WOKE EDITS SCARY

Author Stine vents

Kids’ horror author R.L. Stine has denied sanitizing his classic “Goosebumps” books to “appease the woke” and is accusing his publisher of altering his work behind his back.

The 79-year-old horror author spoke up after The Times of London claimed he had “censored over a dozen of his books” to avoid mentions of race or calling characters fat or crazy.

“This story is false. I have never changed a word in a ‘Goosebumps’ book,” Stine stated firmly to a report accusing him of “re-editing the books to appease the woke.”

Instead, the changes were made behind his back, Stine said in response to an angry reader who accused him of being “shameful” for supporting censorship.

“The stories aren’t true. I’ve never changed a word in ‘Goosebumps,’ ” he again said of the second biggestselling book series after “Harry Potter.”

“Any changes were never shown to me,” he stressed.

The changes sparked outrage coming on the heels of woke edits to Roald Dahl’s classic kids’ books, as well as planned changes to Ian Fleming’s James Bond books.

Unlike those, however, the UK Times initially accused Stine of making the changes.

Fox News contributor Guy Benson said changing Stine’s work without his approval was — fittingly — especially “creepy.”

The UK Times said it found more than 100 edits in e-book versions of the series of 62 books.

It noted how one character who “acts real cool, like the rappers on MTV videos” now just “acts real cool” — and is described as having “brown skin” rather than being “African-American.”

Mentions of slaves were also removed, as well as black face worn by a character dressed as “a dark and stormy night” for Halloween.

Characters were no longer “roly-poly,” and “plump” ones were described as now “cheerful.” Characters Stine called “overweight” are now merely “huge” and one with “at least six chins” is now “at least six feet six.”

A line about schoolgirls having “crushes” on their headmaster was cut, and a boy who wolf-whistled now merely “whistled loudly,” the UK Times noted.

The publisher did not immediately respond to requests to comment on Stine’s claim that he was unaware his books had been altered.