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A collection of spooky tales...

The Big Bad Book of Ghosts

cover of big bad book of ghostsThree hair-raising collections of haunted horror stories are combined into one volume for fans of history, folklore, and real-life scares. In the offerings from Covered Bridge Ghost Stories, some of the nation's most historic covered bridges serve as the setting for tales of hauntings from Georgia to California. The tales in Dog-Gone Ghost Stories offer answers to the spine-chilling question If there are people ghosts, why not dog ghosts? And Lighthouse Ghosts and Legends investigates real spooky tales of spirits seen and felt in lighthouses across the country.

Click and buy it here for $14.95: The Big Bad Book of Ghosts

Paperback, 512 pages, 8.7 x 6 x 1.6 inches
Crane Hill Publishers (September 1, 2006)
ISBN-10: 1575872560

 

Dog-Gone Ghost Stories
Published by Crane Hill Publishers
1996
ISBN: 1-881548-50-3
Thirteen dead-but-not-gone canines who will tug at your emotions and either cover of dog-gone ghost storieswarm your heart or chill your bones. From a revolutionary war spy dog to the two-headed dog of River Road, master storyteller Karyn Zweifel covers the country. To arrange for an author appearance, call 205-251-0806.
Horror , Young Adult

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Dog-Gone Ghost Stories: 13 Hair-Raising Tales of Unearthly Dogs

cover for first edition southern vampires

 

Southern Vampires

Karyn Zweifel's first published book received special notice from the American Library Association, who named it a "Quick Pick" for young adult readers. Thirteen tales of bloody and bloodthirsty creatures, most of them with impeccable manners speaking in a molasses-slow drawl. Really, this one is a lot of fun. Read about old Sue who feasted on newborns, and the gorgeous southern belle who chewed her way through nine husbands. Then there's the ravenous monster that haunts Southern streets still...

To arrange for an author appearance, call 205-251-0806.

Horror , Young Adult
Paperback, 132 pages, 8.6 x 8 x 0.4 inches
Crane Hill Publishers; 1st edition (January 1, 1995)
ISBN-10: 1881548147

This classic first edition is out of print, but sometimes available online:

Southern Vampires: 13 Deep Fried Blood Curdling Tales

The second edition of the Classic Southern Vampires is available at retail stores everywhere. Or you can order it now! (Isn't instant gratification great?)

Paperback
Sweetwater Press (October 2003)
ISBN: 1581732295

Click and buy it new for $7.95! Southern Vampires

 

Covered Bridge Ghost Stories
Published by Crane Hill Publishers
1996

One reader commented on Amazon.com, "Covered Bridge Ghost Stories is bone chilling, thrilling, and most of all, truthful; that is what makes them so compelling...HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READ!"

Although this delightful book of historic tales is currently out of print, copies are sometimes available at Amazon.com. Send me an email if you're interested in seeing Covered Bridge Ghost Stories reprinted-- maybe we can get it back on the shelves!