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I don't really recognise this, but it sounds like something from a Goosebumps book.
Thanks for your help, but it was a group of short stories, so I doubt it was a Goosebumps book. I also don't think it was from any of the other books R.L. Stine had written, because I think I've read almost all of them.
I also remember there being a story about water that attacked kids after they went swimming in some water hole. The book also might have been older when I read it, as I got it from my school library that had lots of old books.
Sometime around five years ago, I read a book that had fifteen different short stories intended for either kids or teenagers. However, I can't remember whether or not the book had Sci-Fi stories or Horror stories. I do remember that the book was hardcover though.
There's only one story I really remember from the book and the reason for that is that it was really weird. The basic plot was that this girl and a boy in her neighborhood were having a competition as to who could leave something in the fridge for the longest time while it was expiring, which I believe was illegal in wherever they lived. She leaves a yogurt in her fridge for a month and then some Men In Black style people show up. I believe they may have been called the Expiration Police. Around the same time this weird monster shows up and the girl thinks that it was because of the expired yogurt, but I don't think that was the case.
Sorry for the long-winded crazy summary. This story has been bothering me for a long time and it's driving me crazy trying to figure out what book it was in.
Edited by kemerritt