Nick and Connor. I'm on the Red Team.

Of course, attending the Horror Club with Nick and his friends was the only actual choice available. Let's go to it!

The obligatory fakeout decision to open the story!

Is Bat Wing Hall a haunted mansion?