Synopses & Reviews
Pull up a chair and gather round the campfire and get ready for thirty creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences from times past. Set in small, southern towns, hard to reach islands, and sparsely populated backwoods, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again.
Southern folklore traditions are kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser, and in artist Paul Hoffman's evocative illustrations. You'll meet ghosts and witches, hear things that go bump in the night, and feel an icy wind on the back of your neck on a warm summer evening. Whether read around the campfire on a dark and stormy night or from the backseat of the family van on the way to grandma's, this is a collection to treasure.
Review
Praise for
Spooky New England"If you have ever felt a chill as you walked past a Vermont graveyard, or stopped by a small New Hampshire country inn for the night and knew there was something watching you, or felt an unseen hand brush against you on a mountain in Maine, you will love Spooky New England. And if you don't believe in ghosts--you will."
--Michael Carlton, Editor, Yankee Magazine
Synopsis
Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened--and still do happen--in the collective back yard of the Deep South states. Accompanied by evocative illustrations, these compelling retellings of 30 popular folktales feature supernatural occurrences and ghosts of all sorts, from fiddling ghosts to the story of the Jack o'Lantern. Whether read around the fire on a dark and stormy night or in the backseat of the family van on the way to Grandma's, each expertly told tale is guaranteed to make readers look at the South--and over their shoulders--again and again.
Synopsis
A collection of 30 folktales highlighting famous and not-so-famous Southern ghosts, mysterious happenings, powers of darkness, and wonders of the invisible world.
About the Author
Author
S.E. Schlosser has been telling stories since she was a child, when games of "let's pretend" quickly built themselves into full-length stories. A graduate of the Institute of Children's Literature and Rutgers University, she also created and maintains the Web site AmericanFolklore.net, where she shares a wealth of stories from all 50 states, some dating back to the origins of America.
Artist Paul Hoffman trained in painting and printmaking, with his first extensive illustration work on assignment in Egypt, drawing ancient wall reliefs for the University of Chicago. His work graces books of many genres--children's titles, textbooks, short story collections, natural history volumes, and numerous cookbooks. For the Globe Pequot Spooky series, he employed a scratchboard technique and an active imagination.
Table of Contents
Part One: Ghost Stories1. Wait Until Emmet Comes
Kanawha County, West Virginia
2. The Cut-off
Red River Landing, Louisiana
3. I'm Coming Down
South Carolina
4. The Army of the Dead
Charleston, South Carolina
5. The Death-Watch Tick
West Virginia
6. Hold Him, Tabb
Hampton, Virginia
7. The Headless Haunt
Madison, North Carolina
8. Jakie and the Ghost
Greenville, Mississippi
9. The Log Cabin
Arkansas
10. The Woman in Black
Savannah, Georgia
11. Seeing Ghosts
Sea Island, Georgia
12. Chattanooga's Ghost
New Orleans, Louisiana
13. Fiddler's Dram
Dukedom, Tennessee
14. Uncle Henry and the Dog Ghost
Somewhere Down South
15. The Headless Specter
Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina
Part Two: The Powers of Darkness
16. The Wampus Cat
Tennessee
17. The Devil's Marriage
Guilford County, North Carolina
18. The Witch woman and the Spinning wheel
New Orleans, Louisiana
19. Jack O' Lantern
Alabama
20. Plat-Eye
Mississippi
21. The Witch Bridle
Albright, West Virginia
22. Tailypo
Tennessee
23. The Devil's Mansion
New Orleans, Louisiana
24. The Red Rag Under the Churn
The Kentucky Mountains
25. Chicky-licky-chow-chow-chow
Maryville, Tennessee
26. A Fish Story
Farmville, Virginia
27. Christmas Gift
Palatka, Florida
28. Wiley and the Hairy Man
Tombigbee Region, Alabama
29. West Hell
Florida
30. Old Hickory and the Bell Witch
Adams, Tennessee
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