Mr. Midnight
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Mr. Midnight is a children's horror-fiction series written by Jim Aitchison under the pseudonym of James Lee. The series is published by Angsana Books. There are currently 47 "episodes" of this book being distributed with more being written and released around every two to four months. It has been translated into Malay, Indonesian, Simplified Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese. [1]
James Lee (Aitchison) resides in Singapore and is also the author of The Seriously Funny Anti-Stress Book, Sarong Party Girl and the national songs such as "One People, One Nation, One Singapore" and "My Singapore Story" and even a children's mystery-fiction series called Mr. Mystery.
Each book in the series contains two stories. The first book was titled "Madman's Mansion" and "The Monster in Mahima's Mirror"[2].
Jim Aitchison's books are very popular among young children and preteens and has been regarded as "Asia's answer to Harry Potter". [3]
A movie titled Mr. Midnight the Movie: My Haunted Holiday [4]was planned and used to be in production but was cancelled for unknown reasons.
[edit] Books
| Language | English | Malay | Indonesian | Simplified (Traditional) Chinese | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Localised title | Mr. Midnight | Detik Tengah Malam (Mr. Midnight until book 4) | Mr. Midnight | 午夜先生 惊魂系列 | ||||
| Translator | Original language | Shajaratuddur Halim | 张英（張英） | |||||
| Book no. | First story | Second story | First story | Second story | First story | Second story | First story | Second story |
| 1 | Madman's Mansion | The Monster in Mahima's Mirror | Rumah Agam Orang Gila | Jembalang Dalam Cermin Mahima | Rumah Hantu Gila | Monster Dalam Cermin | 魔屋 | 镜中历险记 （鏡中歷險記） |
| 2 | The Case Of The Cursed Clock | Night Of The Haunted Hamburgers | Kes Jam Sumpahan | Malam Burger Berhantu | Kasus Jam Terkutuk | Hamburger Berhantu | 邪恶的时钟（邪惡的時鐘） | 闹鬼之夜 （鬧鬼之夜） |
| 3 | Scary School Bus To Nowhere | Revenge Of The Goldfish | Bas Sekolah Yang Menakutkan | Dendam Ikan Emas | Bis Sekolah Tanpa Tujuan | Balas Dendam Ikan Mas Koki | 校车疑云 （校車疑雲） | 金鱼复仇记 （金鱼复仇记） |
| 4 | My Creepy Computer | There's A Ghost In My Photo! | Komputer Seram | Hantu Dalam Gambar! | 恐怖电脑 （恐怖電腦） | 照片幽灵 （照片幽靈） | ||
| 5 | Happy Birthday Horrors | Eaten By Hamburgers | Hadiah Ngeri | Serangan Burger | 生日惊魂 （生日驚魂） | 吃人汉堡 （吃人漢堡） | ||
| 6 | Our Radio Won't Turn Off! | The Cinema Of Doom | Misteri Bunyi Radio | Pawagam Berhantu | 关不掉的收音机 （関不掉的收音機） | 死亡影院 （死亡影院） | ||
| 7 | Don't Get Off At The 13th Floor! | My Shoes Have Gone Nuts | Misteri Tingkat 13! | Kasut Gila | 不详的13 （不想的13) | 疯狂的鞋子 （瘋狂的鞋子） | ||
| 8 | The Demon Dentist | Who Stole The Zoo? | Mangsa Dr Dredd | Rompakan Zoo | 魔鬼牙医 （魔鬼牙醫） | 谁偷走了动物园 （誰偷走了動物園） | ||
| 9 | My Handphone Is Haunted! | School Camp Terrors | 闹鬼的手机 （鬧鬼的手機） | 恐怖的野营 （恐怖的野營） | ||||
| 10 | Who Else Is Living In Our House? | Our School Ghost | ||||||
| 11 | Don't Laugh At A Killer Clown! | My Sinister Sunglasses | ||||||
| 12 | The Carnival Of Horrors | The Boy With Blood-Red Eyes | ||||||
| 13 | My Invisible Friend | Strangled By Spaghetti | ||||||
| 14 | The Fiendish Fish Spirit | Our Ghostly Bus Stop | ||||||
| 15 | My Friend's Now a Mummy! | May All Your Dreams Come True | ||||||
| 16 | My Class Vampire | The Mad, Mad Music School | ||||||
| 17 | All My Friends Have Vanished! | What's That Thing In My Pillow? | ||||||
| 18 | The Super Scary Supermarket | Who Invited The Ghost? | ||||||
| 19 | Flying Tiger Fist Of Shaolin | Demon's Island | ||||||
| 20 | We Made A Monster | Clones In Class | ||||||
| 21 | Don't Go Near The Neighbors | Sombody's Stealing My Life | ||||||
| 22 | Wormhead | They Came From The Drain | ||||||
| 23 | Good Knight, Raider Goh | Sleep Over And Die! | ||||||
| 24 | The Eight Legs Of Ang See Beng | The Demon Dentist Strikes Back | ||||||
| 25 | The Wild, Wild Wolves Are Coming | My Secret Stalker | ||||||
| 26 | My Cursed Mask | Welcome To The Weird School | ||||||
| 27 | Please Stay In Your Grave! | Forest Of Fear | ||||||
| 28 | The People Gobblers | The Revenge Of Mahima's Monster | ||||||
| 29 | My Creepy Cruise | Stranger Danger | ||||||
| 30 | Attack Of The Lizardmen | The Body Switchers | ||||||
| 31 | Stop The Deadly Dummies! | Who Sent Me A Coffin? | ||||||
| 32 | When The Ghosts Went Mad | Drop Dead, Gorgeous | ||||||
| 33 | The Legend Of Lady Long Neck | Who's Been Cursing Me? | ||||||
| 34 | My Freaky Shrunken Head | Evil By Email | ||||||
| 35 | What's That Thing On My Hand? | River Of Shivers | ||||||
| 36 | Dr Dredd And The Exploding Teeth | Dead Write | ||||||
| 37 | The Dead Are Dancing | Old Ghosts Of New York | ||||||
| 38 | Singing Swords, Dragon Drums | Have You Been Drinking Brain Juice? | ||||||
| 39 | My House Is Now A Graveyard | When The Vampire Wakes Up | ||||||
| 40 | What's That Under Our School? | Magic Shop Madness | ||||||
| 41 | There's A Witch In My Watch | Tree Boy | ||||||
| 42 | Beware Of The Gravedigger! | The Eggs Of Evil | ||||||
| 43 | Help Me, I'm Changing! | Tower Of Terror | ||||||
| 44 | Dr Dredd And The Dentures Of Doom | Dressed To Kill | ||||||
| 45 | Joshua Long, Your Hands Have Gone Wrong | Why Can't We Go Into Classroom 44? | ||||||
| 46 | Heads Will Roll | Don't Open This Letter! | ||||||
| 47 | Walking, Running Killer Fish | My Shadow Is Killing Me | ||||||
| 48 | Just Before You Die | Their Master's Grave | ||||||
[edit] References
- ^ Inside back cover of Mr. Midnight Book #44 ISBN 978-981-4193-42-9
- ^ http://www.flameoftheforest.com/books/books2.html.
- ^ Million-seller 'Mr Midnight': Asia's answer to 'Harry Potter' www.enews.ma/million-seller_i5478_5.html
- ^ movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809422737/info
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