Scholastic, New York, 1997, 1^st pr.  ISBN 0-590-56892-2.  Soft cover, 114+ pages.  Wraps show light edge and cover wear, small corner bends; tight binding.  Interior clean and unmarked with tanned/browning pages.  ‘A famous horror writer.  That’s what Zackie Beauchamp wants to be.  He’s writing a story about a giant blob monster.  A pink slimy creature who eats up an entire town!  Then Zackie finds the typewriter.  In a burned down antique store.  He takes it home and starts typing.  But there’s something really odd about that typewriter.  Something really dangerous.  Because now every scary word Zackie writes is starting to come true….’ (from rear wrap)