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Fazbear Frights is an anthology series of mystery horror novels in the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise. The books are written by Scott Cawthon with various authors and published by Scholastic Inc. First announced around November 2018[1] by Scott's now abandoned upcoming project mega-thread post from Steam,[2] the series began on December 26, 2019, with the release of the first book - Into the Pit, and the series canonically concluded on April 19, 2022, with the release of the final book - Felix The Shark.
The first collection box set was published on September 1, 2020. The second collection box set was released sometime in 2021. A third collection box set was released on April 19, 2022. It includes all the books of the series, including a twelfth book that includes previously scrapped stories. Scott stated that while the twelfth book won't get a separate physical version, it will be available as an e-book in the future, which was released on April 19, 2022.[3] Sometime during December 2021, a book that contained the original three Fazbear Frights books all in one was released as a Walmart exclusive, containing nine stories and over 700 pages.
On July 2, 2021, it was stated by Scholastic and ComicBooks.com that the Fazbear Frights series would be getting its own graphic novels. The order of certain stories is set to be changed.[4]
Overview[]
Each book contains three short stories as well as the Stitchwraith Stingers epilogue, with a total of thirty six stories spanning across the twelve installments. The series also includes recurring characters from the franchise, along with new faces who only exist in the universe of Fazbear Frights. While the series' has not been explicitly stated to take place in the same continuity as the games, Scott Cawthon has stated that some stories are "directly connected" to the games, that "Lots of the later stories will answer some of the biggest questions from the fan base," and that they should be used to "fill in some of the blanks to the past."
Several, if not all, stories told in Fazbear Frights are connected to and take place in the same universe as one another. For more information, see Timeline (Fazbear Frights).
Books[]
Original Novels[]
Graphic Novels[]
| Name | Image | Release Date | Stories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fazbear Frights Graphic Novel Collection Vol. 1 |  |
September 6, 2022 | • Into the Pit • To Be Beautiful • Out of Stock |
| Fazbear Frights Graphic Novel Collection Vol. 2 |  |
March 7, 2023 | • Fetch • Room for One More • The New Kid |
| Fazbear Frights Graphic Novel Collection Vol. 3 |  |
September 5, 2023 | • Step Closer • Bunny Call • Hide-and-Seek |
| Fazbear Frights Graphic Novel Collection Vol. 4 |  |
December 26, 2023 | • The Breaking Wheel • The Cliffs • Sergio's Lucky Day |
| Fazbear Frights Graphic Novel Collection Vol. 5 |  |
September 3, 2024 | • Jump for Tickets • Sea Bonnies • Find Player Two! |
Trivia[]
- All books have an official audiobook released through Scholastic and narrated by Suzanne Elise Freeman.
- Initially, the audiobooks did not include the epilogues at the end of each book. However, this seems to have been fixed around January 2021.
- The series' title is named after Fazbear's Fright: The Horror Attraction, which is the main setting of Five Nights at Freddy's 3.
- The series' topic idea may have appeared to be similar to the ongoing children's horror book series Goosebumps, and more specifically its spin-off Goosebumps Triple Header as both are Scholastic's horror book series with each book containing three short stories.
- The graphic novel series with many different hired illustrators is also similar to the Goosebumps Graphix series.
- Scott originally planned to have the series to include only five books, however this was extended, initially to seven, then nine, then eleven, and then finally settling on twelve.
- The books' cover arts are illustrated by LadyFiszi. LadyFiszi had also illustrated the illustrations of Spring Bonnie, Eleanor, and Funtime Freddy from the first novel, which were removed due to lacking color.
- If the illustrations weren't scrapped, then more could've presumably been done for the other ten novels.
- Originally this book series was going to be called Twisted Tales but on May 2019 they were renamed as Fazbear Frights.
- It's speculated that it could be due to Disney having that name for one of their book anthology series, but nothing is confirmed.
- Recently, Scott has released a statement on the canonicity of the books. Many have interpreted this as a non-answer, similar to his response to the Mangle's gender debates.[5]
- Scott is interested in making a TV show based on stories from Fazbear Frights.[6]
Official Logos[]
References[]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20181114095349/https://steamcommunity.com/app/871720/discussions/0/1733210552660120120/
- ↑ Upcoming Projects Mega-Thread! :: Ultimate Custom Night :: Steam
- ↑ Twitter - Scott confirms that Fazbear Frights #12 will become an e-book
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ1olbYDLAD
- ↑ https://twitter.com/JonnyBlox/status/1743667956830097563
- ↑ https://youtu.be/lrgSbteWMC8?si=Iu99QCAJjFUmh-W4&t=1868
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