On Sept. 20, Scholastic will publish Slappy, Beware!, a Slappy (the evil ventriloquist dummy) origin story, and only the second-ever Goosebumps book to be published in hardcover. By Lexy Perez Sign up ...

But it’s Slappy, the living ventriloquist’s dummy, who has been a thorn in Stine’s side since the talking doll’s first villain turn in 1995’s Night of the Living Dummy II. Read Next You Can’t Watch ...