Shake the Snow Globe Twice

Whatever happens inside the glass happens outside - twelve hours later.

Wendell Frost collects weird stuff. Eleven shoeboxes of it, labeled and catalogued and lined up perfectly straight under his bed. Keys that don't open anything. Broken things that still work. Objects shaped like teeth. So when he spots a dusty snow globe on a back shelf at Marchetti's Antiques, he knows exactly where it belongs: Box 12, NEW.

Then he looks closer.

The tiny town swirling inside the glass isn't just any town. It's his town. Every shop. Every window. Even the crooked weathervane on top of the library. And when the miniature library sign snaps off in the fake plastic snow, the real one comes crashing down exactly twelve hours later.

The globe isn't showing Wendell the future. It's rehearsing it.

Halima Barre is the new kid, blunt as a hammer, and she thinks his collection is the dumbest thing she has ever seen. She's also the only person in town who believes him. With a record blizzard burying the roads and the phones going dead, the two of them start counting down the hours - because something has appeared on that tiny main street. Something tall. Something thin. Something the color of packed snow and old bone.

And with every hour that passes, it gets closer to the little antique shop with the little lamp burning in the little window.

Wendell knows how to stop it. Smash the glass.

He just never stopped to ask what's holding it.

Inside this Creep Street novella:

• A cursed antique that predicts disaster twelve hours early
• A snowed-in town with no way to call for help
• A faceless figure walking closer with every chapter
• Two mismatched kids who have to trust each other or freeze
• A final page that will make you look up at the sky

Perfect for readers 8-12 who love a good scare. Creep Street books are fast, funny, and genuinely creepy - short chapters, cliffhanger endings, and a hook on page one. Written for reluctant readers at a grade 3-6 reading level, they're spooky-fun without gore or bad language, which makes them a favorite of parents, teachers, and school librarians alike.

Every Creep Street book is a complete standalone story. Start anywhere. Read them in any order. Just don't read this one during a snowstorm.

Some collections are worth keeping. This one is keeping you.